Skill Polisher

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Meta-skill to validate and polish Codex skills using skill-polisher, checking structural integrity and standardization. Essential for auditing skills and maintaining compliance across skill sets.

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DevelopmentIntermediate
206/2/2026
Claude Code
#skill-polisher#audit#standardization#codex#claude-code

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Our review

This skill audits and polishes Codex and Claude skills for structural integrity and standardization using existing polisher tooling and scripts.

Strengths

  • Automates validation of skill structure (frontmatter, allowed tools).
  • Cross-flavor support (Codex and Claude) with dedicated scripts.
  • Generates reports with TASTE score and issue listing.

Limitations

  • Requires the polisher scripts to be present in the repository.
  • Does not modify skills unless explicitly requested.
  • Manual audit for Claude skills may be less automated.
When to use it

Use this skill when you need to verify structural integrity and standardization across a set of Codex or Claude skills.

When not to use it

Do not use it when you intend to create or modify skill content, as it is limited to audit and reporting.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score88/100

The skill only runs pre-existing internal project scripts (uv run, python) for auditing skills. No external network calls, destructive commands, or exfiltration.

No concerns found

Examples

Polish all Codex skills
Run the Codex skill polisher on all skills in .codex/skills and report results.
Audit a single Claude skill
Validate the structure of the Claude skill named 'deploy-app' in .claude/skills/deploy-app.
Cross-flavor audit
Perform a cross-flavor audit comparing Codex and Claude skills using the shared auditor script.

name: skill-polisher description: Meta-skill for Claude Code to validate and polish Codex skills under .codex/skills/ by running the skill-polisher and reviewing structural integrity. Use when auditing Codex skills, enforcing standardization, or running integrity sweeps across the Codex skill set. allowed-tools: "Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash" user-invocable: true

Skill Polisher (Claude Code)

Audit Codex skills for structural integrity and standardization by using the existing Codex skill-polisher tooling.

Flavor Contract

  • Claude-flavored by default: validates Claude frontmatter/tooling rules.
  • Cross-flavored compatible via shared auditor (see Cross-Flavor Audit).

Target scope

  • Codex skills:
    • Single skill: .codex/skills/<skill-name>
    • Whole set: .codex/skills
  • Claude skills:
    • Single skill: .claude/skills/<skill-name>
    • Whole set: .claude/skills

Execution

Codex skills (preferred)

Use the Codex polisher for deterministic audits:

uv run .codex/skills/skill-polisher/scripts/polish_skill.py .codex/skills --all

For a single skill:

uv run .codex/skills/skill-polisher/scripts/polish_skill.py .codex/skills/<skill-name>

Claude skills (manual audit)

Claude skills do not share the Codex polisher; use a lightweight audit:

Get-ChildItem .claude/skills -Directory
Get-Content .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Checks to confirm:

  • SKILL.md present
  • Frontmatter includes name and description
  • Any allowed-tools entries match Claude tool names (Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash as needed)

Cross-Flavor Audit (shared)

Use the shared auditor when you want consistent reporting:

uv run scripts/skill_audit.py --flavor codex --root .codex/skills
uv run scripts/skill_audit.py --flavor claude --root .claude/skills

Hook (Claude-side)

Run the Claude cross-compatible audit via the helper script:

.\scripts\run_claude_skill_polisher.ps1 -Root .claude/skills

Claude-Local Audit (Claude-centric outputs)

Write JSON outputs into claude/mailbox:

.\scripts\run_claude_local_audit.ps1 -Root .claude/skills

Hook (Claude-side cross-polish)

Run both Codex and Claude audits in one pass:

.\scripts\run_claude_cross_polish.ps1 -CodexRoot .codex/skills -ClaudeRoot .claude/skills

Bridge (Codex tooling)

Invoke Codex polisher from Claude:

.\scripts\run_codex_polisher.ps1 -Root .codex/skills

Reporting

Summarize:

  • TASTE + score
  • Issues (if any)
  • Files changed (if any)

Notes

  • This skill audits Codex and Claude skills; do not modify either unless explicitly requested.
  • If you need to add @POLISHED seals, do so after a clean run and record the timestamp.

Cross-Flavor Compatibility

  • Codex flavor: requires agents/openai.yaml and assets/ with SVG icons.
  • Claude flavor: requires SKILL.md with valid frontmatter (name, description), optional allowed-tools.
  • For shared audits use: python scripts/skill_audit.py --flavor codex --root .codex/skills and python scripts/skill_audit.py --flavor claude --root .claude/skills.
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