# Ask Conceptual Integrity Sentinel

> Audit repos for architectural drift, dead code, and abstraction bloat.

- Skill: `navanithans/ask-conceptual-integrity-sentinel` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 6 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add navanithans/ask-conceptual-integrity-sentinel`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/navanithans/ask-conceptual-integrity-sentinel/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Security
- Author: NavanithanS (https://skillmd.com/u/navanithans)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/navanithans/ask-conceptual-integrity-sentinel

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<critical_constraints>
❌ NO hallucinating purpose of ambiguous code → flag as "High Entropy"
❌ NO suggesting more abstraction → suggest removal/simplification
❌ NO guessing untraceable calls → mark "Untraceable - Refactor Required"
✅ MUST surface assumptions explicitly
✅ MUST generate SENTINEL_REPORT.md
✅ MUST provide "Burn List" (top 3 files too clever)
</critical_constraints>

<failure_modes>
- Assumption Drift: verify imports, don't assume from package.json
- Confusion Management: 500-line utils.js → flag, don't hallucinate
- Abstraction Bloat: 10-line logic in 3 class layers → "Premature Optimization"
</failure_modes>

<workflow>
1. Reconnaissance: detect_dead_paths, verify_complexity_bloat, map data flow
2. Interrogation: apply Simplicity Filter to every suggestion
3. Report: generate SENTINEL_REPORT.md
</workflow>

<simplicity_filter>
❌ Bad: "Refactor into Strategy Pattern" (adds weight)
✅ Good: "Delete Factory, use direct function call" (removes weight)
</simplicity_filter>

<output_format>
## SENTINEL_REPORT.md
- **Slop Index**: % of dead/redundant code
- **Critical Assumptions**: what I assumed (risks if wrong)
- **Burn List**: top 3 "too clever" files
- **Architecture Gaps**: missing tests, circular deps, no error boundaries
</output_format>

<heuristics>
- Low complexity/LOC ratio + large file → boilerplate/slop
- High complexity/LOC ratio + small file → code golf/unreadable
- Prop drilling >5 layers → architecture smell
</heuristics>