review-skill

Installation
SKILL.md

Review Skill

Audit an existing skill against the write-a-skill guidelines and report issues with suggested fixes.

Quick start

/review-skill path/to/skill-name/ — review a skill by path /review-skill skill-name — review an installed skill by name

Workflow

1. Locate the skill

If a path is given, read the files there. If a name is given, search ~/.claude/skills/ and installed plugin directories for a matching skill folder.

2. Read all skill files

Read SKILL.md and any accompanying files (REFERENCE.md, EXAMPLES.md, scripts, etc.).

3. Evaluate against guidelines

Check each criterion and mark pass/fail:

Description

  • Present and under 1024 chars
  • Written in third person
  • First sentence states what it does
  • Includes "Use when [specific triggers]"
  • Triggers are specific enough to distinguish from similar skills

SKILL.md structure

  • Has valid frontmatter (name, description)
  • Under 100 lines
  • No time-sensitive information (dates, versions, URLs that may rot)
  • Consistent terminology throughout
  • Concrete examples included
  • References to other files are one level deep (no deep nesting)

File structure

  • Additional content split into separate files when SKILL.md > 100 lines
  • Scripts present only for deterministic, repeated operations
  • No unnecessary files

4. Report findings

Use the report format from REPORT.md.

5. Offer to fix

Ask the user: apply suggested fixes automatically, or just report?

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