Skill Canonical Location Audit

Skill Canonical-Location Audit

Audit skills to ensure canonical locations for the same item are not defined in multiple places.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• You add or update skills that define canonical locations.
• You want to verify that canonical paths live in exactly one skill.
• You need a duplication report listing which skills conflict.

Scope

• Applies to all skills under .github/skills/**/SKILL.md.
• Focuses on canonical locations (paths, folders, or file names) for a given item (e.g., PR context artifacts, evidence locations, issue mirrors).

Audit Workflow

1. Inventory canonical-location statements

   • Read each SKILL.md and extract explicit canonical location statements (paths, folders, file names).
   • Group statements by the item they describe (e.g., “PR context summary”, “baseline evidence”).

2. Detect duplicates

   • For each item group, verify that exactly one skill defines its canonical location.
   • If two or more skills define the same item’s canonical location, flag it as a duplication.

3. Report results

   • Produce a short report listing:
     • The item with duplicated canonical location
     • The conflicting skills
     • A recommendation for consolidation (name the single skill to keep as source-of-truth)

Output Template (Suggested)

• Item:
  • Skills with definitions: , , ...
  • Recommendation: Keep as canonical; remove duplicates from others.

Notes

• If a skill references a canonical location indirectly (e.g., “see evidence-and-timestamp-conventions”), do NOT treat that as a duplication.
• Only treat explicit canonical paths or filenames as definitions.