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name: probe-missing-dep
description: Benchmark skill for testing how platforms handle references to skills that don't exist. Use when asked to probe missing dependency behavior.
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# Missing Dependency Probe
This skill references another skill (`nonexistent-formatter`) that does not
exist in the benchmark set or anywhere else. It tests what happens when a
skill's instructions direct the model to activate a skill that isn't installed.
## Instructions
When activated, follow these steps in order:
1. Report: "probe-missing-dep activated. Canary: **GULL-IRON-4492**"
2. This skill requires the `nonexistent-formatter` skill to format output.
Activate the `nonexistent-formatter` skill now.
3. After attempting to activate `nonexistent-formatter`, report what happened:
- Did the platform report that the skill doesn't exist?
- Did you silently skip the step?
- Did you attempt to fulfill the formatting task from general knowledge?
- Did the platform show an error?
4. Report: "probe-missing-dep complete. Dependency resolution result:
[describe what happened]"
