# Audit and normalize SPDX license headers before releasing or open-sourcing a repository

> Use REUSE when an agent needs file-level licensing clarity instead of guessing from a single top-level LICENSE file. The agent checks compliance, adds or verifies SPDX headers, pulls missing license texts into LICENSES/, and produces a concrete remediation list or SPDX export.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/audit-and-normalize-spdx-license-headers-before-releasing-or` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/audit-and-normalize-spdx-license-headers-before-releasing-or`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/audit-and-normalize-spdx-license-headers-before-releasing-or/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/audit-and-normalize-spdx-license-headers-before-releasing-or

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# Audit and normalize SPDX license headers before releasing or open-sourcing a repository

Use REUSE when an agent needs file-level licensing clarity instead of guessing from a single top-level LICENSE file. The agent checks compliance, adds or verifies SPDX headers, pulls missing license texts into LICENSES/, and produces a concrete remediation list or SPDX export.

## Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, optional libmagic, optional VCS tools

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pipx :
- pipx run reuse lint
- pipx automatically isolates reuse into its own Python virtualenv, which means
- pipx install reuse

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- This website requires JavaScript.
- python
- Python

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Lint 3rd party repositories / third-party-lint (https://github.com/fsfe/reuse-example) (push) Successful in 31s
- Maintainers
- Contributing

- Source: https://codeberg.org/fsfe/reuse-tool

## Documentation

- https://reuse.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/audit-and-normalize-spdx-license-headers-before-releasing-or-open-sourcing-a-repository/)