Assess

Quality score: 80/100 · Category: Security · Sub-category: security-misc

Assesses and rates quality 0-10 across multiple dimensions (correctness, maintainability, security, performance, testability, simplicity) with pros/cons analysis. Compares against project conventions and prior decisions from memory. Produces structured evaluation reports with actionable improvement suggestions. Use when evaluating code, designs, architectures, or comparing alternative approaches.

What this skill does

Assess is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 80/100) in the security-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/assess/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when evaluating code, designs, architectures, or comparing alternative approaches.

Who uses this skill

The Assess skill is built for security engineers, penetration testers, DevSecOps practitioners, and development teams hardening codebases and infrastructure. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/assess
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/assess/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/assess/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/assess/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/assess/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\assess\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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