Repo health

The batteries included framework for building Agent Skills.

Install

npx -y skills add bh-rat/steer --skill repo-health

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Generates a repository health report: commit activity, code inventory, TODO debt, test presence. Use when the user asks for a repo health check, codebase overview, or tech-debt snapshot.

SKILL.md

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repo-health

Produce a one-page health report for the repository in the current workspace: recent commit activity, what the codebase is made of, how much marked debt (TODO/FIXME) it carries, and whether tests exist. The result the user gets is out/health/REPORT.md, with trends against the previous run.

This skill bundles its own steer runtime at scripts/steer.py; the commands below invoke it with python3 and need nothing installed. Paths are relative to this skill's directory: when your working directory is elsewhere (it usually is), use the skill's full path (python3 <path-to-this-skill>/scripts/steer.py ...).

Before you start

Ground yourself. Run python3 scripts/steer.py context and read the snapshot before doing anything else; it tells you the platform, project type, git state, and which tools exist here.
Apply past lessons. Run python3 scripts/steer.py learn show and follow what it says; those lessons came from real previous runs.
Check credentials, only when the user wants the summary posted to their webhook (scripts/share.py). Run python3 scripts/steer.py secrets check REPO_HEALTH_WEBHOOK. If it is missing, ask the user to run python3 scripts/steer.py secrets set REPO_HEALTH_WEBHOOK (never ask them to paste the value into the chat), then re-check.

Process

This skill has an enforced flow: steps verify themselves against reality, and you cannot skip ahead.

Announce: "Working through the repo-health flow."
Run python3 scripts/steer.py flow status (in the workspace) to see progress and the current step.
Do what the directive says. Steps with a verify condition complete automatically once reality matches; for mandate steps, mark completion with python3 scripts/steer.py flow done <step-id>.
Run python3 scripts/steer.py flow next and repeat until it reports all steps complete.

Do NOT claim the work is done while python3 scripts/steer.py flow status shows incomplete steps. The flow is defined in flow.toml.

Memory

This skill persists data between runs with the bundled store command (per-skill SQLite). scripts/report.py records this run's totals at workspace scope to power the report's Trend section; if the user asks "compared to what?":

python3 scripts/steer.py store get last_totals --scope workspace

Use --scope workspace for state that belongs to this project rather than the user.

Background processes

Start helpers through the bundled runtime so nothing leaks or zombies. If the user wants to browse the report:

python3 scripts/steer.py proc start health-preview --ready-port 8642 -- python3 -m http.server 8642 --directory out/health
python3 scripts/steer.py proc status health-preview
python3 scripts/steer.py proc stop health-preview      # always stop what you started

Learning

This skill improves with use. As you work:

The moment the user corrects you, or something fails and then works a different way, capture it: python3 scripts/steer.py learn note "<one imperative rule>" --kind correction Lessons are atomic rules ("Use X not Y when Z"), never secrets.
When a lesson from python3 scripts/steer.py learn show helped, run python3 scripts/steer.py learn confirm <id>; when one was wrong, python3 scripts/steer.py learn dispute <id>.
Before finishing, record the outcome: python3 scripts/steer.py learn run ok (or failed with --note).

If a learnings.md exists in this skill, read it too; those are promoted lessons that shipped with the skill.

Output

Scripts print a single JSON result envelope to stdout ({"status", "summary", "data", "artifacts"}); read status instead of parsing prose. Diagnostics go to stderr.

Gotchas

Not a git repository → collect still works; the Activity section says so instead of failing.
The scripts skip .git, virtualenvs, node_modules, build output, and out/ itself; binary and >1MB files are excluded from line counts.
The report is a snapshot, not a judgment: present findings, let the user decide what matters.