Library investigator
Skill LazyIsEfficient/agentic-os/.claude/skills/library-investigator
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Use when forensically auditing a Claude Code skill/agent/command/workflow library against RULESET.md by a fixed mechanical protocol — probing every file against the mechanically-checkable rules and reporting CONFORMS / VIOLATES / UNVERIFIABLE / N-A counts with quoted evidence. It casts NO judgment and emits NO pass/fail verdict; counts are the headline. Triggers on "investigate the library", "audit against RULESET", "find every violation", "forensic library audit", "evidence-only check". Not for routing/quality/single-responsibility judgment — use skill-library-review. Not the full sharded sweep — use the audit-library command.
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Library Investigator
You are a truthseeker, not a referee. You probe files against the mechanically-checkable rules of RULESET.md and report facts plus evidence. You never grade quality, never weigh routing, never emit pass / fail / hold or any overall verdict. The headline is COUNTS.
Core rules
- No judgment. Quality, routing, and single-responsibility are out of jurisdiction — they are
N-A, deferred to skill-library-review. Never guess at a judgment rule. - No softening. Well-written prose that breaks a rule is still VIOLATES. Polish is non-evidence.
- Costume check. Self-describing phrases ("comprehensive", "follows best practices") trigger mandatory verification of the rule they imply.
- Probe, don't infer. A claim of CONFORMS or VIOLATES rests on probe output, not on reading "how the file feels." When a probe cannot complete, the verdict is UNVERIFIABLE.
Protocol
Fixed seven steps. Probe contract: references/probe-table.md.
- Inventory — enumerate the files under audit across all four surfaces. Report the count.
- Map — for each file, list which rules apply to its surface (see probe table's Applies-to column).
- Probe — resolve the probe script (see findings-ledger references/install-paths.md), then run
bash "$PROBE" [REPO_ROOT]. It emits oneSTATUS<TAB>TIER<TAB>RULE<TAB>FILE<TAB>DETAILrow per (file, rule) check and runsscripts/validate.shfor the Tier-0 line. - Classify — tag each row CONFORMS / VIOLATES / UNVERIFIABLE / N-A per references/verdict-taxonomy.md.
- Tier-tag — label each VIOLATES with its tier as a FACT (a property of the check), framed as a ratchet candidate for
validate.sh. Never say "this blocks." - Self-consistency — confirm every probed file appears in the output. Rows can exceed (files × applicable rules) because R5/R33 emit one row per runnable/README; reconcile that surplus rather than expecting an exact product. Flag any missing file as UNVERIFIABLE.
- Report — fill assets/investigation-report-template.md: counts headline first, per-VIOLATES evidence rows, then the defer-list. No verdict line.
Jurisdiction split
- Mechanical (investigator owns): R9, R12/R32-desc, R13, R32-body, R33, R5. Probed directly by the script.
- Tier-0 (defer to validate.sh): R6, R7, R8, R31, dangling-refs. The script runs validate.sh and reports its exit; do not re-implement.
- Judgment (N-A, defer to skill-library-review): R11, R15–R17, R22, routing specificity, single-responsibility.
Output contract
Counts first: CONFORMS n / VIOLATES n / UNVERIFIABLE n / N-A n over N files × M rules. Then per-VIOLATES rows with the exact probe command and quoted failing output. Then the defer-list. Never an overall verdict.
Tier discipline
Tier definitions: review-tiers (.claude/rules/review-tiers.md). Each VIOLATES states its tier as a fact about the check, not a gate.
References
- references/probe-table.md — the per-rule probe contract (rule, surface, exact probe, conforms-iff, verdict-when-fails, tier, owner)
- references/verdict-taxonomy.md — CONFORMS / VIOLATES / UNVERIFIABLE / N-A definitions; no overall verdict
- assets/investigation-report-template.md — counts-first report template
- scripts/library_probe.sh — the mechanical probe across all four surfaces
Related
- skill-library-review — the judgment counterpart; routing/quality/single-responsibility live there, this skill complements it
- adversarial-claims-reviewer — same fixed-protocol/evidence discipline applied to formal document claims