Audit Rules

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Audit Rules skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Audit Rules is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-08-24

type:audit

Reads every active rule file and installed skill/agent description, and reports contradictions and unresolved overlaps between them, proposing edits only to files the user can edit directly.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

From the source SKILL.md

Read every rule file and invocable-unit (skill/agent) description that could affect a session, and report two kinds of defect: Contradiction — two sources giving opposite guidance for the same trigger — and Unresolved overlap — two auto-invocable units that could both plausibly fire for the same request, with no stated precedence between them. This is a read-broad, write-narrow tool: it reads everything, but only ever proposes edits to files the user can edit directly — their own personal rule files, and skills/agents they author themselves — never to project-shared, third-party, or managed-…

What this skill does

Audit Rules is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/audit-rules/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Audit Rules Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 190,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Audit Rules Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/audit-rules/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Audit Rules skill do?

Reads every active rule file and installed skill/agent description, and reports contradictions and unresolved overlaps between them, proposing edits only to files the user can edit directly.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Audit Rules skill?

Use Audit Rules when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Audit Rules" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Audit Rules skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Audit Rules is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/bgutschke/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/productivity/audit-rules/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: bgutschke

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

bgutschke. (2026). Audit Rules [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/audit-rules/

BibTeX

@misc{audit-rules-2026,
  author    = {bgutschke},
  title     = {Audit Rules [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/audit-rules/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-24 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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