| name | canary |
| description | Check system health and pressure signals. Shows current pressure score, component breakdown, and recommendations. |
| argument-hint | ["none"] |
| user-invocable | true |
| allowed-tools | Bash(cat *), Read |
Read the current canary signals and system phase, then produce a health report.
!cat .claude/state/canary_signals.json 2>/dev/null || echo '{"pressure": 0, "edit_count": 0, "files_touched": [], "turn_count": 0, "warnings": []}'
!cat .claude/state/system_phase.json 2>/dev/null || echo '{"phase": "exploration"}'
Output Format
## Canary Health Report
### Pressure: [X%] [GREEN|YELLOW|ORANGE|RED]
### Components
- Edit velocity: [X%] ([N] edits)
- Scope breadth: [X%] ([N] files)
- Turn count: [X%] ([N] turns)
- Elapsed time: [X%]
### Current Phase: [phase]
### Warnings
[List any active warnings]
### Recommendation
[Based on pressure level and phase:
- GREEN: Continue current work
- YELLOW: Monitor scope, avoid new explorations
- ORANGE: Consider converging. Use /helm to evaluate phase transition.
- RED: Transition to completion. Use /close-out to identify cuts.]