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Ensure Docker Desktop is running and responsive on macOS. Use whenever a task needs the Docker daemon (docker, kind, k3d, docker-compose, etc.) and the daemon is unresponsive, hung, or not started. Do not stop and ask the user — start it, restart it, force-restart it, and troubleshoot.

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  1. Distinctive:

    If it is responsive, exits 0 immediately.

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  2. Distinctive:

    If Docker Desktop is running but the daemon is hung, waits up to 30s for it to come around.

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  3. Distinctive:

    If still hung, gracefully quits Docker Desktop, then re-launches it.

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  4. Distinctive:

    If Docker Desktop is not running, launches it.

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  5. Distinctive:

    Does not modify Docker config or settings.

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SKILL.md

Docker Desktop

Ensure the Docker daemon is running and responsive on macOS Docker Desktop. If a task needs Docker (docker, kind, k3d, docker-compose, etc.) and the daemon is hung or not started, run the script below before giving up. Never just bail out and ask the user to start Docker.

When to use

Trigger this skill the moment any of these signals appear:

  • docker info, docker ps, or any docker command hangs, returns "EOF", or fails with "Cannot connect to the Docker daemon"
  • kind create cluster errors with failed to list clusters: ... command "docker ps ..." failed
  • A task you are about to perform requires the Docker daemon (kind clusters, container builds, compose stacks)

Usage

./scripts/ensure-docker.sh

The script:

  1. Probes the daemon with docker info (5s timeout).
  2. If it is responsive, exits 0 immediately.
  3. If Docker Desktop is running but the daemon is hung, waits up to 30s for it to come around.
  4. If still hung, gracefully quits Docker Desktop, then re-launches it.
  5. If Docker Desktop is not running, launches it.
  6. Polls the daemon for up to 90s after launch.
  7. As a last resort, force-kills lingering Docker processes and re-launches once more.
  8. On final failure, prints diagnostics: process list, socket path, and tail of Docker Desktop logs.

Exit code is 0 if the daemon is responsive, 1 if all attempts failed.

Scope

  • macOS Docker Desktop only. For OrbStack, Colima, Rancher Desktop, or Linux Docker Engine, do not use this skill.
  • Does not modify Docker config or settings. Only starts, stops, and waits.

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