Skill Audit
Audits a codebase for quality, consistency, and broken patterns before release.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 13, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Jul 18, 2026 · 0d79bb6
Tested full install (clean, SKILL.md-only, strict YAML frontmatter parses, no external file deps), a 6-prompt trigger battery, and an A/B output test auditing a deliberately-flawed SKILL.md with 7 planted defects. The skill arm caught all 7 planted flaws with no false positives; the no-skill base arm caught 6 (missing the unverifiable-referenced-files defect) and added one minor false positive. Skill is a generic phase/checklist audit methodology with no skill-specific knowledge, so its lift over a capable base model was real but marginal.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 4/5
- Output vs. baseline 6/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Skill Audit does
Audit codebases for quality, consistency, and broken patterns — use for pre-release or tech debt review
How to install Skill Audit
git clone https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus
cd claude-octopus
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r .claude/skills/skill-audit ~/.claude/skills/skill-audit
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Skill Audit
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/skill-auditAudits a codebase for quality, consistency, and broken patterns before release.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Audit this codebase before we ship it -
Find broken patterns and consistency issues in this repo -
Do a tech-debt review of this project
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Skill Audit skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from nyldn/claude-octopus. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Skill Audit work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 13, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Tested full install (clean, SKILL.md-only, strict YAML frontmatter parses, no external file deps), a 6-prompt trigger battery, and an A/B output test auditing a deliberately-flawed SKILL.md with 7 planted defects. The skill arm caught all 7 planted flaws with no false positives; the no-skill base arm caught 6 (missing the unverifiable-referenced-files defect) and added one minor false positive. Skill is a generic phase/checklist audit methodology with no skill-specific knowledge, so its lift over a capable base model was real but marginal.
- What is the Skill Audit SkillProof Score?
- 7.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 6/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Skill Audit?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Skill Audit with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.