emulatelisted

Runs this repo's app on a local simulator or emulator and opens the window on the user's desktop. Use it when the user says "run the app", "open the simulator", "launch the emulator", "boot the iOS sim", "start Expo", "see it running", "show me the app", or invokes `/emulate`. Takes the branch the user is standing on, clears the stale build processes from the last attempt, and launches. `--ios` / `--adr` / `--expo` pick the lane; with no flag the platform is read from `devkit/PLATFORMS.md`. `--device` pins the simulator or AVD, `--dry-run` shows what would happen and touches nothing. Writes nothing to the repo — no commits, no branches, no PRs.
ndisisnd/msg · ★ 6 · AI & Automation · score 79

Install: claude install-skill ndisisnd/msg

# emulate The harness's **local run lane**. `/pre-merge` runs the checks and `/merge` deploys to a remote target; neither one puts a live app in front of a human on their own machine. That is this skill's whole job. `/emulate` is a **leaf**: nothing invokes it and it invokes nothing. It has no place in the `intake → plan-pm → plan-em → eng → pre-merge → merge` spine and never blocks it. Run it whenever you want to look at the app. ## Dispatch Every mode runs the same protocol — [`refs/protocol.md`](refs/protocol.md). The flags only change what Step 0 resolves. First match wins; flags compose. | Invocation | Also triggers on (natural language) | Effect | |---|---|---| | `/emulate` | "run the app", "open the simulator", "see it running", "show me the app" | Platform resolved from `devkit/PLATFORMS.md` | | `/emulate --ios` | "boot the iOS sim", "run it on iPhone" | iOS lane, `PLATFORMS.md` not consulted | | `/emulate --adr` (alias `--android`) | "run it on Android", "open the emulator" | Android lane, `PLATFORMS.md` not consulted | | `/emulate --expo` | "start Expo", "run Metro", "expo go" | Pins the **runner**; the platform still resolves normally | | `/emulate --device <name>` | "run it on an iPhone 15 Pro" | Pins the simulator / AVD and skips the device question | | `/emulate --dry-run` | "what would this do", "don't actually run it" | Prints the plan and the kill list, launches nothing, kills nothing | | `/emulate --help` | — | This table, then stop | **Two axes, not o