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port-conflict-resolution
Check port availability before starting server, provide patterns for killing processes on ports, document automatic port selection strategies, include fallback port ranges, and provide health check patterns. Use when dev server fails to start due to port conflicts.
Works with
Install in three steps
- 1
Download the ZIP
One file per agent, plus INSTALL.md with the exact paths below.
- 2
Claude Code: copy SKILL.md into your skills folder
.claude/skills/port-conflict-resolution/SKILL.md # this project ~/.claude/skills/port-conflict-resolution/SKILL.md # every project
- 3
Other agents: use the matching file
skill.mdc goes in Cursor’s .cursor/rules/. AGENTS.md works as GitHub Copilot instructions, a legacy .cursorrules, or a Codex / Gemini CLI instructions file.

