Audit Context

Output style: Follow process/development-protocols/communication-standards.md — answer-first, plain language, no unexplained jargon, TL;DR on long responses.

Use this skill to verify that the project's durable context layer is discoverable and organized.

Optional input: a context group, agent, skill, or folder scope to prioritize during the audit.

Workflow

0. Run find process/context/ -type f | sort to get the full file listing before routing. This ensures no context file is silently skipped when the router is incomplete or drifted.
1. Read process/context/all-context.md for the context routing protocol.
2. Read references/audit-context.md for the full audit process.
3. Run the context discovery validator:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-context-discovery.mjs
   

3a. Run the protocol discovery frontmatter validator (enforces discovery frontmatter on every process/development-protocols/**/*.md, recursive incl. vc-system-behavior/; note.md is the only intentional exclusion):

node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-protocol-discovery.mjs

4. Run the shared skill routing coverage validator:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-skill-routing.mjs
   

5. Run the skill cross-reference validator:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-skill-cross-refs.mjs
   

6. Run the skill dependency/confusable analysis:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-skill-dependencies.mjs
   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-confusable-skills.mjs
   

7. Regenerate or check the machine-readable skill catalog:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/generate-skills-catalog.mjs --write
   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/generate-skills-catalog.mjs --check
   

8. Validate that every SKILL.md carries trigger_keywords + a valid layer (contract|helper) and that the catalog is in sync:

   node .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/scripts/validate-skill-keywords.mjs
   

9. If any script reports failures, inspect the referenced files and patch the smallest relevant surface.
10. Re-run the failed validators until they pass.

For agent/skill harness validation (agent parity, skill frontmatter, README.md sync, protocol wiring), use the audit-vc skill.

Context Bootstrap (when process/context/ doesn't exist or needs full init)

Use when initializing a new project's context layer from scratch:

1. Run vc-scout in parallel across major source directories (skip .git, node_modules, .claude, caches) to gather codebase summaries.
2. Create process/context/all-context.md (routing table, architecture, conventions) and group all-{group}.md entrypoints for any durable domains identified.
3. Parallel reader strategy for existing context files — before updating, spawn subagents proportional to file count: 1-3 files read directly; 4-6 files use 2-3 reader agents; 7+ files use 4-5 reader agents (max 5), distributing by LOC.
4. After generating or updating context files, run find process/context -name '*.md' -print0 | xargs -0 wc -l | sort -rn — files over 800 LOC should be split into a context group or the user asked.
5. Finish by running the discovery validator (step 3 above) before declaring done.

Rules

• Treat .claude/skills/ as canonical; .agents/skills/ is the Codex discovery symlink.
• Treat .claude/skills/vc-audit-context/references/skill-routing-policy.json as the explicit allowlist for intentionally non-routed shared skills.
• Do not move large context files without updating process/context/all-context.md.
• Do not delete compatibility wrappers unless no current reference points to them.
• Keep context groups durable-domain based, not one group per temporary feature.
• When updating agents, mirror Claude markdown and Codex TOML surfaces together.
• Treat validator warnings as audit findings unless the user asks for a strict cleanup.
• Prefer validator-backed routing truth over adding more soft prose.
• Treat process/context/generated-skills-catalog.json as the machine-readable catalog owned by audit-context.