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Brings project docs, agent rule files, authorized memory and leftover workspace files back in line with what the code and runtime actually do at the end of a work session.
Check whether your rules file (CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass.
Install Rules Check Drift
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-drift --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .claude/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .claude/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-driftType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-drift --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .agents/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .agents/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-drift --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .cursor/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .cursor/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git --path .claude/skills/rules-check-drift--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-drift --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .gemini/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .gemini/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-driftInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .github/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .github/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install coleam00/skills rules-check-drift --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/coleam00/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift .opencode/skills/rules-check-drift && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "rules-check-drift" agent skill from https://github.com/coleam00/skills/tree/main/.claude/skills/rules-check-drift into .opencode/skills/rules-check-drift/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "rules-check-drift", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
rules-check-drift- GitHub stars
- 674
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 474 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 34
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Check whether your rules file (CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass.
- Works in 4 steps: See what changed → Read the rules file as it is now → Flag ONLY these three things → …
- Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
- SKILL.md covers Input, Process, Output and Rules
- Calls git
What it does
Rules Check Drift is an agent skill from coleam00/skills. Check whether your rules file (CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass. Reports stale/now-false rules, drifted architecture-map entries, and any new invariant worth adding, each with the minimal edit. Advisory and anti-bloat: it keeps the rules file true, never longer than it needs to be.
Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: The agent skills I actually use to build software with coding agents. The PIV loop, planning, worktrees, and the meta-skills for building your own AI Layer. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Agent instruction files
Example prompts
- “/rules-check-drift”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 847be08. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Rules Check Drift loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 99 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 coleam00/skills at commit 847be08, republished under its MIT licence (© coleam00). 474 words, ~1,008 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/rules-check-drift/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- rules-check-drift
- description
- Check whether your rules file (CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass. Reports stale/now-false rules, drifted architecture-map entries, and any new invariant worth adding, each with the minimal edit. Advisory and anti-bloat: it keeps the rules file true, never longer than it needs to be.
- argument-hint
- [optional diff range, e.g. main...HEAD]
/rules-check-drift — keep your rules file true, not longer
Your rules file — CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md — is a steering document, not documentation: your ground
rules, your conventions, and a current map of where things live. Its only failure mode that matters is being
wrong: a stale rule or a drifted map actively misleads the agent on every future run. This skill checks the
rules file against what just changed and proposes the smallest edit that keeps it true.
Wrong rules are worse than missing rules. A longer rules file is worse than a lean one. Most changes need no edit at all — adding a wrong or verbose line makes it worse.
Input
$ARGUMENTS— optional diff range. Default: uncommitted + staged (git diff HEAD); fall back tomain...HEAD.- Scope: the project's rules file(s) —
CLAUDE.mdand/orAGENTS.md, the root file + any package-level ones. (IfCLAUDE.mdis just a@AGENTS.mdimport, checkAGENTS.md.) Ignore README,docs/, and.claude/agent/command/skill files. This skill exists to keep the rules honest, nothing else.
Process
1. See what changed
git diff <range> + git status. Note: moved/renamed/removed files, new modules, changed conventions,
and any new invariant the change establishes.
2. Read the rules file as it is now
Load the project's rules file — CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md (and any package-scoped ones). Hold each claim against the change set.
3. Flag ONLY these three things
- A stated rule or fact is now false — e.g. "routes live in
src/routes/" but they moved. → fix it. - The architecture map drifted — a path or "where things live" pointer no longer matches reality. → fix the wrong entry (don't catalog every new file).
- A new durable invariant must hold going forward — the change introduces a rule that must stay true
(e.g. "never call the DB from handlers — go through
repository/"). → add it as one line.
Everything else, leave alone. Do not suggest an edit to record that a feature was added (that's a changelog — the codebase is the source of truth), to restate what the code already makes obvious, or to add background/rationale/prose that doesn't steer future work.
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4. Write each suggestion the way CLAUDE.md should read
- One bullet, not a paragraph. A rule is a line, not an essay.
- Keep the map current — don't grow it. Fix the wrong path; don't enumerate the new ones.
- State rules in natural language; reference the codebase, never paste code. Copied code goes stale; the
codebase stays true. Good: "follow the error pattern in
src/core/errors/." Bad: pasting the class.
Output
## Rules-file drift check — range: <range>
### Fix (now false)
| Where | What's wrong | Minimal fix |
|-------|--------------|-------------|
| "Architecture" map | routes moved `src/routes/` → `src/api/routes/` | update the one path |
### Add (new invariant only)
- <one-line rule> — established by <the change that made it durable>
### Checked, still true — no edit
- <areas you verified need no change>If nothing drifted: "The rules file is still accurate for these changes — no edits needed."
Rules
- Advisory. Report the drift; only apply/piv-commit edits if the caller explicitly asks.
- Rules file only (
CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md). Not README, not docs. - Lean by default. When in doubt, suggest nothing.
- Run it before every merge (or as part of
/piv-review-changes) so your rules never drift behind the code.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/rules-check-drift of coleam00/skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 847be08
Compare with similar skills
Rules Check Drift 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rules Check Drift this skillcoleam00/skills | 674 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Neat-Freak Knowledge CloseoutKKKKhazix/khazix-skills | 21k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Harness Evolution Feedback Looprevfactory/harness | 9.1k | — | ~855 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Setup Matt Pocock Skillsywwynm/EverythingDone | 144 | 9 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Squad Agent Collaboration Patternsmicrosoft/waza | 1.4k | 4 repos | ~500 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Docslatitude-dev/latitude-llm | 4.7k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Rules Check Drift
What does Rules Check Drift do?
Check whether your rules file (CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass. Rules Check Drift is an agent skill from coleam00/skills.md) still matches the codebase after recent changes — run before a merge, or fold into your code-review pass.
When should I use Rules Check Drift?
Rules Check Drift fits situations like: tasks that involve Agent instruction files.
How do I install Rules Check Drift in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/rules-check-drift in coleam00/skills) into .claude/skills/rules-check-drift in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Rules Check Drift in Codex?
Run `npx skills add coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/rules-check-drift in coleam00/skills) into .agents/skills/rules-check-drift in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Rules Check Drift 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 coleam00/skills --skill rules-check-drift -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rules-check-drift, .gemini/skills/rules-check-drift, .github/skills/rules-check-drift and .opencode/skills/rules-check-drift in your project.
What does Rules Check Drift need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Rules Check Drift needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).
Does Rules Check Drift access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Rules Check Drift 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 Rules Check Drift use?
Rules Check Drift is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Rules Check Drift use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Rules Check Drift?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Rules Check Drift: Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars), Harness Evolution Feedback Loop (revfactory/harness, 9.1k stars), Setup Matt Pocock Skills (ywwynm/EverythingDone, 144 stars) and Squad Agent Collaboration Patterns (microsoft/waza, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Rules Check Drift?
coleam00 (a GitHub user) maintains it in coleam00/skills, which has 674 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: coleam00/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.