skill-doctor

Skill Doctor

Audit local Agent Skills catalogs and installed skill roots, then apply only narrow metadata repairs when requested.

Arguments

• --root PATH: Scan this catalog or installed skill root. Repeatable. Default: current working directory.
• --format text|json: Select report format. Default: text.
• --fix-safe: Create missing agents/openai.yaml files or update mismatched policy.allow_implicit_invocation.
• --include-shelved: Include shelved/*/SKILL.md in metadata checks. Shelved skills are never required in README.md.

Workflow

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

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

2. Use JSON when another command or agent will consume the result:

   uv run scripts/skill-doctor.py --root . --format json
   

3. Run safe fixes only after reading the findings:

   uv run scripts/skill-doctor.py --root . --fix-safe
   

4. Re-run without --fix-safe after any manual edits.

Findings

• Treat error findings as catalog defects that should block publishing or syncing.
• Treat warning findings as review-required catalog hygiene issues.
• Use path and line from JSON output for precise follow-up edits.

Safe Fix Policy

--fix-safe may only:

• Create a missing agents/openai.yaml with policy.allow_implicit_invocation derived from SKILL.md.
• Update an existing allow_implicit_invocation boolean when it disagrees with disable-model-invocation.

Do not use the helper to rewrite frontmatter order, descriptions, README rows, references/version.txt, or relative links. Make those edits manually and verify with a fresh audit.

Exit Codes

• 0: Clean, or all requested safe fixes succeeded and no findings remain.
• 1: Findings remain.
• 2: Invalid arguments or unreadable environment.
• 3: A requested safe fix failed.