Chealth
Check CLAUDE.md health against Anthropic best practices — runs deterministic CLI checks then semantic analysisFrom its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add danielithomas/chealth --skill chealthAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
2 things to look at
- 2 stars2 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
- runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 1 command, including `uv run --project "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" chealth --exit-zero --format json . 2>&1`.
SKILL.md
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/chealth — CLAUDE.md Health Check
You are performing a comprehensive health check on this project's CLAUDE.md files. Follow these steps exactly.
Step 1: Run deterministic checks
Run the chealth CLI to get structured findings:
uv run --project "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}" chealth --exit-zero --format json . 2>&1
If the CLI is not installed, tell the user:
chealth plugin not available. Reinstall with:
claude plugin add chealth
Parse the JSON output. Note all WARN and DANGER findings.
Step 2: Read all discovered CLAUDE.md files
From the CLI JSON output, read every file listed in the file-discovery result's details.files array. Also read any .claude/rules/*.md files and files referenced by @import paths.
Step 3: Perform semantic checks
Using the best practices in ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/reference.md as your reference, evaluate:
- Contradiction detection — Identify rules that conflict with each other, including across files (Rule 11)
- Vague instruction assessment — Evaluate whether instructions are concrete enough to verify (Rule 9)
- Instruction effectiveness — Judge whether Claude would actually follow each instruction (Rule 18)
- Scope appropriateness — Determine if content belongs in root vs subdirectory vs
.claude/rules/(Rules 2, 15, 20)
Step 4: Present unified report
Combine deterministic and semantic findings into a single report using this format:
## CLAUDE.md Health Report
### Deterministic Checks (chealth CLI)
[For each finding:]
- [PASS|WARN|DANGER] **check-name**: message [Rule N]
### Semantic Analysis
[For each finding:]
- [PASS|WARN|DANGER] **check-name**: description
### Summary
- X checks passed, Y warnings, Z dangers
- [Top recommendation if any WARN/DANGER found]
Use PASS/WARN/DANGER severity levels consistently. Semantic findings are advisory — label them as such.
What ships with it: 1 file
2.3 KB alongside SKILL.md
- reference.md2.3 KB