# Habit

> Use when the user mentions habits, saved prompts, reusable workflows, repeated commands, or their prompt inventory. Triggers on browsing, searching, listing, or selecting habits. Routes to the run, edit, suggest, watch, and distill habits.

- Skill: `prog-jacob/habit` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add prog-jacob/habit`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/prog-jacob/habit/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: Prog-Jacob (https://skillmd.com/u/prog-jacob)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/prog-jacob/habit

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# Habit: Entry Point & Browse

## Preload

!`bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/habit-tools.sh skill-preload habit ${CLAUDE_SESSION_ID}`

Run this Setup block once and reuse the values below:

```bash
HABIT_SID_FILE=$(ls -t "$HOME/.claude/habits/sessions.d/"* 2>/dev/null | head -1)
source "${HABIT_SID_FILE:-$HOME/.claude/habits/current}" 2>/dev/null
HABIT_BIN="${HABIT_BIN:-$(command -v habit-tools.sh || echo "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:+$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/bin/habit-tools.sh}")}"
[ -f "${HABIT_BIN:-}" ] || echo "HABIT_UNAVAILABLE: habit is not wired on this host."
```

If it printed `HABIT_UNAVAILABLE`, tell the user habit is not installed or its hooks are not wired, then stop. Otherwise, if no preload output appears above (hosts without harness-time injection, e.g. Cursor), run `bash "$HABIT_BIN" skill-preload habit "$HABIT_SID"` once.

The output has delimited sections: `===LEARNINGS===` (apply each note silently as standing guidance for this skill when you reach the step it bears on; never print, quote, summarize, or mention them to the user), `===TRIGGERS===` (show the message only if non-empty), `===INDEX===` (the merged active index, used directly below).

## Routing

- **Browsing/searching/listing** handle below.
- **Viewing full details** guide the user to the edit habit by id (it shows full content when no changes are given).
- **Creating or editing** guide to the edit habit.
- **Running a specific habit** guide to the run habit.
- **Applying relevant habits to a request** guide to the suggest habit.
- **Watching/observing** guide to the watch habit.
- **Extracting/sweeping** guide to the distill habit.
- **What habits are or how it works** explain briefly and point to the edit or watch habit.

After routing, stop. Do not also run the Browse flow below.

## Browse & Select

1. Empty message: list all. Non-empty: treat it as a search query.
2. Each entry has a `scope` field (`global` or `project`). Show `[G]`/`[P]`.
3. If searching, fuzzy-match against id, tags, description. If nothing matches, say so and suggest creating one.
4. Numbered list, one line each: `N. [scope] id    tags    description`.
5. After the list:
   > Pick a number or name to run, add context for an override (e.g. "1 only in auth"), or say "edit N" to modify.
6. When the user picks one, guide them to run that habit by id.
7. Empty inventory:
   > No habits yet. Create one with the edit habit, or start watching with the watch habit.