Essential Eight Evidence Map

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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. Essential Eight Evidence Map 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: 2026-10-25

Map an evidence pack to the ASD Essential Eight Maturity Model (November 2023) and show, for each of the eight strategies, which ML1 to ML3 requirements have evidence, which do not, and the maturity level the strategy can claim today, from the pack's manifest and a mapping you own. Use when asked \"what Essential Eight maturity level can we claim?\", before an Essential Eight assessment or a customer asks for ML2. Not for running the assessment itself, ISO 27001 or SOC 2 mapping (control-map-from-exports), or collecting the exports.

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From the source SKILL.md

The Essential Eight Maturity Model sets out, for each of eight mitigation strategies, the requirements an organisation meets at Maturity Level One, Two and Three. A strategy sits at the highest level whose requirements are all met, and an assessor asks for evidence of each one. This skill reads an evidence pack's manifest, applies your mapping of evidence files to requirements, checks each file's hash and age, and prints the matrix: requirements supported, contradicted or without evidence, and the level each strategy can claim from evidence today.

What this skill does

Essential Eight Evidence Map 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/essential-eight-evidence-map/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked \"what Essential Eight maturity level can we claim?\", before an Essential Eight assessment or a customer asks for ML2. Not for running the assessment itself, ISO 27001 or SOC 2 mapping (control-map-from-exports), or collecting the exports.

Who uses this skill

The Essential Eight Evidence Map 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 211,000+ 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/essential-eight-evidence-map
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/essential-eight-evidence-map/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/essential-eight-evidence-map/SKILL.md

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Essential Eight Evidence Map Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Essential Eight Evidence Map 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 Essential Eight Evidence Map skill?

Use Essential Eight Evidence Map 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 Essential Eight Evidence Map" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Essential Eight Evidence Map 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. Essential Eight Evidence Map 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/basitalisandhu/claude-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/compliance-evidence/skills/essential-eight-evidence-map/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: basitalisandhu
Website: https://basitalisandhu.github.io/claude-skills/

Cite this skill

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APA

basitalisandhu. (2026). Essential Eight Evidence Map [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/essential-eight-evidence-map/

BibTeX

@misc{essential-eight-evidence-map-2026,
  author    = {basitalisandhu},
  title     = {Essential Eight Evidence Map [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/essential-eight-evidence-map/}
}

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