skills-audit

Skills Audit Skill

Analyze all installed skills to find optimization opportunities.

Workflow

1. Scan skills directories:
   • Global: ~/​.claude/​skills/
   • Project: .claude/​skills/
2. Collect metadata for each skill:
   • Name from SKILL.md frontmatter
   • Line count of SKILL.md
   • File count in skill directory
3. Analyze for improvement opportunities:
   • Overlapping scopes: Similar functionality across skills
   • Token efficiency: Skills with excessive line counts
   • Consolidation candidates: Skills that could be merged
4. Present findings in structured format
5. Ask user: Which skills to review or optimize?

Analysis Criteria

Overlapping Scopes

• Two or more skills handling similar domains
• Redundant triggers or descriptions
• Conflicting instructions

Token Efficiency

• SKILL.md > 500 lines: Consider splitting
• Excessive examples or explanations
• Content that could move to references/

Consolidation Candidates

• Skills frequently used together
• Related skills in same domain
• Small skills (<50 lines) that could merge

Output Format

# Skills Audit Report

## Summary
- Total skills: X
- Total lines: Y
- Project skills: A
- Global skills: B

## Skills List

| Skill | Location | Lines | Files |
|-------|----------|-------|-------|
| name | global/​project | N | M |

## Findings

### Overlapping Scopes
| Skill A | Skill B | Overlap |
|---------|---------|---------|
| a.md | b.md | description |

### Token Efficiency Issues
| Skill | Lines | Recommendation |
|-------|-------|---------------|
| name | 600+ | Split into references/ |

### Consolidation Candidates
| Skills | Rationale |
|--------|-----------|
| a + b | Frequently used together |

## Action Items
[ ] Review skill: name
[ ] Split skill: name
[ ] Merge skills: a + b

Present findings to user and ask which to implement

Boundaries

• Focus on skill inventory quality, overlap analysis, and optimization guidance.
• Do not merge, split, or rewrite skills automatically without owner confirmation.
• Treat token-efficiency suggestions as tradeoffs, not mandatory reductions.

When NOT to Use

• Implementing code features unrelated to skill inventory analysis
• Running destructive skill cleanup actions without explicit owner decision
• Replacing hands-on quality/​security review with inventory-only metrics

Escalation Rules

Pause and ask the owner before:

• recommending deletion of heavily used skills
• consolidating skills with partially overlapping but distinct responsibilities
• changing invocation patterns that could break existing workflows

Final Output Contract (MANDATORY)

Every use of this skill should end with:

1. Skill Fit - why a skills audit is appropriate now
2. Primary Deliverable - inventory summary and optimization recommendations
3. Execution Evidence - directories scanned, counts gathered, and overlaps found
4. Risks / Open Questions - migration cost, ambiguity, or retained complexity
5. Next Action - the highest-value cleanup or review step