| name | pluxx-translate-hosts |
| description | Use this skill when a user asks what a Pluxx source preserves, translates, degrades, or drops across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and OpenCode. Audit the relevant compiler buckets and recommend source-shape fixes. |
Translate Across Hosts
Describe host truth without promising fake parity.
Workflow
- Identify the target hosts and compiler buckets in scope.
- Run
pluxx lint and pluxx build --target <hosts...> when current output is required.
- Read references/core-four.md for the baseline mapping, then confirm important claims against current Pluxx output.
- Classify each relevant surface:
- preserve: the host has a faithful native surface
- translate: Pluxx re-expresses the same intent through another native form
- degrade: a weaker but honest equivalent remains
- drop: no truthful target surface exists
- Review only the buckets the user needs: instructions, skills, commands, agents, hooks, permissions, runtime, and distribution.
- Recommend a source-shape fix when moving intent into skills, instructions, agents, scripts, or runtime configuration improves portability.
- After any source change, run
pluxx validate, skills-ref validate for changed skills, and rebuild; never patch target output as the durable fix.
Output
Return a concise host-by-bucket matrix, the evidence used, target-specific caveats, and the highest-value source-shape improvement.
