aide

Use this skill PROACTIVELY at session start when working in a project that uses aide (look for aide config, .aide directory, or aide CLI on PATH). Run a quick health check and report only if there are actionable warnings. Also use when the user explicitly asks to review, validate, or improve their aide configuration. Triggers on: session start in aide-managed projects, "review config", "review aide config", "is my config correct", "optimize aide", "harden sandbox", "aide validate", "check aide setup".

Use this skill when the user reports that aide launched the wrong agent, matched the wrong context, or they want to understand which aide context applies to the current directory. Triggers on: "wrong agent", "wrong context", "why is it using", "launched the wrong agent", "expected claude but got", "context mismatch", "aide which", "which context", "why did aide pick", "not the right agent". Do NOT trigger for general agent setup — use setup-guide for that.

Use this skill PROACTIVELY when you observe "Operation not permitted" or "permission denied" in Bash tool output that appears to be a macOS sandbox (seatbelt) denial — do not wait for the user to report it. Also use when the user explicitly reports sandbox or permission issues. Triggers on: "Operation not permitted", "permission denied", "sandbox blocking", "sandbox error", "seatbelt", "sandbox-exec", "agent hanging", "agent stuck", "can't write to", "can't read". Do NOT trigger for general file permission issues unrelated to aide or sandboxing (e.g., wrong file ownership, missing sudo). The key indicator is "Operation not permitted" which is the macOS seatbelt denial message.

Use this skill when the user reports API authentication or missing credential issues in an aide-managed project, or when you observe authentication failures (401, 403, missing API key errors) that may be caused by aide's secret/env configuration. Triggers on: "can't access API", "missing key", "missing API key", "authentication failed", "API error", "unauthorized", "401", "403", "invalid credentials", "no API key", "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY not set", "key not found". Do NOT trigger for general coding authentication issues unrelated to aide context/secrets.

Use this skill when the user wants to set up, initialize, or get started with aide in a project. Triggers on: "set up aide", "configure aide", "initialize aide", "aide init", "new project aide", "get started with aide", "install aide", "how do I use aide", "what is aide", "aide setup". Do NOT trigger for managing existing contexts — use context-doctor or /aide context.