straymark-loom

name	straymark-loom
description	Drive the Loom visualization server lifecycle from the agent window — up / down / status. Launches `straymark loom serve` in the background and hands the operator a link to click, so the terminal-free user never opens a shell. EXPERIMENTAL (Loom v0).

StrayMark Loom Skill

Own the Loom server process lifecycle so a terminal-free operator stays in the chat window. Loom is StrayMark's loopback-only, read-only development dashboard (Knowledge Graph + Architecture Map). This skill starts it, stops it, and reports its status — the operator just gets a URL to click.

⚠️ EXPERIMENTAL. Loom is an opt-in Loom v0 experiment — loopback-only, read-only, not part of the supported Framework/CLI contract. The binary is downloaded on demand from the loom-* GitHub releases and cached in ~/.straymark/bin/ on first use. See docs/adopters/LOOM.md.

When to use this skill

Trigger on any of:

• The operator asks to "open Loom", "show the architecture map", "visualize the project", or "start/stop the dashboard".
• A /straymark-architecture refinement just finished and the operator wants to see the 2D/3D overlay.
• The operator asks whether Loom is running / on which port.

The Architecture Map view is only meaningful once .straymark/architecture/model.yml is refined — if it is still a raw seed (every component in unassigned), suggest /straymark-architecture first. The Knowledge Graph view works with no setup.

Instructions

The default port is 7700 on 127.0.0.1. Pass --port N to override.

up — launch in the background

straymark loom serve --no-open &     # background; --no-open so no browser is spawned from the agent
# (use --port N to override the default 7700)

Run with --no-open (the agent owns the process, not a browser) and in the background so the chat stays responsive. On first use the loom-* binary downloads to ~/.straymark/bin/ — tell the operator this is opt-in by download and may take a moment. Once it is listening, hand the operator the link:

sleep 1 && curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:7700/ | head -1   # confirm it's up (expect HTTP 200)

Report: Loom is up → http://127.0.0.1:7700 (Architecture tab for the map, 2D | 3D toggle for the axonometric view).

down — stop it

pkill -f 'straymark-loom' || pkill -f 'loom serve'

Confirm the port is free (curl fails / lsof empty) and report Loom stopped.

status — running? which port?

ps aux | grep -E 'straymark-loom|loom serve' | grep -v grep   # process + port flag
lsof -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN -P 2>/dev/null | grep -E '7700|loom'   # confirm the listening port
curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:7700/ | head -1                      # liveness on the default port

Report whether Loom is running and the URL, or Loom is not running.

Report result

Surface the URL plainly so the operator can click it. Example:

✓ Loom is up → http://127.0.0.1:7700
  Architecture tab = the "you are here" map; 2D | 3D toggle = axonometric view.
  Terminal-only alternative (no server): `straymark status --where`.

What this skill does NOT do

• It does not open a browser from the agent. It always runs loom serve --no-open and reports the URL; the operator clicks it.
• It does not write into the project. Loom is read-only — it only visualizes what the CLI computes. The CLI (validate, audit, charter drift) stays the source of truth.
• It does not author the architecture model. Use /straymark-architecture to generate/refine it and /straymark-architecture-sync to keep it current.

Terminal compatibility: If the terminal does not support box-drawing characters (Unicode), use plain-text formatting with dashes and pipes instead.