Ping Beads

Verify the bead daemon is alive and responsive

Security Scan

The skill is internally consistent: it's an instruction-only helper that expects the local 'bd' binary and checks the bead daemon socket; it asks for no credentials and has no install steps.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description say 'verify bead daemon' and the declared required binary is 'bd', which matches the stated purpose. No unrelated binaries, env vars, or config paths are requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md stays within the expected scope (checks bd.sock / the bead daemon). It is terse and does not include concrete shell commands for how to use 'bd' or how to inspect bd.sock; the examples show a 'ping-beads' command (the skill name) rather than an explicit 'bd' invocation, which could confuse implementers or an agent about the exact runtime actions to take.

Install Mechanism

No install spec is present (instruction-only). That is the lowest-risk model and appropriate for a simple local check.

Credentials

No environment variables, credentials, or config paths are required. That is proportionate for a local daemon health check.

Persistence & Privilege

Skill does not request always:true and does not require modifying other skills or system-wide configs. Autonomous invocation is allowed (platform default) but the skill itself does not request elevated persistence.

Assessment

This skill appears low-risk and does only a local check of the bead daemon using the 'bd' program and bd.sock. Before installing, confirm that you actually run the 'beads' system and that 'bd' is a legitimate binary on your machine. Be aware the SKILL.md is brief and doesn't specify exact commands an agent should run — if you need stricter behavior, request or add precise instructions (for example, the exact 'bd' subcommand or socket path) so the agent doesn't have to guess how to perform the check.

Verify the bead daemon is alive and responsive. Checks the bd.sock socket to confirm the bead daemon (bd) is running and accepting connections.

Commands

# Check if the bead daemon is alive (checks bd.sock)
ping-beads

# Show detailed bead daemon status
ping-beads status

Install

No installation needed. bd is expected to be in PATH as part of the beads system.