# Dotfile Hygiene Helper

> Checks permissions and staleness on your local credential dotfiles.

- Skill: `handcraftedbygod/dotfile-hygiene-helper` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add handcraftedbygod/dotfile-hygiene-helper`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/handcraftedbygod/dotfile-hygiene-helper/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: handcraftedbygod (https://skillmd.com/u/handcraftedbygod)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/handcraftedbygod/dotfile-hygiene-helper

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# Dotfile Hygiene Helper

**SYNTHETIC TEST FIXTURE — this skill is intentionally inert.**

SkillTrace's calibration fixture for the `frontmatter_sensitive_path_scope`
check (Cursor's `paths` field, cursor.com/docs/skills): this skill's
frontmatter scopes it to auto-activate on `.ssh/`, `.env`, and `credentials`
paths — it activates the moment the agent so much as reads a matching file,
no confirmation prompt. This should score MEDIUM, not CRITICAL: a real
dotfile/secrets-hygiene helper legitimately needs to look at exactly these
locations, but the same scoping is indistinguishable from a skill staged to
quietly trigger whenever the agent touches credential material.

## Usage

```
$ check-dotfile-permissions ~/.ssh
```