name: ask-claude description: Ask Claude via local CLI and capture a reusable artifact

Ask Claude (Local CLI)

Use the locally installed Claude CLI as a direct external advisor for focused questions, reviews, or second opinions.

Usage

/ask-claude <question or task>

Routing

Preferred: Local CLI execution

Run Claude through the canonical OMX CLI command path (no MCP routing):

omx ask claude "{{ARGUMENTS}}"

Important: omx ask claude ... does not stream Claude's answer to stdout. The wrapper waits for the local Claude CLI to finish, writes a markdown artifact under .omx/artifacts/, and then prints the artifact path. After the command returns, open the artifact file and read ## Raw output / ## Concise summary.

Exact non-interactive Claude CLI command from claude --help:

claude -p "{{ARGUMENTS}}"
# equivalent: claude --print "{{ARGUMENTS}}"

If needed, adapt to the user's installed Claude CLI variant while keeping local execution as the default path.

Legacy compatibility entrypoints (./scripts/ask-claude.sh, npm run ask:claude -- ...) are transitional wrappers.

Missing binary behavior

If claude is not found, do not switch to MCP. Instead:

1. Explain that local Claude CLI is required for this skill.
2. Ask the user to install/configure Claude CLI.
3. Provide a quick verification command:

claude --version

Artifact requirement

After local execution, save a markdown artifact to:

.omx/artifacts/claude-<slug>-<timestamp>.md

The command's expected terminal output is the artifact path itself. Treat that path as the result handle, then read the file.

Minimum artifact sections:

1. Original user task
2. Final prompt sent to Claude CLI
3. Claude output (raw)
4. Concise summary
5. Action items / next steps

Completion behavior

• Treat the emitted artifact path as the command result.
• Open the artifact immediately after the command completes.
• Summarize the ## Raw output section for the user instead of assuming stdout already contains Claude's answer.
• If Claude exits non-zero or times out, report that from the artifact rather than saying no result was returned.

Task: {{ARGUMENTS}}