Skill Quality Validator
Automatically validates Claude skills against official best practice standards to ensure quality and compliance.
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Key features
- Performs comprehensive quality checks across 7 dimensions (structure, YAML, description, content, etc.)
- Supports multiple input formats, including local skill directories and packaged .skill files
- Provides a quantitative score (0-100) and a qualitative grade (A-F) for each skill
- Generates detailed reports with categorized issues (Critical, Warning, Suggestion) and actionable advice
- Integrates into CI/CD pipelines and standard development workflows for continuous quality assurance
Use cases
- Perform a compliance check on an existing skill after an update to prevent regressions.
- Assess the quality and standards conformity of a third-party or community-provided skill.
- Validate a new skill after development to ensure it meets quality standards before release.
FAQ
What kind of issues can it detect?
The validator performs checks across 7 dimensions, detecting issues like missing files, incorrect YAML formatting, poor 'Use when' descriptions, overly long content, and broken file references. It categorizes issues as Critical, Warning, or Suggestion to help you prioritize fixes.
How does this skill improve my workflow?
It automates the tedious process of manual quality checks, ensuring consistency and compliance across all your skills. By catching issues early and providing clear, prioritized feedback, it helps you build higher-quality, more reliable skills much faster.
What does the Skill Quality Validator do?
It acts as a linter for Claude Code Skills. It automatically analyzes your skill's structure, configuration, and content against official best practice standards. It then provides a detailed quality report with a score (0-100), a grade (A-F), and actionable suggestions for improvement.
When should I use this skill?
Use it when developing a new skill, after updating an existing one, or before packaging a skill for distribution. It's also perfect for assessing third-party skills and for integrating into CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous quality assurance for your team's skill library.
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