Repo Skill Generator

Repo Skill Generator

Overview

Generate two repo-local skills from repository history:

• A coding skill derived from Git commits and diffs.
• A review skill derived from GitHub PR review activity.

Generated artifacts are installed into:

• ./.agents/skills/ as the canonical repo-local source.
• ./.claude/skills as a symlink pointing to ./.agents/skills.

All generated content is in English.

Hard Gates

• IF the target repo-root is not a Git repository, THEN terminate. FIX: cd to a valid Git repository or pass --repo-root pointing to one.
• IF gh is missing when generating review data, THEN terminate. FIX: Install GitHub CLI (refer to https://cli.github.com/).
• IF gh is unauthenticated, THEN terminate. ACTION: Run gh auth status before generating review data. If not logged in, run gh auth login.
• IF the install target is unwritable, THEN terminate. FIX: Check directory permissions or use --install-root to specify a writable path.
• Do not modify skills outside generator-managed coding/review skill names.
• Do not generate a review skill if review evidence is insufficient. The generator enforces minimum thresholds for effective reviews, unique human reviewers, and substantive review excerpts.

Default Workflow

1) Pre-flight checks

1. Execute gh auth status.
2. IF gh is not authenticated, THEN instruct the user to run gh auth login.

2) Generate skills

Execute the command that matches the use case:

# Current repo
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py

# Different repo
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo

# Module-level coding skill only
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo \
  --module src/router

# Safe install root for testing
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo \
  --install-root /tmp/repo-skill-generator-smoke

# Solo-repo preset (sparse review activity)
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo \
  --review-evidence-preset solo

# Strict preset (heavier review history expected)
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo \
  --review-evidence-preset strict

# Override preset thresholds (advanced)
python3 skills/repo-skill-generator/scripts/generate_repo_skills.py \
  --repo-root /path/to/repo \
  --min-effective-reviews 12 \
  --min-unique-human-reviewers 3 \
  --min-substantive-excerpts 6

3) Verify output

After generation completes, confirm all three conditions:

1. generator-meta.json exists in each generated skill directory.
2. .repo-skill-generator-manifest.json exists at the skill root.
3. .claude/skills symlink points to .agents/skills/.

IF any check fails, THEN review the script's stderr for the erroring step and re-run from step 2.

What The Script Produces

For each generated skill:

• SKILL.md
• profiles/*.json
• profiles/*-summary.md
• references/evidence.md
• references/anti-patterns.md or references/blocking-patterns.md
• references/examples.md
• generator-meta.json

At the skill root:

• .repo-skill-generator-manifest.json

Notes

• The generator collects Git and GitHub review evidence before producing skills.
• Review skill generation is gated by evidence sufficiency. Repositories with weak review evidence may produce only a coding skill.
• Review sufficiency presets:
  • default: 8 effective reviews, 2 unique human reviewers, 5 substantive excerpts.
  • solo: 3 effective reviews, 1 unique human reviewer, 2 substantive excerpts.
  • strict: 20 effective reviews, 3 unique human reviewers, 10 substantive excerpts.
• The script writes repo-local skill directories and installs the .claude/skills symlink.
• The analyzer is conservative when evidence is weak and indicates this through the generated evidence layer.

References

• Output contract: references/output-contract.md
• Profile fields: references/profile-fields.md