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Analyze skill complexity and get modularization recommendations

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Analyze Skill Complexity

use_when:

  • Assessing skill file complexity before adding content
  • Planning modularization strategies
  • Checking if a skill needs to be split
  • Validating progressive disclosure design

do_not_use_when:

  • Evaluating skill quality - use /skills-eval instead
  • Estimating token usage only - use /estimate-tokens instead
  • Creating new skills - use /create-skill instead

Analyzes a skill file for complexity metrics and provides modularization recommendations based on the modular-skills framework.

Usage

# Analyze specific skill file
/analyze-skill skills/my-skill/SKILL.md

# Analyze skill directory
/analyze-skill skills/my-skill

# Analyze current directory (if in a skill folder)
/analyze-skill .

What It Analyzes

The analyzer evaluates several complexity dimensions:

Metrics Collected

  • Line count: Total lines vs threshold (default: 150)
  • Word/character count: Content density indicators
  • Theme sections: Number of # level headings
  • Subsections: Number of ## level headings
  • Code blocks: Embedded code examples
  • Estimated tokens: Context window impact

Recommendations Generated

  • MODULARIZE: File exceeds thresholds, should be split
  • CONSIDER: Approaching limits, evaluate for future growth
  • OK: Within acceptable complexity bounds

Examples

/analyze-skill skills/modular-skills/SKILL.md
# Output:
# === Analysis for: skills/modular-skills/SKILL.md ===
# Line count: 180 (threshold: 150)
# Estimated tokens: 1,847
# === Recommendations ===
# MODULARIZE: File exceeds threshold (180 > 150)
# GOOD: Token usage in optimal range

/analyze-skill skills/skills-eval --verbose
# Includes detailed section breakdown

Integration with Modular Skills

This command is the first step in the modular-skills workflow:

  1. Analyze → Use this command to assess complexity
  2. Design → Plan module structure based on recommendations
  3. Estimate → Use /estimate-tokens for token budgeting
  4. Validate → Use /skills-eval for quality checks

Implementation

python3 ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/skill_analyzer.py --file "${1:-.}"