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Audit code-review agents, skills, and hooks for structural compliance. Use this when adding or modifying any agent, skill, or hook file, or for a periodic health check of the toolkit. Trigger phrases: "audit the agents", "check compliance", "validate the skills", "are the agents correct", or any time agent/skill files change.

bdfinst By bdfinst schedule Updated 3/5/2026

name: eval-audit description: >- Audit code-review agents, skills, and hooks for structural compliance. Use this when adding or modifying any agent, skill, or hook file, or for a periodic health check of the toolkit. Trigger phrases: "audit the agents", "check compliance", "validate the skills", "are the agents correct", or any time agent/skill files change. argument-hint: "[file-path | --all] [--fix]" user-invocable: true allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Grep, Glob

Eval Audit

Role: orchestrator. This skill performs mechanical compliance checks — pattern matching against known-good structure.

You have been invoked with the /eval-audit skill. Audit agents and skills for compliance with the eval system patterns documented in docs/eval-system.md.

Orchestrator constraints

  1. Check structure, not semantics. Verify required sections, fields, and patterns exist. Do not evaluate whether detection rules are good — that's eval-runner's job.
  2. Deterministic checks only. Every check should be reproducible: does the field exist? Is the format correct? Does the section match the expected pattern?
  3. When --fix is used, apply minimal structural fixes. Insert missing sections/fields using templates. Do not rewrite existing content.
  4. Be concise. Output the report table and action items. No preambles, no per-file narration, no restating what was checked.

Steps

1. Parse arguments

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

  • No argument or --all: audit everything
  • A specific file path (e.g., agents/js-fp-review.md): audit that file only
  • --fix: after generating the report, automatically apply fixes for FAIL/WARN items

2. Audit agents

Read each file in agents/*.md and check:

  1. Structured output format: Does the agent specify a JSON output schema?

    • Review agents MUST include status, issues, and summary fields
    • FAIL if a review agent has no output format
  2. Severity definitions: Does the agent define severity levels?

    • MUST define error, warning, and suggestion with clear criteria
    • FAIL if severity levels are missing
  3. Detection rules: Does the agent list what it detects?

    • MUST have a section listing specific patterns/issues to flag
    • WARN if detection rules are vague or missing
  4. Scope boundaries: Does the agent declare what it ignores?

    • Review agents SHOULD state what other agents handle
    • WARN if missing (helps avoid duplicate findings)
  5. Self-describing: Does the agent depend on external config?

    • Agents MUST NOT reference config/, review-config.json, or external config files
    • Thresholds, file scope, and defaults MUST be declared inline in the agent definition
    • FAIL if an agent references external config
  6. File scope: Does the agent declare which file types it applies to?

    • Language-specific agents (e.g., js-fp-review) MUST declare their file scope
    • Language-agnostic agents (e.g., structure-review) may omit this
    • WARN if a language-specific agent has no file scope declaration
  7. Skip support: Does the agent define when to return status: "skip"?

    • All review agents MUST have a ## Skip section
    • MUST describe conditions when the agent is inapplicable
    • MUST show the skip JSON response format
    • WARN if skip section is missing
  8. Model tier: Does the agent declare Model tier: small|mid|frontier?

    • All agents MUST declare which model tier they require
    • Valid values: small, mid, frontier
    • WARN if missing
  9. Context needs: Does the agent declare Context needs: diff-only|full-file|project-structure?

    • All agents MUST declare what input context they need
    • Valid values: diff-only, full-file, project-structure
    • WARN if missing

3. Audit skills

Read each file in skills/*/SKILL.md and check:

  1. Role declaration: Does the skill declare its role?

    • All skills MUST have a Role: line (orchestrator, worker, or implementation)
    • Orchestrators route work and aggregate results — they must not review or modify code
    • Workers perform semantic analysis using agent definitions
    • Implementation skills modify code following correction prompts
    • WARN if role is missing
  2. Constraints section: Does the skill declare its boundaries?

