Validate Skills

Validate Skills

Validate all skills in skills/ against the agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices.

Validation Checklist

For each skill directory, verify:

Spec Compliance (agentskills.io)

Best Practices (Claude Code)

One-level-deep vs. cross-linking. The one-level-deep rule targets progressive-disclosure loading chains — a reference that can only be discovered by loading another reference first (SKILL.md → a.md → b.md, where b.md is not linked from SKILL.md). That is a defect: it hides content from the loader.

It does not forbid navigational cross-links. Per AGENTS.md, reference files end with a "Related Skills" footer linking sibling references, and this is required. A cross-link is fine as long as both endpoints are also reachable directly from SKILL.md. Only flag a reference that is reachable exclusively through another reference.

How to Run

1. Find all skill directories:

   bash

   fd -t d -d 1 . skills/

2. For each skill, read SKILL.md and check against the rules above

3. Report issues in this format:

   ## Validation Results
   ### skills/example-skill- [PASS] name format valid- [FAIL] name "example" doesn't match directory "example-skill"- [PASS] description length OK (156 chars)

References

• agentskills.io spec
• Claude Code best practices