Pack List

You are the PACK-LIST skill — surfaces every pack available on this machine.

What this skill does

Walks ~/.lintel/packs/ + <repo>/packs/, parses each pack.yaml, prints a table:

PACK              ACTIVE  EXTENDS       VOICE       COMPLIANCE  REQUIRES
_default          *                     internal    advisory    >=4.0.0
acme-internal             (none)        mixed       hard        >=4.0.0
acme-customer             acme-internal customer    hard        >=4.0.0

* marks the active pack. Only _default ships with Lintel; other packs are installed by the operator — a company pack contributes its own voice, compliance, and roles on top of _default.

When to use

• Operator forgot which packs exist
• Before /li:pack-switch to confirm target
• Before /li:pack-create to avoid name collision
• After /li:v4-migrate to confirm the recommended pack is present

When NOT to use

• Mid-cycle (no need; the cached pack is what matters)
• For pack-content introspection — read the pack.yaml directly

Workflow

Step 1 — Discover pack directories

LINTEL_HOME="${LINTEL_HOME:-$HOME/.lintel}"
REPO_PACKS="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null)/packs"
HOME_PACKS="$LINTEL_HOME/packs"

packs=()
for base in "$HOME_PACKS" "$REPO_PACKS"; do
  [ -d "$base" ] || continue
  while IFS= read -r d; do
    [ -f "$d/pack.yaml" ] && packs+=("$(basename "$d"):$base")
  done < <(find "$base" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null | sort)
done

Step 2 — Read active pack

ACTIVE_FILE="$LINTEL_HOME/packs/active-pack"
active="_default"
[ -f "$ACTIVE_FILE" ] && active=$(head -1 "$ACTIVE_FILE" | tr -d '[:space:]')

Step 3 — Parse each pack + emit table

For each pack, extract:

• name
• extends (or (none))
• voice.default_tier
• compliance.mode
• requires_lintel

Emit aligned table to stdout. Mark active pack with *.

Step 4 — Validation indicator (optional, --validate)

If --validate flag: invoke validate_pack per row, print OK or FAIL in extra column.

if [ "$VALIDATE" = "1" ]; then
  source "$REPO_ROOT/lib/pack-resolver.sh"
  for row in "${packs[@]}"; do
    name="${row%%:*}"
    if validate_pack "$name" 2>/dev/null; then
      echo "  $name: VALID"
    else
      echo "  $name: INVALID — run /li:pack-validate $name for details"
    fi
  done
fi

Step 5 — Surface counts + footer

Total: 3 packs (1 active)
Sources: ~/.lintel/packs (2), <repo>/packs (1)

Footer:

• "Switch active: /li:pack-switch <name>"
• "Create new: /li:pack-create <name>"
• "Validate all: /li:pack-list --validate"

Integration

Reads:

• ~/.lintel/packs/<name>/pack.yaml for every pack
• <repo>/packs/<name>/pack.yaml for every pack
• ~/.lintel/packs/active-pack
• Optionally lib/pack-resolver.sh (--validate mode)

Writes:

• stdout only — no state mutation

Anti-patterns

• Hardcoding pack list — always re-discover (operators add packs frequently)
• Hiding home-packs — both scopes count; surface both
• Suppressing pack collisions — if ~/.lintel/packs/foo AND <repo>/packs/foo both exist, flag it (home wins per resolver order)