Deploy the current instar dist into a throwaway agent home and verify the deploy is healthy — clean evidence instead of post-hoc log forensics. Use BEFORE shipping a change that touches the deploy/lifeline/server path; AFTER landing such a change; or to reproduce a crash observed in the wild.
$npx -y skills add jkheadley/instar --skill test-as-selfInstalls into the current project.
Run `npx skills use "https://github.com/jkheadley/instar" --skill "jkheadley/instar/test-as-self"` and follow the generated skill instructions now. Read its complete output, redirecting it to a temporary file first if necessary. Resolve relative paths from the supporting-files directory it provides.
Use the skills in "https://github.com/jkheadley/instar" that are relevant to the current task. Run `npx skills add "https://github.com/jkheadley/instar"` and select the relevant skills, then follow their instructions.