Skill Auditor

Scans all four skill registries and surfaces issues. This is the detection half of the ADHD Agent — the Telegram approval loop is the action half.

Registries Scanned

Running the Scanner

cd /path/to/adhd-agent

# Normal runs (respects exceptions.json)
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py                        # human-readable output
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py --json                 # JSON output
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py --min-severity medium  # filter low findings
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py --min-severity info    # show ALL findings incl. acknowledged

# Audit mode (ignores exceptions — see everything as-is)
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py --no-exceptions

# Custom exceptions file
python3 scripts/scan_skills.py --exceptions /path/to/my-exceptions.json

Finding Types

duplicate (🔴 high) — Same normalized skill name exists in 2+ registries. Action: Keep the authoritative copy (.skills/ preferred), remove the others.

near_duplicate (🟡 medium) — Different names but >75% description overlap. Action: Review both — likely one should absorb the other.

empty (🟡 medium / 🟢 low) — SKILL.md body has fewer than 5 content lines. Action: Either flesh it out or delete it. Empty skills confuse triggering.

merge_candidate (🟢 low) — Same-registry skills with 50–75% overlap. Action: Consider merging if they serve the same purpose.

cross_registry_intentional (🔵 info) — Skill appears in multiple registries, but this is declared intentional in config/exceptions.json. Surfaced only with --min-severity info. Action: None. Remove the exception rule if it becomes unintentional.

Exception Rules (config/exceptions.json)

Some cross-registry duplicates are intentional — the same skill exists in multiple registries because different agents read different registries. Adding an exception rule suppresses the false-positive and converts it to a low-noise info finding.

Two types of exception rules:

cross_registry_intentional — suppress by skill name:

{
  "cross_registry_intentional": [
    {
      "normalized_name": "my-skill",
      "reason": "Explain why this cross-registry presence is intentional.",
      "added": "YYYY-MM-DD"
    }
  ]
}

registry_pair_rules — suppress ALL duplicates between two registries:

{
  "registry_pair_rules": [
    {
      "registry_a_pattern": ".claude/skills",
      "registry_b_pattern": ".skills/skills",
      "reason": "These registries serve different agents — cross-duplicates are always intentional.",
      "added": "YYYY-MM-DD"
    }
  ]
}

Current exceptions (as of 2026-02-22):

• •adhd-focus is explicitly excepted (Cowork vs Antigravity registries)
• •The .claude/skills ↔ .skills/skills registry pair is globally excepted for the same reason

Fingerprints

Every finding has a stable fingerprint (e.g., duplicate::adhd-focus). This is used to:

• •Avoid re-proposing the same thing every cycle
• •Match snooze records
• •Track what was approved/rejected in memory/actions.json

Output Format (JSON)

{
  "scanned_registries": [...],
  "total_skills": 22,
  "exceptions_file": "adhd-agent/config/exceptions.json",
  "findings": [
    {
      "kind": "duplicate",
      "severity": "high",
      "title": "Duplicate skill: some-skill",
      "description": "...",
      "affected_paths": ["..."],
      "proposal": "...",
      "fingerprint": "duplicate::some-skill"
    },
    {
      "kind": "cross_registry_intentional",
      "severity": "info",
      "title": "Cross-registry intentional: adhd-focus",
      "description": "Acknowledged — no action needed.",
      "affected_paths": ["..."],
      "proposal": "Edit config/exceptions.json to remove the exception if this becomes unintentional.",
      "fingerprint": "cross_registry_intentional::adhd-focus"
    }
  ]
}