Skill map

Skill Map

Find skill installs and references across local files without scanning macOS protected home paths or obvious transcript, cache, dependency, and backup noise.

Arguments

• --root PATH: Scan this root. Repeatable. Default: ~.
• --skill NAME: Restrict the report to one skill name. Repeatable.
• --format text|json|dot: Select report format. Default: text.
• --include-catalog-sources: Include known local source checkouts such as ~/projects/agent-skills, ~/sablier/sablier-skills, and ~/sablier/agent-skills during broad scans. Explicit --root values inside those trees are always scanned.
• --include-self: Include self-references in dependency output.
• --include-snippets: Include matched line text. Default output omits snippets to avoid leaking transcript or secret-adjacent content.
• --show-skipped: Include ignored path summaries in text or JSON output.

Workflow

1. Resolve the skill directory, then run the helper from that directory:

   uv run scripts/skill-map.py "$ARGUMENTS"
   

2. If no arguments were provided, run the default machine scan:

   uv run scripts/skill-map.py
   

3. Use --format json when another command or agent will consume the result.

4. Use --format dot when the user asks for a graph, Graphviz input, or dependency visualization.

5. Use --include-snippets only when the user asks to see exact matching lines.

6. Read references/ignore-policy.md only when explaining, auditing, or changing the ignore policy.

User-Facing Output

Keep JSON and DOT byte-valid and undecorated. For human output, lead with ### 🗺 Skill Map — <skills> skills · <duplicates> duplicates · <unresolved> unresolved and a compact skills/dependencies/duplicates/unresolved summary table. Always state the effective roots and material exclusions; for the default broad scan, explicitly say that standard agent homes and catalog source checkouts were excluded. Make a missing explicit --skill filter a visible ⚠️ Not found result rather than a clean-looking empty map. Use section labels sparingly and keep snippets, private paths, exact edges, commands, and diagnostics undecorated.

Output Semantics

• dependency: a skill file or support file references another discovered skill.
• external-reference: a non-skill file references a discovered skill.
• duplicate-install: multiple discovered SKILL.md files declare or resolve to the same skill name.
• unresolved-like-reference: explicit $kebab-name or /kebab-name tokens that do not match a discovered skill.

Related Skills

• skill-map only locates and cross-references skills; it does not validate them. To audit a catalog or installed root for metadata and doc-link issues, use the skill-doctor skill when it is installed.

Guard Rails

• Do not search transcript or backup directories manually after the helper excludes them unless the user explicitly requests transcript/history analysis.
• Do not broaden home-directory scans into macOS protected paths such as ~/Library or ~/.Trash; pass narrower explicit roots instead when a broad scan needs more coverage.
• Treat local skill catalog source checkouts as false positives during broad machine scans; pass them explicitly as --root when auditing catalog contents.
• Treat output paths as local private context. Do not paste snippets unless --include-snippets was intentionally used.
• Prefer adding ignore rules in the helper and documenting the rationale in references/ignore-policy.md instead of ad hoc shell filters.