# live-check

Loads the working copy of a plugin into a live Claude session and shows how replies actually draw. Useful after any visual change.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 202
- Author: NahumLitvin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/live-check/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/live-check

## What it does

The skill pulls the working copy of prismantis into a Claude session and prints a sample reply covering whatever the change touches: a table with numbers and an aligned column, a `bash` block with flags and a quoted string, a path, a link, a heading and a `mermaid` block. Then it renders that output.

Window captures are blocked for agents, so the skill takes another route. It runs the session in a hidden terminal, records every byte drawn, and replays the recording into xterm.js inside headless Chrome. Locked screen, parallel runs — both fine. You need `capture.py` and `render.mjs` from `.claude/skills/live-check/`, plus the `@xterm/xterm` package installed into a scratch folder. `render.mjs` locates Chrome or Chromium on its own or reads the `CHROME` variable. On Windows you have to ask a person for a Win+Shift+S capture. xterm.js draws no kitty images and no desktop surface, so treat those as unchecked.

What to look at: column alignment, rule lengths, colors against the theme tokens, wrapping at narrow widths, and whether anything fell back to the engine renderer. A dim line naming `prismantis` in the transcript means a hook was refused, and that gets fixed first. Hebrew is rendered every time via `/prismantis demo-rtl`, with each line read right to left against `rtlShowcaseText` in `hooks/help.ts` — sentences, list items, table cells, quotes, diagram labels.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill live-check -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/live-check/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/live-check/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill live-check -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/live-check/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill live-check -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/live-check/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NahumLitvin/prismantis live-check
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/live-check/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill live-check -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis --path .claude/skills/live-check
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/live-check/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --skill live-check -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/live-check/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- see how a reply draws in the terminal without taking a screenshot
- check column alignment and wrapping at narrow widths
- catch a fallback to the engine renderer
- render Hebrew right to left and verify letter order
- make sure a render carries no private names or hostnames

## Example prompts
- Load the working copy and render a sample reply with a table and a `bash` block
- Run live-check after I change the theme colors
- Render `/prismantis demo-rtl` and check every Hebrew line

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: live-check
description: Load the working copy of prismantis into a real Claude Code session and render how replies draw, with no screenshot. Use after any visual change, when asked to "screenshot", "see it", "try it live", or before claiming a rendering fix works.
---

# Live check

Tests prove the tree. Only a real render proves the look.

1. **Load the working copy:**
   - From a new terminal: `claude --plugin-dir <repo path>`. Saving files hot-reloads it.
   - From inside a session that loaded the `plugin-authoring` skill: copy `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, `hooks/` and `types/` into that session's dev-mods folder. The person answers the one-time "Enable hot reloading" prompt, and the mod loads when the turn ends. Copy again after every edit.
2. **Print a sample reply** containing everything the change touches: a table with numbers and an aligned column, a `bash` block with flags and a quoted string, a path, a link, a heading and a `mermaid` block.
3. **Render it, never screenshot.** Window captures are blocked for agents and grab whatever else is open. Instead run the session in a hidden terminal, record every byte it draws, and replay that into xterm.js in headless Chrome. This works with the screen locked and in parallel:
   ```
   npm i -s --prefix <scratch> @xterm/xterm
   timeout 70 python3 .claude/skills/live-check/capture.py <scratch>/demo.bin <repo> 110 80 '[[45,""]]' claude --plugin-dir <repo> "/prismantis demo"
   node .claude/skills/live-check/render.mjs <scratch>/demo.bin <scratch>/demo.png 110 80 <scratch>/node_modules/@xterm/xterm
   ```
   Then read the PNG. `capture.py` takes the output file, working directory, columns, rows and a JSON list of `[seconds to wait, keys to type]` steps, then the command. Raise the rows to see more of a long reply. `render.mjs` finds Chrome or Chromium itself, or reads `CHROME`. On Windows, ask the person for a Win+Shift+S capture. xterm.js draws no kitty images and no desktop surface, so say those are unchecked.
4. **Check** column alignment, rule lengths, colors against the theme tokens, wrapping at narrow widths, and that nothing falls back to the engine renderer. A dim line naming `prismantis` in the transcript means a hook was refused; fix that first.
````
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