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deep-audit

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Deep consistency audit of the entire repository — launches 4 parallel specialist agents to find factual errors, code bugs, broken references, count mismatches, and cross-document inconsistencies, then fixes all issues and loops until clean. Make sure to use this skill whenever the user wants a comprehensive repository-wide check — not a targeted review of a single file. Triggers include: "audit", "deep audit", "find inconsistencies", "check everything", "run a full audit", "are there any broken references", "check the whole repo", "something feels off", "run the audit loop", or after making broad changes across multiple files.

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How to use this skill

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I want to install this Agent Skill for this project in Codex.

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/blob/HEAD/skills/15-Felpix-Studios-social-science-research/skills/deep-audit/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/deep-audit/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

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/deep-audit — Repository Infrastructure Audit

Run a comprehensive consistency audit across the entire repository, fix all issues found, and loop until clean.

When to Use

  • After broad changes (new skills, rules, hooks, guide edits)
  • Before releases or major commits
  • When the user asks to "find inconsistencies", "audit", or "check everything"

Workflow

PHASE 1: Launch 4 Parallel Audit Agents

Launch these 4 agents simultaneously using Task with subagent_type=general-purpose:

Agent 1: Guide Content Accuracy

Focus: README.md, CLAUDE.md, rules/workflow-overview.md

  • All numeric claims match reality (skill count, agent count, rule count, hook count)
  • All file paths mentioned actually exist on disk
  • All skill/agent/rule names match actual directory names
  • No stale counts from previous versions

Agent 2: Hook Code Quality

Focus: hooks/*.py and hooks/*.sh

  • No remaining /tmp/ usage (should use ~/.claude/sessions/)
  • Hash length consistency ([:8] across all hooks)
  • Proper error handling (fail-open pattern: top-level try/except with sys.exit(0))
  • JSON input/output correctness (stdin for input, stdout/stderr for output)
  • Exit code correctness (0 for non-blocking, non-zero only when intentionally blocking)
  • from __future__ import annotations for Python 3.8+ compatibility
  • Correct field names from hook input schema (source not type for SessionStart)
  • PreCompact hooks print to stderr (stdout is ignored)

Agent 3: Skills and Rules Consistency

Focus: skills/*/SKILL.md and rules/*.md

  • Valid YAML frontmatter in all files
  • No stale disable-model-invocation: true
  • allowed-tools values are sensible
  • Rule paths: reference existing directories
  • No contradictions between rules
  • CLAUDE.md skills table matches actual skill directories 1:1
  • All templates referenced in rules/guide exist in templates/

Agent 4: Cross-Document Consistency

Focus: README.md, CLAUDE.md

  • All feature counts agree across both documents
  • All links point to valid targets
  • Directory tree matches actual structure
  • No stale counts from previous versions

PHASE 2: Triage Findings

Categorize each finding:

  • Genuine bug: Fix immediately
  • False alarm: Discard (document WHY it's false for future rounds)

Common false alarms to watch for:

  • Quarto callout ## Title inside ::: divs — this is standard syntax, NOT a heading bug
  • allowed-tools linter warning — known linter bug (Claude Code issue #25380), field IS valid
  • Counts in old session logs — these are historical records, not user-facing docs

PHASE 3: Fix All Issues

Apply fixes in parallel where possible. For each fix:

  1. Read the file first (required by Edit tool)
  2. Apply the fix
  3. Verify the fix (grep for stale values, check syntax)

PHASE 4: Documentation Check

This plugin does not maintain a Quarto source file. If README.md or CLAUDE.md were modified, verify they are consistent with each other — no render step is needed.

PHASE 5: Loop or Declare Clean

After fixing, launch a fresh set of 4 agents to verify.

  • If new issues found → fix and loop again
  • If zero genuine issues → declare clean and report summary

Max loops: 5 (to prevent infinite cycling)

Key Lessons from Past Audits

These are real bugs found across 7 rounds — check for these specifically:

Bug PatternWhere to CheckWhat Went Wrong
Stale counts ("19 skills" → "21")Guide, README, landing pageAdded skills but didn't update all mentions
Hook exit codesAll Python hooksExit 2 in PreCompact silently discards stdout
Hook field namespost-compact-restore.pySessionStart uses source, not type
State in /tmp/All Python hooksShould use ~/.claude/sessions/<hash>/
Hash length mismatchAll Python hooksSome used [:12], others [:8]
Missing fail-openPython hooks __main__Unhandled exception → exit 1 → confusing behavior
Python 3.10+ syntaxType hints like `dictNone`
Missing directoriesquality_reports/specs/Referenced in rules but never created
Always-on rule listingGuide + READMEmeta-governance omitted from listings
macOS-only commandsSkills, rulesopen without xdg-open fallback
Protected file blockingsettings.json editsprotect-files.sh blocks Edit/Write

Output Format

After each round, report:

## Round N Audit Results

### Issues Found: X genuine, Y false alarms

| # | Severity | File | Issue | Status |
|---|----------|------|-------|--------|
| 1 | Critical | file.py:42 | Description | Fixed |
| 2 | Medium | file.qmd:100 | Description | Fixed |

### Verification
- [ ] No stale counts (grep confirms)
- [ ] All hooks have fail-open + future annotations
- [ ] Guide renders successfully
- [ ] docs/ updated

### Result: [CLEAN | N issues remaining]