    • All skills SHOULD have a constraints section matching their role
    • Orchestrators: must not review code, must delegate, must minimize context
    • Workers: must follow agent definition, must return structured JSON
    • Implementation: must apply minimal fixes, must validate after changes
    • WARN if constraints are missing
  3. Structured steps: Does the skill have numbered steps?

    • All skills MUST have a clear sequence of steps
    • FAIL if steps are missing or unstructured
  4. Argument parsing: Does the skill document its arguments?

    • Skills MUST document required and optional arguments
    • WARN if argument section is missing
  5. Output format: Does the skill describe its output?

    • Skills that produce reports MUST define their output format
    • WARN if output format is missing
  6. Conciseness directive: Does the skill instruct concise output?

    • All skills MUST include a "Be concise" constraint to minimize output tokens
    • WARN if missing
  7. Validation gates: Does the skill run validation where appropriate?

    • Skills that modify code (apply-fixes) SHOULD run lint/build/tests
    • WARN if a code-modifying skill has no validation step

4. Audit hooks

Read each file in hooks/*.sh and check:

  1. Advisory behavior: Does the hook exit 0?

    • Hooks MUST be advisory only (exit 0), never blocking
    • FAIL if a hook exits non-zero on warnings
  2. Input handling: Does the hook read stdin and extract file path?

    • Hooks MUST handle the PostToolUse input format
    • WARN if input parsing looks incorrect
  3. Scope filtering: Does the hook filter by file type?

    • Hooks SHOULD only run on relevant file types
    • WARN if no file type filter is present

5. Generate report

# Eval Audit Report

## Agents
| Agent | Output Format | Severity | Detection | Scope | Self-Describing | File Scope | Skip | Model Tier | Context Needs | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| test-review | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | N/A | PASS | PASS | PASS | OK |
| js-fp-review | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | OK |
| ... | | | | | | | | | | |

## Skills
| Skill | Role | Constraints | Steps | Arguments | Output | Validation | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| code-review | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | N/A | OK |
| apply-fixes | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | PASS | OK |
| ... | | | | | | | |

## Hooks
| Hook | Advisory | Input | Scope Filter | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| js-fp-review.sh | PASS | PASS | PASS | OK |
| token-efficiency-review.sh | PASS | PASS | PASS | OK |
| ... | | | | |

## Summary
- Agents: N OK, N WARN, N FAIL
- Skills: N OK, N WARN, N FAIL
- Hooks: N OK, N WARN, N FAIL
- Action items: [list of things to fix]

6. Apply fixes (when --fix is passed)

If --fix was NOT passed, list action items and stop.

If --fix WAS passed, automatically apply fixes for each FAIL/WARN item:

Agent fixes:

  • Missing output format → insert after the # <Agent Name> heading:

    Output JSON:
    \```json
    {"status": "pass|warn|fail|skip", "issues": [...], "summary": ""}
    \```
    
  • Missing severity definitions → insert after the output format:

    Severity: error=<agent-specific>, warning=<agent-specific>, suggestion=<agent-specific>
    
  • Missing skip support → insert a ## Skip section before ## Detect:

    ## Skip
    
    Return `{"status": "skip", "issues": [], "summary": "<reason>"}` when:
    - <agent-specific inapplicability conditions>
    
  • Missing scope boundaries → append ## Ignore section at the end

Skill fixes:

  • Missing numbered steps → restructure existing content under ## Steps with ### 1., ### 2., etc.
  • Missing argument section → insert ## Parse Arguments section after the skill heading

After each fix:

  1. Read the file to confirm the fix was applied
  2. Re-run the specific check to verify it now passes
  3. Report: FIXED: <agent/skill> — <what was fixed>

7. Fix summary

If --fix was used, append a fix summary after the audit report:

## Fixes Applied
- FIXED: <name> — Added output format
- FIXED: <name> — Added skip section
- SKIPPED: <name> — <reason fix could not be auto-applied>

Re-run /eval-audit to verify all fixes.
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/bdfinst/cab-killer --skill eval-audit
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