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provider-health

Summarizes availability, authentication, version drift, and cost posture for every configured AI provider.

4.0k|375|Updated Jan 15, 2026
Search Tags:#multi-model#Authentication#AI providers#version check#provider health#cli detection#cost posture
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus --skill provider-health
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: provider-health
Source: https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus/tree/main/skills/octopus-starter-pack/provider-health
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus --skill provider-health

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Before running a multi-provider workflow, you need to know which AI providers are actually reachable, how they authenticate, and what they will cost. This Skill produces a one-screen health summary so you never dispatch work to a provider that is down or misconfigured.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Provider Detection: Runs detection scripts to report availability, auth method (env key, OAuth session, subscription), and the model each provider resolves to today.
  • Ranked Problem Flagging: Surfaces expired auth first, then version drift (e.g., Claude Code older than v2.1.219 for Opus 5, Codex CLI older than v0.144.0 for GPT-5.6), then missing optional providers, each with the exact fix command.
  • Cost Posture Split: Separates included providers (Claude, agy, copilot, ollama, cursor-agent) from billed ones (codex, perplexity, grok, openrouter, atlascloud, claude-sdk) so you can predict workflow spend.
  • Use Case: You start a session on a new machine and a workflow banner shows "(unavailable - skipping)". Run this Skill to get a single table of every provider's status plus at most three ranked fix-it lines.

Quick Start

Ask the assistant to run a provider health check and show which AI providers are available, how they authenticate, and what they cost.

Frequently Asked Questions about provider-health

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I check which AI providers are available in Claude Octopus?▼

Run the provider health check, which executes the check-providers.sh and check-versions.sh detection scripts. It returns a table showing each provider's status, auth method, resolved model, and cost tier.

Why does my workflow show a provider as unavailable and skip it?▼

A provider is skipped when the detection scripts fail to find valid authentication or the CLI in the current session. The health summary ranks the cause and gives the exact fix command, such as grok login or opencode auth login.

Which Claude Octopus providers are free versus billed?▼

Included providers are Claude, agy, copilot, ollama, and cursor-agent. Billed providers are codex, perplexity, grok, openrouter, atlascloud, and claude-sdk, so multi-provider workflows using the second group incur usage costs.

What Claude Code version is required for Opus 5 support?▼

Claude Code older than v2.1.219 is flagged for Opus 5, and Codex CLI older than v0.144.0 is flagged for GPT-5.6. The health check reports this version drift so you can upgrade before dispatching.

Does the provider health check report stale status from previous sessions?▼

No. It reports only what the detection scripts return in the current session. A provider that worked yesterday but fails detection now is reported as down, without softening the result.

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