Claude Skill Spec Audit

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Skill Spec Audit 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. Claude Skill Spec Audit 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: ai-tooling · Last updated: 2026-06-04

Audit skill SKILL.md files for compliance with the agentskills.io specification and house conventions. Checks frontmatter fields (name, description, compatibility, metadata, argument-hint), metadata sub-fields (author, scope, layer, confirms), and layer/suffix consistency. Use when adding new skills, reviewing skill quality, or ensuring all skills follow the spec. Triggers: "audit skills", "check skill spec", "skill compliance", "are my skills up to spec", "/claude-skill-spec-audit".

About this skill (catalog notes)

Claude Skill Spec Audit includes at least one code block. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,302 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

License: MIT
Original author: jackchuka
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-04
Catalog position: General · ai-tooling
Indexed related skills: 10

How Claude Skill Spec Audit fits the catalog

Claude Skill Spec Audit sits in the General category under the ai-tooling sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Check installed skills against the [agentskills.io specification](https://agentskills.io/specification) and local conventions for metadata completeness.

What this skill does

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

When to invoke it: Use when adding new skills, reviewing skill quality, or ensuring all skills follow the spec. Triggers: "audit skills", "check skill spec", "skill compliance", "are my skills up to spec", "/claude-skill-spec-audit".

Who uses this skill

The Claude Skill Spec Audit 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 88,000+ 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/claude-skill-spec-audit
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-skill-spec-audit/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/claude-skill-spec-audit/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Claude Skill Spec Audit Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Claude Skill Spec Audit skill do?

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 Claude Skill Spec Audit skill?

Use Claude Skill Spec Audit when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the ai tooling 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 Claude Skill Spec Audit" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Claude Skill Spec Audit 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. Claude Skill Spec Audit 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/jackchuka/skills/blob/HEAD/claude-skill-spec-audit/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: jackchuka

Cite this skill

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

APA

jackchuka. (2026). Claude Skill Spec Audit [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-skill-spec-audit/

BibTeX

@misc{claude-skill-spec-audit-2026,
  author    = {jackchuka},
  title     = {Claude Skill Spec Audit [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/claude-skill-spec-audit/}
}

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