Grove Doctor

I'm using the grove-doctor skill to run a series of diagnostic checks on this Grove setup.

Workflow

Run each check in order. Collect all results and print the full report at the end.

Check 1: Platform

diskutil info / | grep "File System"

• PASS if output contains APFS
• WARN if macOS but not APFS
• FAIL if not macOS

Check 2: CLI installed

command -v grove

• PASS if a path is returned
• FAIL if the command is not found. Fix: follow the installation instructions at https://github.com/chrisbanes/grove

Check 3: CLI version

grove version

• PASS — record the version string for the report
• FAIL if the command errors. Fix: reinstall the CLI

Check 4: Grove initialized

test -f .grove/config.json

• PASS if the file exists
• FAIL if not found. Fix: run the grove:grove-config skill to initialize Grove in this repository

Check 5: Golden copy health

git status --porcelain
git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
git rev-parse --short HEAD

• PASS if git status --porcelain produces no output (clean)
• WARN if there are uncommitted changes — report the count of dirty files. Suggestion: commit or stash changes before creating workspaces
• Record branch name and short commit hash in the report regardless

Check 6: Workspace directory

Read workspaceDir from .grove/config.json. Then:

test -d <workspaceDir> && test -w <workspaceDir>
df -h <workspaceDir>

• PASS if the directory exists, is writable, and has available disk space
• WARN if free space is under 5 GB
• FAIL if the directory does not exist or is not writable. Fix: mkdir -p <workspaceDir> or adjust permissions

Check 7: Hooks

test -x .grove/hooks/post-clone

• PASS if the file exists and is executable
• FAIL if missing or not executable. Fix: chmod +x .grove/hooks/post-clone

Check 8: Active workspaces

grove list --json

• PASS — report the count of active workspaces
• Flag any workspaces whose created_at is more than 7 days ago as potentially stale
• FAIL if the command errors

Output Format

After all checks, print the report:

Grove Doctor Report:
  [PASS] Platform: macOS (APFS)
  [PASS] CLI: grove v0.1.0
  [PASS] Initialized: .grove/config.json found
  [WARN] Golden copy: 3 uncommitted changes
  [PASS] Workspace dir: /tmp/grove/myproject (12GB free)
  [FAIL] Hooks: .grove/hooks/post-clone not executable
         Fix: chmod +x .grove/hooks/post-clone
  [PASS] Workspaces: 2 active

For every FAIL, include a Fix line with a specific command or actionable suggestion. For every WARN, include a Suggestion line.

Quick Reference

Common Mistakes

• Running grove-doctor outside a git repo — checks 4 and 5 will produce misleading results. Always run from the repository root.
• Reporting only failures — always print the full checklist including PASSes so the user can see what is healthy.
• Skipping the fix command — every FAIL must include a concrete remediation step, not just a description of the problem.

Red Flags

• Multiple FAILs starting from Check 2 — the CLI is not installed; later checks are meaningless. Stop early and fix the CLI first.
• Golden copy is on a detached HEAD — workspaces created from it will have no branch context.
• Workspace directory is on a non-APFS volume — CoW clones will not work; Grove requires APFS.

Integration

• Standalone — invoked manually when things go wrong; not called by other skills automatically