AI SKILL

Dead Air Diagnostics

Walks an AI assistant through restoring air first, then bisecting the chain from source to transmitter or stream, and finishes with detection, fallback and alarm advice.

What it does

Tell it where and how long the silence lasted. It asks only what changes the answer.

  • Restore first. Fallback source before diagnosis, and a note of the time.
  • Bisect the chain. Meter or listen at the middle, then halve the search until one stage is left.
  • Prevent it. Detection at the end of the chain, automatic fallback and alarms that reach a person.

Where it helps

For dead air, dropouts, a stream that is up with no audio, or planning silence detection. The threshold values are starting points to test, not a standard. It does not repair hardware.

How to use it

  1. Add the skill folder to Claude as a Skill, or open the universal prompt file and paste it into ChatGPT, Gemini or any assistant (custom GPT, Gem, system prompt, or the start of a chat).
  2. Describe your problem in your own words. The skill asks the few questions that change the answer.
  3. Check the answer against your equipment manuals and, where it matters, a measurement.

Limits

A skill makes an AI assistant more careful, not infallible. It cannot see your equipment, it can be wrong, and standards and platforms change. Every skill lists its sources and what it does not know, and shows whether a person has validated it. Mains power, RF power and structural work always need a qualified person.

Changelog

  • 26.10.1 2026-10-29

    First release. Status: to validate (not yet reviewed by a broadcast engineer).