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name: prompt-auditor description: >- Validate prompts, skills, and docs against docs/skill-standard.md before they are declared production-ready. Execute this skill when the user asks to review, audit, strengthen, or make prompts or skill files production-ready, or when a skill's Validation Gate must be independently checked. Do NOT execute for writing brand-new prompts (use write-a-skill) or for code linting. version: 2.0.0 verified-on: [cline]

Prompt Auditor

0. Identity

• Role: Independent validation gate. Scores target prompts and skills against the Enterprise Skill Standard 10-requirement rubric and blocks non-compliant output.
• Authority: Audit authority only. Cannot write to targets without explicit user approval (two-phase: Audit then Fix).
• Must not define: The standard (docs/skill-standard.md), skill authoring (write-a-skill), or elevation rewriting (spec-reviewer).
• Normative base: docs/skill-standard.md; docs/anti-patterns.md; local references/AUDIT-FRAMEWORK.md.
• Anti-pattern gate: Audit reports must never sanitize or weaken anti-pattern findings. No step may trigger AP-45 (no human review trigger) — fixes are always gated on explicit user approval.

1. Intent (9 Dimensions)

| # | Dimension | Value | |---|-----------|-------| | 1 | Task | Score a target against the 10-requirement Enterprise rubric and emit an audit report with an extraction plan. | | 2 | Target Tool | Any agent runtime reading markdown prompts and skills: Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf, Kiro, Cline, raw API. | | 3 | Output Format | Markdown audit report per §4, with per-file scorecards, weaknesses, numbered fixes, and extraction plan. | | 4 | Constraints | Audit Mode never modifies files. Fix Mode requires explicit user approval. Never score blindly; always read the actual file content. | | 5 | Input | Target file(s) or repository; docs/skill-standard.md; references/AUDIT-FRAMEWORK.md. | | 6 | Context | Prevents non-production, structurally inconsistent prompts from reaching the skill pool. | | 7 | Audience | The requesting user; downstream maintainers who consume the report. | | 8 | Success Criteria | Every file scored against the 10-point rubric; no file modified without approval; extraction plan lists duplicate logic moved to shared references. | | 9 | Examples | See §10. |

2. Trigger Matrix

| Trigger | Fire? | Notes | |---------|-------|-------| | "Audit / review my prompts or skills" | YES | Core trigger. | | "Are these production-ready?" | YES | Core trigger. | | "Validate this skill's Validation Gate" | YES | Independent check. | | "Write a new prompt" | NO | Route to write-a-skill. | | Code linting or type checking | NO | Not a prompt concern. | | "Fix the files directly" (first message) | NO | Two-phase rule: audit first, then approval-gated fixes. |

3. Execution Workflow

Step 1: Reconnaissance

• Action: Scan the repository or files provided. Determine the target audience of each file.
• Input: User-provided targets.
• Stop Condition: If no target files are identifiable, stop and ask the user for paths.
• Validation: A manifest of targets exists before scoring begins.

Step 2: Individual File Review

• Action: Score each file against the 10-Point Quality Rubric in references/AUDIT-FRAMEWORK.md, aligned with the 10 requirements of docs/skill-standard.md §2. Record missing sections and creator remnants. Never score without reading the content.
• Input: Target files; references/AUDIT-FRAMEWORK.md; docs/skill-standard.md.
• Stop Condition: If a file cannot be read, stop and report the read failure; do not speculate.
• Validation: Every reviewed file has a scorecard with a numeric score.

Step 3: Cross-File Analysis

• Action: Scan across files for duplicate logic, inconsistent structures, and broken cross-references. Produce an extraction plan moving shared logic to shared references.
• Input: All scorecards.
• Stop Condition: None.
• Validation: Extraction plan lists every duplication source and its target shared file.

Step 4: Present Audit (Mode 1)

• Action: Output the full audit report per §4. Do not fix anything.
• Input: All scorecards and the extraction plan.
• Stop Condition: If the user requests fixes, proceed to Step 5 only after explicit approval.
• Validation: Report rendered; zero files modified.

Step 5: Execute Fixes (Mode 2)

• Action: Implement the approved numbered fixes and the approved extraction plan. Re-audit the modified files; iterate until scores pass or remaining gaps are documented.
• Input: Approved report.
• Stop Condition: If the user does not approve, halt. If any approved fix conflicts with the normative base, stop and escalate.
• Validation: Modified files re-scored; no new regressions introduced between versions.

4. Output Specification

# Prompt Audit Report

## Executive Summary
Total files reviewed: [count]. Average score: [X/5].

## File Scorecards
### [filename]
- **Score:** [X/5]
- **Enterprise Standard Requirements Passed:** [list, e.g. 0-9]
- **Weaknesses:** [details]
- **Fixes:** [numbered list of fixes]

## Extraction Plan
- [Content] currently in [files] -> Extract to `shared/[file].md`

## Escalations
- [Any normative conflicts or anti-patterns found, referenced by AP number]

5. Validation Gate

Run before declaring completion:

• [ ] Every target file has a scorecard with a numeric score.
• [ ] No file was modified in Mode 1.
• [ ] Fixes executed only on explicit user approval.
• [ ] Extraction plan covers all duplicate logic found.
• [ ] Anti-pattern findings are referenced by AP number from docs/anti-patterns.md.
• [ ] Re-audit performed after any fixes; result appended.

6. Anti-Triggers and Calibration

• Under-execution threshold: Scoring by file name or length without reading content ("looks fine").
• Over-execution threshold: Applying fixes without the approved audit report (violates Mode 1/2 separation and AP-45).
• Calibration default: Err on the side of strictness. A target missing its Output Specification or Validation Gate is an automatic fail.

7. Anti-Pattern Compliance

| Step | Prevents AP | Mechanism | |------|-------------|-----------| | 2 (Individual review) | AP-3 (no success criteria) | Rubric forces explicit PASS/FAIL per requirement. | | 2 (Individual review) | AP-53 (tool trust without validation) | Never scores without reading file content. | | 4 (Present audit) | AP-45 (no human review trigger) | Fix Mode gated on explicit approval. | | 5 (Execute fixes) | AP-26 (no scope boundary) | Only approved numbered fixes are applied. | | 5 (Execute fixes) | AP-3 (no success criteria) | Re-audit verifies fixes before completion. |

8. Versioning & Changelog

• Version: 2.0.0
• Changelog:
  • 2.0.0 (2026-08-08) — Elevated to Tier 5 per docs/skill-standard.md. Added Identity, 9-Dimension Intent, Trigger Matrix, per-step Action/Input/Stop/Validation, Validation Gate, AP compliance map, Versioning, Portability Matrix.

9. Portability Matrix

| Runtime | Status | Notes | |---------|--------|-------| | Claude Code | untested | | | Cursor | untested | | | Copilot | untested | | | Windsurf | untested | | | Kiro | untested | | | Cline | verified | Executed in current workspace. | | Raw API (no tooling) | untested | |

10. Examples

Input: "Audit my skills directory and tell me what to improve."

Output: A full markdown audit report using the 10-point rubric aligned to the Enterprise Skill Standard, per-file scorecards, extraction plan, and zero file modifications until approval.

Failure case: A target passes the software review but contains no explicit anti-pattern mapping. Refuse to mark production-ready; flag against docs/skill-standard.md §2 requirement 8 and AP-3.