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Rules Stocktake

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Rules Stocktake 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. Rules Stocktake 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: agents-skills-meta · Last updated: 2026-08-08

type:audit

Audit ~/.claude/rules (always-loaded behavioral rules) for residency cost, staleness, redundancy, broken See-skill pointers, and substrate absorption, assigning Keep/Improve/Update/Merge/Demote-to-skill/Dissolve/Retire verdicts. Use when the user says \"audit my rules\", \"rules stocktake\", \"which rules should be demoted or dissolved\", 「rules が肥大化してきた」「ルールを棚卸しして」, or when the model generation changed and over-constraints written for the previous one may now be net-negative (「新しいモデルに合わせて rules を見直したい」「rightsize したい」). NOT for — skill quality → skill-stocktake; promoting skill patterns INTO rules → rules-distill (this is its inverse); runtime compliance → skill-comply; whole-config GC → config-gc.

Security AStatic scan found no risk patternsHow grading works ›

About this skill (catalog notes)

Rules Stocktake includes pricing or quota commentary; at least one code block. At roughly 2,189 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: shimo4228
Indexed lastmod: 2026-08-08
Catalog position: General · agents-skills-meta
Indexed related skills: 10

How Rules Stocktake fits the catalog

Rules Stocktake sits in the General category under the agents-skills-meta 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

Evaluate every rule file under ~/.claude/rules/ holistically, all in one context, and assign each a verdict: Keep / Improve / Update / Merge / Demote to skill / Dissolve / Retire. The audit unit is the file; the cost unit is the line — rules load into every session unconditionally, so each line is a per-session token tax plus instruction dilution.

What this skill does

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

When to invoke it: Use when the user says \"audit my rules\", \"rules stocktake\", \"which rules should be demoted or dissolved\", 「rules が肥大化してきた」「ルールを棚卸しして」, or when the model generation changed and over-constraints written for the previous one may now be net-negative (「新しいモデルに合わせて rules を見直したい」「rightsize したい」). NOT for — skill quality → skill-stocktake; promoting skill patterns INTO rules → rules-distill (this is its inverse); runtime compliance → skill-comply; whole-config GC → config-gc.

Who uses this skill

The Rules Stocktake 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 178,000+ 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/rules-stocktake
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/rules-stocktake/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/rules-stocktake/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/rules-stocktake/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\rules-stocktake\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 Rules Stocktake Claude Code skill?

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

What does the Rules Stocktake 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 Rules Stocktake skill?

Use Rules Stocktake when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the agents skills meta 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 Rules Stocktake" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Rules Stocktake 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. Rules Stocktake 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/shimo4228/claude-harness/blob/HEAD/skills/rules-stocktake/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: shimo4228

Cite this skill

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

APA

shimo4228. (2026). Rules Stocktake [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/rules-stocktake/

BibTeX

@misc{rules-stocktake-2026,
  author    = {shimo4228},
  title     = {Rules Stocktake [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/rules-stocktake/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-08 — 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
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