Editing Claude

Quality score: 85/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

ai:claude

Validate and optimize CLAUDE.md files using Anthropic's best practices for focused sessions. Detects contradictions, redundancy, excessive length (200+ lines), emphasis overuse (2%+ density), broken links, and orphaned sections. Scores health 0-50 points. Suggests safe automated fixes and extraction opportunities. Use when editing CLAUDE.md, before commits, when document grows past 200 lines, user says "optimize CLAUDE.md", "check contradictions", "validate documentation", or during quarterly reviews. Works with project and global CLAUDE.md files (.md extension). Based on Anthropic 2025 context engineering best practices.

What this skill does

Editing Claude is a well-rated Claude Code skill (quality score 85/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/editing-claude/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when editing CLAUDE.md, before commits, when document grows past 200 lines, user says "optimize CLAUDE.

Who uses this skill

The Editing Claude skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. 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/editing-claude
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/editing-claude/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/editing-claude/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/editing-claude/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\editing-claude\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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