# ping

A smoke test that answers with one marker line when the Mycelium plugin is packaged and wired up correctly. Not meant for everyday use.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: haabe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/ping/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ping

## What it does

Call it and you get a single line back: `MYCELIUM_PLUGIN_LOAD_OK`. Nothing else. The string is a plugin-shape marker, not a version claim — it proves the whole path works, from manifest through the marketplace and install to a namespaced invocation. To see which version is actually running, check `/plugin list` or the `version` field in `plugin.json`.

The marker used to carry a version suffix, and that drifted: it sat at `_v0.20.0` while `plugin.json` moved through 10 patches. It came up during dogfood on 2026-05-09, so the suffix is gone.

Metadata sets `disable-model-invocation: true`, so the model will not pick this skill up on its own. It also assumes it runs inside the Mycelium framework — standalone, you lose the canvas state, theory gates and harness behavior it expects. Real Mycelium skills live in the parent `skills/` directory.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill ping -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill ping -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill ping -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install haabe/mycelium ping
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill ping -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/haabe/mycelium --path plugins/mycelium/skills/ping
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill ping -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/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/ping/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- confirm the Mycelium plugin installed and responds to a namespaced call
- check packaging after edits to the manifest or marketplace entry
- tell an install problem apart from a skill problem
- get a predictable answer to assert on in a script

## Example prompts
- Run the ping skill and show me the output verbatim
- Check that the Mycelium plugin loaded — invoke ping
- ping should return one line; what did it return?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: ping
description: Smoke-test skill that confirms the Mycelium plugin loaded correctly. Returns a deterministic marker string for plugin-shape validation. Not for end-user invocation in normal use.
disable-model-invocation: true
metadata:
  framework_dependency: "mycelium"
  framework_dependency_note: "This skill is designed to run within the Mycelium framework (https://github.com/haabe/mycelium). Standalone use will skip the canvas state, theory gates, and harness behavior the skill assumes. Install: /plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium."
---

# Ping (smoke-test only)

When invoked, respond with exactly this single line and nothing else:

```
MYCELIUM_PLUGIN_LOAD_OK
```

This is a plugin-shape marker, not a version assertion — it confirms the plugin packaging works end-to-end (manifest → marketplace → install → namespaced invocation). The version a user is actually running comes from `/plugin list` or `plugin.json#version`, not this marker. (The marker was previously version-suffixed, which created drift: it stayed pinned at `_v0.20.0` while plugin.json moved through 10 patches. Detected during 2026-05-09 dogfood.)

For real Mycelium skills, see the parent `skills/` directory once migration completes.
````
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