Official agent skill

Reviewing Project Guidance

by bitwarden in bitwarden/ai-plugins

Reviews CLAUDE.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Reviewing Project Guidance

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-project-guidance -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bitwarden/ai-plugins reviewing-project-guidance --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bitwarden/ai-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-config-validator/skills/reviewing-project-guidance .claude/skills/reviewing-project-guidance && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
reviewing-project-guidance
GitHub stars
155
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
745 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
35
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Reviews CLAUDE.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity.

  • Reviewing changes to CLAUDE.md at a project root
  • SKILL.md covers Pass 1: Security, Pass 2: Structure, Pass 3: Duplication and Pass 4: Clarity, plus 2 more sections
  • Needs API_KEY
  • Scoped to a subdirectory

What it does

Reviewing Project Guidance is an agent skill from bitwarden/ai-plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Reviews CLAUDE.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity. Use when reviewing changes to CLAUDE.md at a project root, in .claude/, or scoped to a subdirectory. Flags credentials and sensitive paths in guidance text, detailed specifications that belong in their own docs, directives too vague to act on, and directives that loosen the harness itself such as --dangerously-skip-permissions or --no-verify. Also use when asked to review project instructions or CLAUDE.md quality. Normally reached through…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Agent instruction files. The repository describes itself as: AI plugin marketplace.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing changes to CLAUDE.md at a project root
  • Scoped to a subdirectory
  • Asked to review project instructions
  • CLAUDE.md quality

Example prompts

  • “Use the reviewing-project-guidance skill to review CLAUDE.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity”
  • “/reviewing-project-guidance”

Requirements

  • A credential in API_KEY
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0e684b9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Reviewing Project Guidance loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 159 tokens; SKILL.md has 745 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~159
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 745 words (~1,812 tokens).

“Covers CLAUDE.md at any level: project root, .claude/CLAUDE.md, or scoped to a subdirectory. All three are valid and serve different scopes; the review is the same.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bitwarden, Custom licence
name
reviewing-project-guidance
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/claude-config-validator/skills/reviewing-project-guidance of bitwarden/ai-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0e684b9

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Questions about Reviewing Project Guidance

What does Reviewing Project Guidance do?

Reviews CLAUDE.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity. Reviewing Project Guidance is an agent skill from bitwarden/ai-plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization.md files for security, structure, and directive clarity.

When should I use Reviewing Project Guidance?

Reviewing Project Guidance fits situations like: reviewing changes to CLAUDE.md at a project root; scoped to a subdirectory; asked to review project instructions; CLAUDE.md quality.

How do I install Reviewing Project Guidance in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-project-guidance -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-config-validator/skills/reviewing-project-guidance in bitwarden/ai-plugins) into .claude/skills/reviewing-project-guidance in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Reviewing Project Guidance in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-project-guidance -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-config-validator/skills/reviewing-project-guidance in bitwarden/ai-plugins) into .agents/skills/reviewing-project-guidance in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Reviewing Project Guidance in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add bitwarden/ai-plugins --skill reviewing-project-guidance -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/reviewing-project-guidance, .gemini/skills/reviewing-project-guidance, .github/skills/reviewing-project-guidance and .opencode/skills/reviewing-project-guidance in your project.

What does Reviewing Project Guidance need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Reviewing Project Guidance needs credentials named API_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in API_KEY. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob.

Does Reviewing Project Guidance access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Reviewing Project Guidance safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Reviewing Project Guidance use?

Reviewing Project Guidance has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Reviewing Project Guidance use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Reviewing Project Guidance?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Reviewing Project Guidance: Using Agent Skills (addyosmani/agent-skills, 105k stars), Claude Reflect (BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect, 1.8k stars), Writing For Agents (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars) and Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Reviewing Project Guidance?

bitwarden (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in bitwarden/ai-plugins, which has 155 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: bitwarden/ai-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.