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Houseplant Care
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-05
🔷 SkillSpec L3
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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.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“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?”
What to give it
▸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)
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓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
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**"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.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="houseplant-care"></div>
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