claude-plugin-nvim-agentic/skills/editor-introspect/SKILL.md

name, description, disable-model-invocation, allowed-tools

name	description	disable-model-invocation	allowed-tools
editor-introspect	Read-only inspection of the user's running Neovim instance via `mcp__neovim__*` tools. Use whenever a question depends on the live editor state: what is mapped to a key, which buffers are open, what the cursor is on, what diagnostics exist, which plugins are loaded, what the messages buffer says. Returns concrete facts grounded in the running instance — never guesses from training data. Trigger on "what's bound to", "what's mapped to", "what buffers", "show me the keymaps", "is X loaded", "what plugins are active", "current selection", "what's the cursor on", "any diagnostics", "lualine theme actually applied".	false	Bash, Read

editor-introspect — read the live nvim instance

Owner: nvim-agentic-companion:companion. This skill is for reading the running editor. Never use it to mutate state — use editor-act for that.

Preconditions

The user's nvim must be running with an RPC socket reachable by the mcp-neovim-server MCP server. If mcp__neovim__* tools are not present in this session, stop and tell the user:

The neovim MCP server isn't connected to this Claude Code session. Start (or restart) nvim so it creates the socket at {{nvim_socket}}, then restart Claude Code.

Do not try to fake introspection from the config alone.

The introspection vocabulary

These are the queries you should reach for first. All are runnable via mcp__neovim__nvim_command (returns the rendered command output) or mcp__neovim__nvim_eval (returns a value).

Keymaps

• verbose nmap <leader>ff — what (and where in lua) is <leader>ff?
• verbose imap <C-Space> — same for insert mode.
• nmap <leader> — all normal-mode mappings starting with leader.
• For machine-readable form prefer: lua print(vim.inspect(vim.api.nvim_get_keymap("n"))) …then grep client-side. nvim_get_keymap returns the LHS, RHS, mode, desc, and the file/line set when known.

Buffers, windows, tabs

• ls! — list buffers, including hidden.
• lua print(vim.inspect(vim.api.nvim_list_bufs()))
• lua print(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)) — current buffer path.
• lua print(vim.inspect(vim.api.nvim_tabpage_list_wins(0)))
• For the visible layout the user is staring at, prefer windows over buffers.

Cursor, selection, mode

• lua print(vim.inspect(vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0))) — [row, col].
• lua print(vim.fn.mode()) — n, i, v, V, ^V, etc.
• For the current visual selection text: lua print(vim.fn.getregion(vim.fn.getpos("v"), vim.fn.getpos("."), {type=vim.fn.mode()})) (Neovim ≥ 0.10).

Options

• set option? — value of a single option (set number?).
• verbose set option? — and the file that last set it.
• lua print(vim.bo.filetype) / vim.wo.wrap / vim.o.background.

Diagnostics

• lua print(vim.inspect(vim.diagnostic.get(0))) — current buffer's diagnostics.
• lua print(vim.inspect(vim.diagnostic.count())) — counts by severity.
• lua print(vim.lsp.get_active_clients() | vim.iter ... | ...) — which LSPs are attached.

Plugins / runtime

• lua print(vim.inspect(package.loaded["lualine"]) ~= nil) — is X loaded?
• messages — startup warnings, last few notifications.
• checkhealth <module> — for a single module; the long-form output is huge, so prefer specific modules (e.g. :checkhealth lualine) over :checkhealth whole.
• For the lualine theme actually in use: lua print(require("lualine").get_config().options.theme)

"Why is X happening?"

When the user reports a symptom, the introspection script is:

1. messages — did something fail at startup?
2. :checkhealth <suspected-module> — does the module itself complain?
3. verbose set <option>? or verbose nmap <key> — is something overriding?
4. vim.lsp.get_active_clients() / vim.diagnostic.get(0) — is LSP behaving?

Stop as soon as you have the answer. Do not run a sweep when one query is enough.

How to report findings

• Quote the exact runtime output you got, not a paraphrase.
• When citing config provenance, give file_path:line_number from {{config_path}} (default /home/oleks/projects/servers/emmett/nixos/neovim.nix).
• If runtime disagrees with config, say so explicitly: "Config sets X but the loaded value is Y — likely a stale build / missing reload."
• For long outputs, summarize and offer to drill in. Don't paste a 200-line :messages dump verbatim unless the user asks.