validate-usercontext-instructions
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Validate user-context instruction files against schema, section completeness, quality checks, and scoring criteria.
In this repository11 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- create-agents-mdSkill
- create-checkpointSkill
- create-project-instructionsSkill
- create-skillSkill
- create-usercontext-instructionsSkill
- repository-drift-controlSkill
- restore-checkpointSkill
- validate-agents-mdSkill
- validate-project-instructionsSkill
- validate-skillSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 17
Use this skill to validate *_usercontext.instructions.md files.
- Distinctive: line 18
Use this skill before publishing or reusing a user-context file.
- Distinctive: line 19
Do not use this skill for project AGENTS.md (project context) files.
- Very specific: line 27
Run validation phases from references/phase-checks.md.
- Very specific: line 28
Check for spec_version field in YAML frontmatter: flag as WARNING if absent (pre-existing files may predate this requirement).
- Distinctive: line 51
Keep recommendations implementation-ready and non-ambiguous.
- Distinctive: line 53
Do not modify validated source files automatically.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Validate User Context Instructions
Purpose
Validate user-context instruction files and produce structured reports with issues, recommendations, and a compliance score based on a deterministic scoring rubric.
When To Use
- Use this skill to validate
*_usercontext.instructions.mdfiles. - Use this skill before publishing or reusing a user-context file.
- Do not use this skill for project
AGENTS.md(project context) files.
Required Inputs
- Target file path.
- Expected spec version and required sections.
- Validation strictness expectations (if any).
Workflow
- Run validation phases from
references/phase-checks.md. - Check for
spec_versionfield in YAML frontmatter: flag as WARNING if absent (pre-existing files may predate this requirement); flag as WARNING if present but older than1.5.0. - Generate report using
references/report-contract.md. - Apply deterministic scoring from
references/scoring.md. - Classify findings into critical/warning/enhancement buckets.
- Produce implementation-ready recommendations.
Output Expectations
- A markdown validation report with phase-by-phase findings.
- Overall PASS/WARN/FAIL state and numeric score.
- Actionable fixes for critical and warning issues.
- Migration guidance when relevant.
- Report schema follows
references/report-contract.md. - Scoring and grade bands follow
references/scoring.md.
Resources
- Phase checks:
references/phase-checks.md - Report contract:
references/report-contract.md - Scoring model:
references/scoring.md - Example target:
../../usercontexts/sample_usercontext.instructions.md - Example report:
../../usercontexts/sample_usercontext.validation.md
Constraints And Safety
- Preserve privacy boundaries in findings and examples.
- Keep recommendations implementation-ready and non-ambiguous.
- Use provider-neutral language.
- Do not modify validated source files automatically.
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