Official agent skill

Validate Skills

by callstackincubator in callstackincubator/agent-skills

Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices.

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Install Validate Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill validate-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install callstackincubator/agent-skills validate-skills --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/callstackincubator/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/validate-skills .claude/skills/validate-skills && 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
validate-skills
GitHub stars
1.7k
Token cost
~665 tokens
SKILL.md length
256 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices.

  • Works in 3 steps: Find all skill directories → For each skill, read SKILL.md and check… → Report issues in this format
  • SKILL.md covers Validation Checklist, How to Run and References
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Validate Skills is an agent skill from callstackincubator/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices. Use via /validate-skills command.

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: A collection of agent-optimized React Native skills for AI coding assistants. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “Use the validate-skills skill to validate skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices”
  • “/validate-skills”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Find all skill directories
  2. For each skill, read SKILL.md and check against the rules above
  3. Report issues in this format

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 61e6e7d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    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 bash).

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • agentskills.io
    • platform.claude.com

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Validate Skills loads about 665 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 256 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~35
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~665

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

The full file from callstackincubator/agent-skills at commit 61e6e7d, republished under its MIT licence (© callstackincubator). 256 words, ~665 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/validate-skills/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
validate-skills
description
Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices. Use via /validate-skills command.
license
MIT
metadata.author
Callstack
metadata.tags
validation, linting, skill-authoring

Validate Skills

Validate all skills in skills/ against the agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices.

Validation Checklist

For each skill directory, verify:

Spec Compliance (agentskills.io)
CheckRule
name format1-64 chars, lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens, no leading/trailing/consecutive hyphens
name matches directoryDirectory name must equal name field
description length1-1024 characters, non-empty
Optional fields validlicense, metadata, compatibility if present
Best Practices (Claude Code)
CheckRule
Description formatThird person, describes what + when to use
Body lengthUnder 500 lines
Loading is one-level deepSKILL.md is the only progressive-disclosure entry point: every reference file must be reachable from SKILL.md. References may cross-link each other for navigation (see note below).
Links are markdownUse [text](path) not bare filenames
No redundancyDon't repeat description in body
ConciseOnly add context Claude doesn't already have

One-level-deep vs. cross-linking. The one-level-deep rule targets progressive-disclosure loading chains — a reference that can only be discovered by loading another reference first (SKILL.md → a.md → b.md, where b.md is not linked from SKILL.md). That is a defect: it hides content from the loader.

It does not forbid navigational cross-links. Per AGENTS.md, reference files end with a "Related Skills" footer linking sibling references, and this is required. A cross-link is fine as long as both endpoints are also reachable directly from SKILL.md. Only flag a reference that is reachable exclusively through another reference.

How to Run

  1. Find all skill directories:

    bash
    fd -t d -d 1 . skills/
  2. For each skill, read SKILL.md and check against the rules above

  3. Report issues in this format:

    ## Validation Results
    
    ### skills/example-skill
    - [PASS] name format valid
    - [FAIL] name "example" doesn't match directory "example-skill"
    - [PASS] description length OK (156 chars)

References

© callstackincubator, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/validate-skills of callstackincubator/agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 61e6e7d

Compare with similar skills

Validate Skills next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Validateagenticnotetaking/arscontexta3.5k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Zod Validation Expertdavila7/claude-code-templates32k3 repos~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Agent Production Validatorruvnet/ruflo74k2 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Validate Pluginruvnet/ruflo74k—~511Automated safety check: NotesMIT

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Questions about Validate Skills

What does Validate Skills do?

Validates skills in this repo against agentskills.io spec and Claude Code best practices. Validate Skills is an agent skill from callstackincubator/agent-skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization.io spec and Claude Code best practices.

How do I install Validate Skills in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill validate-skills -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-skills in callstackincubator/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/validate-skills in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Validate Skills in Codex?

Run `npx skills add callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill validate-skills -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/validate-skills in callstackincubator/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/validate-skills in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Validate Skills 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 callstackincubator/agent-skills --skill validate-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/validate-skills, .gemini/skills/validate-skills, .github/skills/validate-skills and .opencode/skills/validate-skills in your project.

What does Validate Skills need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Validate Skills is instructions for the agent only.

Does Validate Skills access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: agentskills.io and platform.claude.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Validate Skills 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 Validate Skills use?

Validate Skills is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Validate Skills use?

About 665 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Validate Skills?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Validate Skills: Form Validation (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Validate (agenticnotetaking/arscontexta, 3.5k stars), Zod Validation Expert (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars) and Agent Production Validator (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Validate Skills?

callstackincubator (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in callstackincubator/agent-skills, which has 1,664 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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