Our review
Manages starting and resuming collaborative sessions using an MCP server and state machine.
Strengths
- Automatically delegates to the next step via the MCP state machine.
- Supports resuming existing sessions with or without a snapshot.
- Simplifies session creation by generating names and initializing state.
Limitations
- Requires the MCP server to be running.
- Only manages sessions, not direct diagram editing.
- Depends on the Mermaid-collab plugin for all advanced features.
When you need to start a new collaborative diagramming session or resume an existing one.
If you need to directly edit diagrams without the state machine or if the MCP server is unavailable.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill only calls dedicated MCP tools for session management and does not engage in destructive or exfiltrating behavior. Although Bash is in allowed-tools, the skill steps do not use it.
No concerns found
Examples
Start a new collab session for our project.Resume the last collab session we worked on.name: collab description: Start or resume a collab session - session management only user-invocable: true allowed-tools: mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__*, Read, Glob, Grep, Bash
Collab Sessions
Entry point for collab workflow. Handles session management and delegates to MCP state machine.
Step 1: Check Server
Tool: mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__check_server_health
Args: {}
If not healthy: "Server not running. Start with: bun run bin/mermaid-collab.ts start" STOP if server not running.
Step 2: Find/Create Session
List sessions for this project:
Tool: mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__list_sessions
Args: {}
If sessions exist: Present list with "Create new" option If no sessions: Go to Step 3
Step 3: Create New Session
- Generate name:
mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__generate_session_name() - Ask user to confirm or pick own name
- Initialize state:
Tool: mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__update_session_state Args: { "project": "<cwd>", "session": "<name>", "phase": "brainstorming", "currentItem": null } - Get first skill from state machine:
Tool: mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__complete_skill Args: { "project": "<cwd>", "session": "<name>", "skill": "collab-start" } - Invoke: result.next_skill
Step 4: Resume Existing Session
- Get session state:
mcp__plugin_mermaid-collab_mermaid__get_session_state() - Check for snapshot:
- If snapshot exists: Load it, delete it, invoke snapshot.activeSkill
- If no snapshot: Call complete_skill with current phase's skill, invoke result.next_skill
No Manual Routing
This skill does NOT:
- Route by item type (MCP state machine does this)
- Invoke brainstorming/rough-draft directly (complete_skill returns next skill)
- Manage the work item loop (routing nodes handle this)
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