Review claude config
Audit the ecosystem of Claude config files — global CLAUDE.md, per-repo CLAUDE.md and CLAUDE.local.md, memory files, and skills — for redundancy, inconsistency, outdated facts, and misplaced content. Use when asked to "review CLAUDE.md", "audit claude config", "clean up claude files", or "check what should be global vs local".From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add jmlrt/skills --skill review-claude-configAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
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SKILL.md
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Review Claude Config
Audits the full ecosystem of Claude config files and produces a structured findings report. Changes require explicit confirmation before applying.
Scope
- Global:
~/.claude/CLAUDE.md - Per-repo:
CLAUDE.mdandCLAUDE.local.mdunder the user-provided workspace root (all depths) - Memory:
~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/(index + files) - Skills:
~/.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md
Phase 1: Discovery
Run these in parallel:
find <workspace-root> -maxdepth 4 \( -name "CLAUDE.md" -o -name "CLAUDE.local.md" \) 2>/dev/null | sort
ls ~/.claude/skills/
Then read in parallel:
~/.claude/CLAUDE.md(global config)~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/MEMORY.md(memory index, if it exists)- Each discovered repo
CLAUDE.mdandCLAUDE.local.md
Phase 2: Audit Global CLAUDE.md
Check for:
Redundancy — same fact stated twice across sections. Decision: keep the more specific instance, remove or collapse the other.
Internal inconsistency — conflicting facts within the file (e.g. one section says "use X" and another says "use Y for the same case").
Outdated facts — tools, workflows, or systems that no longer apply. Red flags: tool names not in the active Tooling table, processes that contradict the CI/Workflow section, dates that have passed.
Bloat — content generic enough to belong in a skill file, or specific enough to belong in a per-repo CLAUDE.local.md. Global rules should apply across all repos. Repo-specific conventions (commit format, nav file, link syntax) belong locally.
Missing facts from memory/skills — if a memory file or skill contains a rule the user would expect the global CLAUDE.md to enforce, flag it for promotion.
Phase 3: Audit Per-Repo Files
For each repo's CLAUDE.md / CLAUDE.local.md:
Should be global — a rule applies to all repos, not just this one (e.g. a git convention, a tool flag, a security rule). Flag for promotion to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md.
Duplicates global — a rule already covered verbatim by the global file. Flag for removal from the repo file (avoid drift).
Outdated — references to tools, branches, or processes that no longer exist in this repo.
Cross-repo inconsistency — two repos have conflicting guidance for the same concept (e.g. different commit message formats). Flag; do not silently resolve.
Phase 4: Memory and Skills Cross-Check
Memory → Global CLAUDE.md: A memory file records a fact or user preference that should be a standing rule (not ephemeral state). Flag for promotion. Criteria: would the user expect this to apply in every future session, not just the one where it was learned?
Skills → Global CLAUDE.md: A skill documents a tool-specific workflow detail that should instead be a global policy (e.g. "always confirm before posting to GitHub"). Conversely, if global CLAUDE.md restates what a skill already covers fully, the global entry is redundant.
Phase 5: Report
Present findings as a structured table before any changes. Group by severity:
## Findings
### Global CLAUDE.md
| # | Category | Section | Issue | Proposed fix |
|---|---------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1 | Redundancy | Tooling / Git | GPG signing stated twice | Remove from Tooling table |
| 2 | Inconsistency | CI / Tooling | gh described as CI tool | Update gh description |
| 3 | Outdated | CI / Workflow | Deprecated process still mentioned | Update the workflow guidance |
### Per-Repo Files
| # | File | Category | Issue | Proposed fix |
|---|--------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1 | repo/CLAUDE.md | Should be global | Commit format rule | Move to global CLAUDE.md |
### Memory / Skills
| # | Source | Issue | Proposed fix |
|---|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 1 | memory/feedback_*.md | Preference not reflected globally | Add rule to global CLAUDE.md |
If no findings in a category, state "No findings."
Phase 6: Apply (with confirmation)
After presenting the report, ask: "Apply all? Or specify which numbers to apply."
- Apply only the confirmed items.
- For global CLAUDE.md edits: use targeted
Editcalls (one per finding); do not rewrite entire sections. - For repo file edits: same — targeted edits only.
- For memory/skill promotions: add the rule to the appropriate section in global CLAUDE.md; do not delete the source unless it is truly redundant.
- Re-read each edited section after applying to confirm the change landed correctly.
Constraints
- Never rewrite an entire file unless the user explicitly asks.
- Never silently resolve cross-repo inconsistencies — always present both versions and ask which wins.
- Do not promote repo-specific content to global just because it appears in multiple repos; check whether it is genuinely universal first.
- Line length ≤120 characters in CLAUDE.md files.
What ships with it
Read from the repository
Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.