Host Answer | Agent Skills Atlas

About this skill

On the host side, read the latest ask file from .claude/host-bridge/ask- - - .md written by a box-internal /host-ask, investigate the requested host-side facts (other compose projects, host port occupiers, host fs outside the box mount, host-local services), write a paste-ready answer to .claude/host-bridge/ans- - - .md, then touch a done sentinel ans- - - .md.done so the box-side /host-ask auto-pickup polling can detect completion race-free (sentinel is created after the ans body write completes, guaranteeing the body is fully flushed when the sentinel appears). Counterpart of /host-ask (box-from-host bridge). Use when the user says a box session has written an ask and needs host investigation.

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host-answer

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On the host side, read the latest ask file from `.claude/host-bridge/ask-<box-name>-<topic>-<seq>.md` written by a box-internal `/host-ask`, investigate the requested host-side facts (other compose projects, host port occupiers, host fs outside the box mount, host-local services), write a paste-ready answer to `.claude/host-bridge/ans-<box-name>-<topic>-<seq>.md`, then touch a done sentinel `ans-<box-name>-<topic>-<seq>.md.done` so the box-side `/host-ask` auto-pickup polling can detect completion race-free (sentinel is created after the ans body write completes, guaranteeing the body is fully flushed when the sentinel appears). Counterpart of `/host-ask` (box-from-host bridge). Use when the user says a box session has written an ask and needs host investigation.

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Category: General
Reported license: Not specified
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.