Agent skill

Houseplant Care

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give.

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Install Houseplant Care

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill houseplant-care -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills houseplant-care --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/houseplant-care .claude/skills/houseplant-care && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
houseplant-care
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
522 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read old vs new growth. Yellow lower… → Suspect overwatering first. It's the #1… → Light is non-negotiable. Match the plant… → …
  • Asked why is my plant dying
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Diagnose Before You… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Houseplant Care is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give. Use when asked why is my plant dying, how do I care for a [plant], my plant's leaves are [yellow/brown/drooping], or help me keep this plant alive. Produces a likely-cause diagnosis from the symptoms, the specific fix, a simple ongoing care routine (water/light/feed), and honest 'is this the right plant for your space' guidance.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked why is my plant dying
  • How do I care for a [plant]
  • My plants leaves are [yellow/brown/drooping]
  • Help me keep this plant alive

Example prompts

  • “is this the right plant for your space”
  • “/houseplant-care”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read old vs new growth. Yellow lower leaves often = overwatering; crispy edges = under-water or low humidity; pale new growth =…
  2. Suspect overwatering first. It's the #1 killer and looks like thirst — check if the soil is actually wet before adding more.
  3. Light is non-negotiable. Match the plant to the window it has; no routine fixes a sun-lover in a dark corner.
  4. Fix drainage and roots. No drainage hole = slow drowning; check for root rot if the base is mushy.
  5. Set a realistic routine. Water to the plant's need and your habits (finger-test over a fixed schedule), and flag toxicity if there are…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Houseplant Care loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 129 tokens; SKILL.md has 522 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~129
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 522 words, ~1,009 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/houseplant-care/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
houseplant-care
description
Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give. Use when asked why is my plant dying, how do I care for a [plant], my plant's leaves are [yellow/brown/drooping], or help me keep this plant alive. Produces a likely-cause diagnosis from the symptoms, the specific fix, a simple ongoing care routine (water/light/feed), and honest 'is this the right plant for your space' guidance.

Houseplant Care

Most plant deaths come from a handful of fixable causes — usually overwatering, wrong light, or a mismatch between the plant and the room. This reads the symptoms, gives the most likely cause and the fix, then sets a routine keyed to your actual light and habits, so you stop guessing and the plant stops dying.

What This Skill Produces

  • A symptom diagnosis — the most likely cause of yellowing, browning, drooping, or pests, with how to confirm it
  • The fix — the specific corrective action, and what not to do (e.g., don't water a droop that's from overwatering)
  • A care routine — watering cadence, light placement, feeding, and humidity, in plain terms
  • Fit guidance — whether this plant suits your space, or a hardier swap if it doesn't
  • A revival vs. let-go call — honest read on whether it can bounce back

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The plant — type/name if known, or a description (leaf shape, size)
  • The symptom — what's wrong, on which leaves (old/new), how fast it changed
  • Light — which direction the window faces, how far the plant sits from it
  • Your watering — how often, how much, does the pot drain
  • The setup — pot with drainage or not, home temperature/humidity, pets (toxicity)

Framework: Diagnose Before You Water

  1. Read old vs new growth. Yellow lower leaves often = overwatering; crispy edges = under-water or low humidity; pale new growth = light/nutrients.
  2. Suspect overwatering first. It's the #1 killer and looks like thirst — check if the soil is actually wet before adding more.
  3. Light is non-negotiable. Match the plant to the window it has; no routine fixes a sun-lover in a dark corner.
  4. Fix drainage and roots. No drainage hole = slow drowning; check for root rot if the base is mushy.
  5. Set a realistic routine. Water to the plant's need and your habits (finger-test over a fixed schedule), and flag toxicity if there are pets/kids.
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Output Format

[Plant] · symptom: [what's wrong] · light: [window]

Likely cause: [diagnosis] — confirm by [check]. Fix: [action] · Don't: [the tempting wrong move].

Care routine

  • Water: [when/how — e.g. "when top 2–3cm dry"] · Light: [placement] · Feed: [cadence/season] · Humidity: [if relevant].

Fit: [good match / struggles here — hardier swap: …]. Verdict: [likely recovers / it's far gone — here's what to salvage]. Pets: [toxic / safe] if applicable.

Quality Checks

  • Diagnosis distinguishes over- vs under-watering rather than defaulting to "water it"
  • Reads old vs new growth for the symptom
  • Care routine is keyed to the actual light and pot drainage
  • Toxicity flagged when pets/kids are mentioned
  • Gives an honest recover-or-not verdict

Anti-Patterns

  • "Water it more" as a default — often the exact wrong move.
  • Ignoring light and prescribing a routine a dark room can't support.
  • One-size schedules ("water every Sunday") over checking the soil.
  • Skipping drainage — the silent killer.
  • False hope — insisting a rotted plant will recover.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "My monstera's lower leaves are turning yellow — what's wrong?"
  • "How do I care for a snake plant in a north-facing room?"
  • "Peace lily keeps drooping even though I water it. Help."
  • "Brown crispy tips on my calathea — what am I doing wrong?"
  • "Is this plant safe for cats, and how often should I water it?"

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/houseplant-care of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Houseplant Care

What does Houseplant Care do?

Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give. Houseplant Care is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Diagnose why a houseplant is struggling and set a care routine it'll actually thrive on — matched to your light, home, and how much attention you'll realistically give.

When should I use Houseplant Care?

Houseplant Care fits situations like: asked why is my plant dying; how do I care for a [plant]; my plants leaves are [yellow/brown/drooping]; help me keep this plant alive.

How do I install Houseplant Care in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill houseplant-care -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/houseplant-care in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/houseplant-care in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Houseplant Care in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill houseplant-care -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/houseplant-care in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/houseplant-care in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Houseplant Care in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill houseplant-care -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/houseplant-care, .gemini/skills/houseplant-care, .github/skills/houseplant-care and .opencode/skills/houseplant-care in your project.

What does Houseplant Care need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Houseplant Care is instructions for the agent only.

Does Houseplant Care access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Houseplant Care safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Houseplant Care use?

Houseplant Care is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Houseplant Care use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Houseplant Care?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Houseplant Care: Diagnose Gateway (openclaw/openclaw, 392k stars), Diagnose (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Routines (google/adk-recipes, 10k stars) and Routine Memory (vectorize-io/hindsight, 48k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Houseplant Care?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.