Tool UI Fixes & Innate Skills

Ghost Tools in the UI

The tool registration system had a subtle bug: when tools failed to build, they’d disappear from the database but still hang around in memory. This created “ghost tools” — appearing in the UI but unable to actually run.

We fixed it by tracking build failures explicitly. Failed tools now show an error status instead of vanishing. When Chalie starts, it scans the filesystem directly to catch tools that failed during boot. We also normalized the schema handling to support both old and new formats.

Now the embodiments tab is trustworthy. What you see is what exists.

Innate Skills

Implemented the first set of built-in capabilities that Chalie has by default — the baseline that tools extend, not replace. This clarified the architecture: skills are innate; tools are extensible and optional.