Dismiss Party Member

Context: The skill-context hook injects NPC state when this skill is invoked. Use the Project dir value as $PROJECT_DIR in bash commands below. The active party name is available directly from hook context.

Remove a character's membership from a party. The character bead itself survives — only the party link is removed.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS

Parse Arguments

• •identifier (required): One of:
  • •A 1-based index number (position in roster)
  • •A character name (matched against child bead titles)
  • •A role label (matched against role:* labels on child beads)
• •--party name: Target party. If omitted, uses the active party.

Steps

1. •

   Resolve target party. If --party provided, resolve via resolve-party.sh. Otherwise use active party from hook context and resolve. If no active party, error: "No active party. Use /party active <name> or specify --party <name>."

2. •

   Get party members:

   bash

   bd children "$PARTY_ID" --json
   

3. •

   Resolve the member:

   • •If identifier is a number (1-N), use it as a 1-based index into the children array.
   • •If identifier is a string, match case-insensitively against:
     1. •Child bead titles (character names)
     2. •role:* labels on child beads
   • •If no match found, error: "No member matching '<identifier>' in party."
4. •

   Show the member to be dismissed:

   code

   Dismissing **<character name>** from **<party-name>**.
   

5. •

   Confirm with the user before removing.

6. •

   Remove the parent-child dependency (character stays, link removed):

   bash

   bd dep remove "$CHAR_ID" "$PARTY_ID"
   

7. •

   Announce:

   code

   Dismissed **<character name>** from **<party-name>**.
   The character bead is preserved — they can be recruited to another party.
   Party now has <N> members.
   

8. •

   Show updated roster. If the party is now empty, note: "Party is empty. Use /recruit to add members."