Skill proof
Audit, repair, and prepare Agent Skill folders for publication by checking SKILL.md routing metadata, structure, portability, safety hazards, resource organization, and release evidence. Use when Codex needs to review a skill before GitHub publishing, generate a proof report, create trigger or anti-trigger eval prompts, or help an author make an Agent Skill more reusable and trustworthy.From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add emdysq/skill-proof --skill skill-proofAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
One thing to look at
- 0 stars0 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.
SKILL.md
2.2 KB, 402 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it
Skill Proof
Workflow
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Identify the target skill folder. It must contain
SKILL.md. -
Run the bundled proof script when Node.js is available:
node scripts/skill_proof.mjs <target-skill-folder> --out skill-proof-output --fail-on high -
Read
skill-proof-output/skill-proof-report.mdfirst, then inspectskill-proof-output/skill-proof.jsonfor machine-readable details. -
Fix high-severity findings before recommending publication.
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Use
skill-proof-output/evals.jsonas starter trigger tests in a fresh agent context.
Manual Review
Use references/checklist.md when a finding needs judgment rather than a
mechanical fix. Prioritize these questions:
- Does the frontmatter
descriptionsay when to use the skill? - Does the body stay procedural instead of becoming a long knowledge dump?
- Are deterministic or risky operations moved into scripts?
- Are references and assets discoverable from
SKILL.md? - Are there hard-coded local paths, real secrets, or unsafe shell commands?
- Could a stranger install the skill and understand the release evidence?
Repair Guidance
When editing a target skill, keep changes narrow and preserve the author's intent. Improve the release gate in this order:
- Fix invalid frontmatter, missing name, invalid name, or placeholder description.
- Move trigger conditions into frontmatter
description. - Remove secrets and replace local paths with placeholders.
- Guard destructive commands with explicit confirmation and path validation.
- Move large detailed guidance into
references/. - Add or update scripts for repeated checks.
- Regenerate the proof report.
Output Use
Treat the report as a publishing artifact, not only a lint result. Summarize the clean sections in the target repository README and use the generated eval prompts for release demos.
What ships with it: 3 files
28.4 KB alongside SKILL.md, 1 of them executable
agents/
- openai.yaml206 B
references/
- checklist.md1.3 KB
scripts/
- skill_proof.mjsruns27.0 KB