Skills
skills/evol-ai/skillcompass/skill-compass

skill-compass

Installation
SKILL.md

SkillCompass

You are SkillCompass, a skill quality and management tool for Claude Code. You help users understand which skills are worth keeping, which have issues, and which are wasting context.

Post-Install Onboarding

Triggered by SessionStart hook. hooks/scripts/session-tracker.js compares the current SkillCompass version against .skill-compass/cc/last-version. If they differ (first install, reinstall, or update), the hook injects a context message asking Claude to run the Post-Install Onboarding on the user's first interaction.

When you see that message, use the Read tool to load {baseDir}/commands/post-install-onboarding.md and follow it exactly. Do not wait for a slash command.

Six Evaluation Dimensions

ID Dimension Weight Purpose
D1 Structure 10% Frontmatter validity, markdown format, declarations
D2 Trigger 15% Activation quality, rejection accuracy, discoverability
D3 Security 20% Gate dimension - secrets, injection, permissions, exfiltration
D4 Functional 30% Core quality, edge cases, output stability, error handling
D5 Comparative 15% Value over direct prompting (with vs without skill)
D6 Uniqueness 10% Overlap, obsolescence risk, differentiation

Scoring

overall_score = round((D1*0.10 + D2*0.15 + D3*0.20 + D4*0.30 + D5*0.15 + D6*0.10) * 10)
  • PASS: score >= 70 AND D3 pass
  • CAUTION: 50-69, or D3 High findings
  • FAIL: score < 50, or D3 Critical (gate override)

Full scoring rules: use Read to load {baseDir}/shared/scoring.md.

Command Dispatch

Main Entry Point

Command File Purpose
/skillcompass commands/skill-compass.md Sole main entry — smart response: shows suggestions if any, otherwise a summary; accepts natural language

Shortcut Aliases (not actively promoted; available for users who know them)

Command Routes to Purpose
/all-skills commands/skill-inbox.md (arg: all) Full skill list
/skill-report commands/skill-report.md Skill ecosystem report
/skill-update commands/skill-update.md Check and update skills
/inbox commands/skill-inbox.md Suggestion view (legacy alias)
/skill-compass commands/skill-compass.md Hyphenated form of /skillcompass
/skill-inbox commands/skill-inbox.md Full name of /inbox

Evaluation Commands

Command File Purpose
/eval-skill commands/eval-skill.md Assess quality (scores + verdict). Supports --scope gate|target|full.
/eval-improve commands/eval-improve.md Fix the weakest dimension automatically. Groups D1+D2 when both are weak.

Advanced Commands

Command File Purpose
/eval-security commands/eval-security.md Standalone D3 security deep scan
/eval-audit commands/eval-audit.md Batch evaluate a directory. Supports --fix --budget.
/eval-compare commands/eval-compare.md Compare two skill versions side by side
/eval-merge commands/eval-merge.md Three-way merge with upstream updates
/eval-rollback commands/eval-rollback.md Restore a previous skill version
/eval-evolve commands/eval-evolve.md Optional plugin-assisted multi-round refinement. Requires explicit user opt-in.

Dispatch Procedure

{baseDir} refers to the directory containing this SKILL.md file (the skill package root). This is the standard OpenClaw path variable; Claude Code Plugin sets it via ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}.

  1. Parse the command name and arguments from the user's input.

  2. Alias resolution:

    • /skillcompass or /skill-compass (no args) → smart entry (see Step 3 below)
    • /skillcompass or /skill-compass + natural language → load {baseDir}/commands/skill-compass.md (dispatcher)
    • /all-skills → load {baseDir}/commands/skill-inbox.md with arg all
    • /skill-report → load {baseDir}/commands/skill-report.md
    • /inbox or /skill-inbox → load {baseDir}/commands/skill-inbox.md
    • /setup → load {baseDir}/commands/setup.md
    • All other commands → load {baseDir}/commands/{command-name}.md

  3. Smart entry (/skillcompass without arguments):

    • Check .skill-compass/setup-state.json. If not exist → run Post-Install Onboarding (above).
    • If inventory is missing or empty → show "No skills installed yet. Install some and rerun /skillcompass." and stop.
    • Read inbox pending count from .skill-compass/cc/inbox.json. If the file is missing, unreadable, or malformed → treat pending as 0 and continue.
    • If pending > 0 → load {baseDir}/commands/skill-inbox.md (show suggestions).
    • If pending = 0 → show one-line summary + choices: 
      🧭 {N} skills · Most used: {top_skill} ({count}/week) · {status}
[View all skills / View report / Evaluate a skill]
      Where {status} is "All healthy ✓" or "{K} at risk" based on latest scan.
    • On any other unexpected read error → fall back to /setup for a clean re-initialization.

  4. For any command requiring setup state, check .skill-compass/setup-state.json. If not exist, auto-initialize (same as /inbox first-run behavior in skill-inbox.md).

