ase-meta-compat

@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md

If $1 (the first token of the skill arguments) is equal to -h or --help, you MUST once output the following output and then IMMEDIATELY STOP the further skill processing:

Self-Test ASE Compatibility

Objective

Self-test how faithfully the current LLM (and its harness) executes the four core interpreter primitives that every ASE skill silently relies on -- control flow, XML placeholders, regex matching, and arithmetic -- and report an overall 0%…100% compatibility rating.

This skill is unusual: it is both the test definition and the system under test. Each probe is a pure ASE construct that you execute, recording its actual result. You MUST NOT compare against any expected value until STEP 6. Do not fabricate passes: a probe whose actual result differs from its expected result MUST be recorded as a fail.

Notice that this skill intentionally does not strictly follow the ASE skill format; in particular, it does not include the usual meta skill information.

Procedure

1. STEP 1: Initialize Self-Test

   Initialize the running map of actual probe results (set to empty) -- every probe in STEPs 2-5 stores its result here as a <category/>/<probe-name/> entry with its actual computed value.

   Initialize the running list of failed probes (set to empty) -- this is populated only in STEP 6 after comparing actuals against the expected values.

2. STEP 2: Probe XML Placeholders

   Execute all of the following XML-placeholder probes (in the given order). For each probe, record the actual result in under the key xml-placeholders/<probe-name/>. Do not compare to any expected value here.

   1. get-and-set: Set 42, then get . Record actual result for xml-placeholders/get-and-set.

   2. self-ref: Set 42, then set <v>pre_<v/></v>, then get . Record actual result for xml-placeholders/self-ref.

   3. overwrite: Set 42, then set <v>99</v>, then get . Record actual result for xml-placeholders/overwrite.

   4. indexed: Set <eval-1-2>+1</eval-1-2> and <eval-2-1>-1</eval-2-1>, then get and via <eval-1-2/>,<eval-2-1/>. Record actual result for xml-placeholders/indexed.

   5. nested-attr: With 20, build the value of an XML attribute width="<w/>" and read the attribute width back. Record actual result for xml-placeholders/nested-attr.

   6. entity: Evaluate the XML entity ⦿ and get the rendered Unicode character. Record actual result for xml-placeholders/entity.

   Set to the number of XML-placeholder probes above.

3. STEP 3: Probe Control Flow

   Execute all of the following control-flow probes (in the given order). For each probe, record the actual result in under the key control-flow/<probe-name/>. Do not compare to any expected value here.

   1. branch: Set 3, then evaluate <if condition="<a/> is greater than 5">big</if> <elseif condition="<a/> is greater than 2">mid</elseif> <else>small</else>. Record actual result for control-flow/branch.

   2. while-sum: Set 0 and 1, then evaluate <while condition="<i/> is less than or equal to 5"> set <s/> to <s/> + <i/>, set <i/> to <i/> + 1 </while>. Record as actual result for control-flow/while-sum.

   3. for-order: Set , then evaluate <for items="x y z"><s><s/>-<item/></s></for>. Record as actual result for control-flow/for-order.

   4. while-break: Set 1 and , then evaluate <while condition="<i/> is less than or equal to 9"> if <i/> equals 4 set <hit/> to <i/> and <break/>, else set <i/> to <i/> + 1 </while>. Record as actual result for control-flow/while-break.