Skill Check

Skill Check

Audit agent skills for spec compliance, best-practice adherence, and quality.

Quick start

scripts/validate-structure.sh path/to/target-skill

Workflows

1. Read target SKILL.md. Extract frontmatter YAML and body content.
2. Run scripts/validate-structure.sh <skill-path>. Capture pass/fail output.
3. Read references/spec-requirements.md. Check frontmatter against each spec rule.
4. Read references/best-practices.md. Evaluate body against each best-practice guideline.
5. Check thin eval gate: does <skill-path>/evals/evals.json exist? Record YES/NO.
6. Run scripts/compare-structure.sh <skill-path>. Output structural diff vs. skills-ref patterns.
7. Read assets/skill-check-report-template.html (templatized HTML report). Fill template variables with audit data:
   • {{SKILL_NAME}}, {{TARGET_PATH}}, {{AUDIT_DATE}}
   • {{SPEC_SCORE}}, {{SPEC_PCT}}, {{SPEC_CLASS}}, {{SPEC_SUBTITLE}}
   • {{BP_SCORE}}, {{BP_PCT}}, {{BP_CLASS}}, {{BP_SUBTITLE}}
   • {{STRUCT_SCORE}}, {{STRUCT_CLASS}}, {{STRUCT_SUBTITLE}}
   • {{SPEC_ROWS}}, {{BP_ROWS}}, {{STRUCT_ROWS}} (table <tr> blocks)
   • {{BP_WARNINGS}} (warning <li> blocks), {{FIXES}} (fix <li> blocks)
   • {{GRADE}}, {{GRADE_CLASS}}, {{VERDICT_TEXT}}
   • {{JSON_SUMMARY}} — compact JSON object with all scores, pass/fail per check, and machine-parseable structure. Embed in <pre> block at top so downstream skills can read just the first ~30 lines for machine data. JSON schema:

     { skill, target_path, audit_date, grade,
       spec: { score, total, checks: [{check, pass, detail}] },
       best_practices: { score, total, warnings: [string] },
       has_evals: true/false,
       structure: { score, found: [string], warnings: [string] },
       fixes: [{priority, description}]
     }
     

8. Write filled report to <skill-path>/<skill-name>-skill-check-report.html.

Reference files

See spec-requirements.md for all spec clauses. See best-practices.md for quality guidelines. See skills-ref-patterns.md for structural patterns. See skill-check-report-template.html for the templatized HTML report (use in step 7).