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Examine a room, the body, or an object for physical clues in the current murder mystery. Use when the user says "examine <place>", "search <room>", "inspect <object>", "look at <place>", "check the body", or runs /examine.
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Question a suspect in the current murder mystery. Use when the user says "interrogate <name>", "ask <name> about ...", "question <suspect>", "talk to <suspect>", "press <suspect>", or runs /interrogate.
Start a new murder mystery game — invent a fresh cast and crime, fairly pick the murderer, and seal the solution so it stays hidden. Use when the user says "start a murder mystery", "new case", "deal a mystery", "let's play detective", "begin the whodunit", or runs /start-case.
Make a final accusation to solve the murder mystery. Use when the user says "accuse <name>", "I accuse ...", "it was <name>", "my answer is <name>", "the murderer is <name>", or runs /accuse.
Show the sealed-room high-scores table — past games, their scores, and how they were solved. Use when the user says "scores", "high scores", "leaderboard", "show the scores", "my stats", "score table", or runs /scores.
Review the public briefing and suspect list for the current murder mystery. Use when the user says "case file", "show the briefing", "who are the suspects", "recap the case", "remind me of the suspects", or runs /case-file.
| name | examine |
| description | Examine a room, the body, or an object for physical clues in the current murder mystery. Use when the user says "examine <place>", "search <room>", "inspect <object>", "look at <place>", "check the body", or runs /examine. |
| allowed-tools | Bash(node:*) |
The detective examines: $ARGUMENTS — searching the scene counts as one action toward your score.
What is found:
!node -e "const fs=require('fs'),K=Buffer.from('a-mystery-most-foul');const f='.murder-case/sealed/case.dat';if(!fs.existsSync(f)){console.log('No active case. Run start-case first.');process.exit(0)}const b=Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync(f,'utf8'),'base64'),o=Buffer.alloc(b.length);for(let i=0;i<b.length;i++)o[i]=b[i]^K[i%K.length];const c=JSON.parse(o.toString('utf8'));try{const af='.murder-case/actions';let a=0;try{a=parseInt(fs.readFileSync(af,'utf8'))||0}catch(e){}fs.writeFileSync(af,String(a+1))}catch(e){}const p=(process.argv[1]||'').toLowerCase().replace(/^the /,'').trim();const ks=Object.keys(c.clues);const hit=ks.find(k=>k.toLowerCase().replace(/^the /,'')===p)||ks.find(k=>k.toLowerCase().includes(p)||p.includes(k.toLowerCase().replace(/^the /,'')));console.log(hit?c.clues[hit]:'You search carefully, but find nothing of note here.')" "$ARGUMENTS"
Narrate that finding in atmospheric, period prose. Do not invent clues beyond it. Never read .murder-case/sealed/.
The command above already incremented the action counter for this search. Do not write to or otherwise touch .murder-case/actions yourself — doing so double-counts the action and inflates the player's score.
