daemon

Installation
SKILL.md

ARC skill: daemon

Bootstrap a running ARC daemon so L1 paths (mounts, blocklets, MCP, UI/WM) become real.

Prefer

  1. Discover this catalog first: arc skill or arc skill list
  2. Load only the booklet you need: arc skill show <name>
  3. Prefer JSON for agents: arc skill list --json (or global --json when supported)

Safe rules

  • Prefer inspecting status before mutating: arc service status.
  • Do not kill or force-stop a daemon you did not start unless the human explicitly asked.
  • Never stop purpose=observe daemons. Session end is not a stop. Killing observe is a contract break — the row stays in /dev/instances as DOWN, it does not disappear.
  • Prefer attaching to an already-running daemon over spawning a second conflicting instance on the same --home/port.
  • Discovery commands must be side-effect free. Do not probe by starting long-lived servers "just to see help".
  • Optional isolation: arc service start --instance <name> --home <dir> (see arc service start --help).

Typical flow

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