dev-test

name	dev-test
description	Install dev version of obsidian-brain into the plugin cache for local testing, or restore the original. Note: on a directory-source marketplace install the skills already load the checkout (#278), so install is only needed for github-source installs and the cache-asserting test scripts. Use when: (1) /dev-test install to test unreleased changes, (2) /dev-test restore to put back the original, (3) /dev-test to check current status.
metadata	{"version":"1.0.0"}

Dev Test — Install/Restore Dev Plugin for Testing

Swaps the installed plugin cache with the current repo working copy for local testing. After install, start a new Claude Code session to pick up the changes.

If this repo is registered as a directory-source marketplace (source.source == "directory" in ~/.claude/plugins/known_marketplaces.json, which is how a local checkout is normally installed), /dev-test install no longer changes which hooks the skills load: since #278 every skill resolves the registered checkout first and only falls back to the plugin cache. Your working copy is already what runs — edit and re-run, no install step. /dev-test install still matters for a github-source install (where the cache is what resolves) and for the manual test scripts under scripts/dev-test/ that deliberately assert on the cache's contents.

Tools needed: Bash

Procedure

Step 1 — Parse argument

Check the argument passed to /dev-test:

• install → go to Step 2
• restore → go to Step 3
• No argument or status → go to Step 4

Step 2 — Install dev version

Run:

cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
./scripts/test-dev-skill.sh install

Report the output. Then tell the user:

Dev version installed. Start a new Claude Code session to pick up the changes. When done testing, run /dev-test restore.

Stop here.

Step 3 — Restore original

Run:

cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
./scripts/test-dev-skill.sh restore

Report the output. Then tell the user:

Original version restored. Start a new session to pick up the restored version.

Stop here.

Step 4 — Show status

Run:

cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)"
./scripts/test-dev-skill.sh status

Report the output.