# Live creation probe

**🟡 Intermediate · Lesson 18**

"Is it already alive?" without creating it - has_live_creation mirrors meld's exact lookup but stops before construction. Doc-canon: the no-create probe for agents and diagnostics.

## Before you run

Use the [Intermediate guide](../../intermediate/index.md) for prerequisite concepts. Run from a checkout with Melder installed and Python 3.14 free-threading selected. The collection download includes the level's local helper modules.

## Run the saved script

```bash
python UX_and_AIX_experiences/02_intermediate/18_live_creation_probe.py
```

```powershell
py -3.14t UX_and_AIX_experiences/02_intermediate/18_live_creation_probe.py
```

{download}`Download this collection <../../downloads/intermediate-examples.zip>` · [Source on GitHub](https://github.com/Synaptic724/melder/blob/1211e838099a342c9dde48f064b1e772b6060e13/UX_and_AIX_experiences/02_intermediate/18_live_creation_probe.py)

## Public surface

Conduit.has_live_creation / describe_live_creation_status

## Code

```{literalinclude} ../../downloads/02_intermediate/18_live_creation_probe.py
:language: python
:linenos:
```

## Check the outcome

The script contains its own assertions or demonstrated refusal paths. Run it to evaluate those checks against your installed version. The code above is taken directly from the saved file; no run output is invented here.

[More intermediate examples](index.md) · [Level guide](../../intermediate/index.md)

## Related guides

- [Flat overrides and live probes](../../intermediate/overrides.md)

## API contracts

- [Conduit](../../reference/api/resolution/conduit.md)