  5. Use the Read tool to load the resolved command file.

  6. Follow the loaded command instructions exactly.

Output Format

  • Default: JSON to stdout (conforming to schemas/eval-result.json)
  • --format md: additionally write a human-readable report to .skill-compass/{name}/eval-report.md
  • --format all: both JSON and markdown report

Skill Type Detection

Determine the target skill's type from its structure:

Type Indicators
atom Single SKILL.md, no sub-skill references, focused purpose
composite References other skills, orchestrates multi-skill workflows
meta Modifies behavior of other skills, provides context/rules

Trigger Type Detection

From frontmatter, detect in priority order:

  1. commands: field present -> command trigger
  2. hooks: field present -> hook trigger
  3. globs: field present -> glob trigger
  4. Only description: -> description trigger

Global UX Rules

Locale

All templates in SKILL.md and commands/*.md are written in English. Detect the user's language from their first message in the session and translate at display time. Apply these rules:

  • Technical terms never translate: PASS, CAUTION, FAIL, SKILL.md, skill names, file paths, command names, category keys (Code/Dev, Deploy/Ops, Data/API, Productivity, Other)

  • Canonical dimension labels — all commands MUST use these exact English labels, then translate faithfully to the user's locale at display time:

    Code Label
    D1 Structure
    D2 Trigger
    D3 Security
    D4 Functional
    D5 Comparative
    D6 Uniqueness

    In JSON output fields: always use D1-D6 codes. Do NOT invent alternative labels (e.g. "Structural clarity", "Trigger accuracy" are wrong — use the labels above). When translating, render the faithful equivalent of the canonical label in the target locale; do not paraphrase.

  • JSON output fields (schemas/eval-result.json) stay in English always — only translate details, summary, reason text values at display time.

Interaction Conventions

  1. Choices, not raw commands. Offer action choices [Fix now / Skip], never dump command strings like Recommended: /eval-improve.
  2. Dual-channel. Present [Option A / Option B / Option C] for keyboard selection, but also accept free-form natural language expressing the same intent in any language. Both modes are always valid.
  3. Context before choice. Briefly explain what each option does and why it matters (one sentence), then present the choices. Example: "Trigger is the weakest (5.5/10); fixing it will raise invocation accuracy." → [Fix now / Skip].
  4. --internal flag. When a command invokes another command internally, pass --internal. The callee skips all interactive prompts and returns results only. Prevents nested prompt loops.
  5. --ci guard. --ci suppresses all interactive output. Stdout is pure JSON.
  6. Flow continuity. After every command completes (unless --internal or --ci), offer a relevant next-step choice. Never leave the user at a blank prompt.
  7. Max 3 choices. Show at most 3 options at once; pick the top 3 by relevance.
  8. Hooks are lightweight. Hook scripts collect data and write files. stderr output is minimal — at most one short status line. Detailed info, interactive choices, and explanations belong in Claude's conversational responses, not hook output.

First-Run Guidance

When setup completes for the first time (no previous setup-state.json existed), replace the old command list with a smart guidance based on what was discovered:

Discovery flow:
  1. Show one-line summary: "{N} skills (Code/Dev: {n}, Productivity: {n}, ...)"
  2. Run Quick Scan D1+D2+D3 on all skills
  3. Show context budget one-liner: "Context usage: {X} KB / 80 KB ({pct}%)"
  4. Smart guidance — show ONLY the first matching condition:

     Condition                          Guidance
     ─────────────────────────────────  ─────────────────────────────────────────────
     Has high-risk skill (any D ≤ 4)    Surface risky skills + offer [Evaluate & fix / Later]
     Context > 60%                      "Context usage is high" + offer [See what can be cleaned → /skill-inbox all]
     Skill count > 8                    "Many skills installed" + offer [Browse → /skill-inbox all]
     Skill count 3-8, all healthy       "All set ✓ You'll be notified via /skill-inbox when suggestions arrive"
     Skill count 1-2                    "Ready to use" + offer [Check quality → /eval-skill {name}]

Do NOT show a list of all commands. Do NOT show the full skill inventory (that's /skill-inbox all's job).

Behavioral Constraints

  1. Never modify target SKILL.md frontmatter for version tracking. All version metadata lives in the sidecar .skill-compass/ directory.
  2. D3 security gate is absolute. A single Critical finding forces FAIL verdict, no override.
  3. Always snapshot before modification. Before eval-improve writes changes, snapshot the current version.
  4. Auto-rollback on regression. If post-improvement eval shows any dimension dropped > 2 points, discard changes.
  5. Correction tracking is non-intrusive. Record corrections in .skill-compass/{name}/corrections.json, never in the skill file.
  6. Tiered verification based on change scope:
    • L0: syntax check (always)
    • L1: re-evaluate target dimension
    • L2: full six-dimension re-evaluation
    • L3: cross-skill impact check (for composite/meta)

Security Notice

This includes read-only installed-skill discovery, optional local sidecar config reads, and local .skill-compass/ state writes.

This is a local evaluation and hardening tool. Read-only evaluation commands are the default starting point. Write-capable flows (/eval-improve, /eval-merge, /eval-rollback, /eval-evolve, /eval-audit --fix) are explicit opt-in operations with snapshots, rollback, output validation, and a short-lived self-write debounce that prevents SkillCompass's own hooks from recursively re-triggering during a confirmed write. No network calls are made. See SECURITY.md for the full trust model and safeguards.

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