Root Cause Investigation
garrytan/gstack
Debugs in four phases (investigate, analyze, hypothesize, implement) under one rule: no fix is made until the root cause is found.
Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go.
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Install Audit Only
$ npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-only --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/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .claude/skills/audit-only && 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 "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .claude/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-onlyType 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-only --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .agents/skills/audit-only && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .agents/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-only --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .cursor/skills/audit-only && 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 "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .cursor/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git --path skills/audit-only--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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-only --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .gemini/skills/audit-only && 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 "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .gemini/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-onlyInstalls 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .github/skills/audit-only && 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 "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .github/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills audit-only --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/audit-only .opencode/skills/audit-only && 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 "audit-only" agent skill from https://github.com/OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills/tree/main/skills/audit-only into .opencode/skills/audit-only/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "audit-only", 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
audit-only- GitHub stars
- 199
- Token cost
- ~213 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 101 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go.
- Works in 4 steps: Read the relevant code/data and answer… → Report findings: what's there, what's… → If a change is warranted, describe it… → …
- The user says audit
- SKILL.md covers Do and Don't
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Audit Only is an agent skill from OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills. Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go. Use when the user says audit, investigate, "don't touch code", or asks a plain question.
Its SKILL.md is about 210 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: Skills that drive best-in-class engineering. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user says audit
- Dont touch code
- Asks a plain question
Example prompts
- “t touch code”
- “/audit-only”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the relevant code/data and answer the actual question first.
- Report findings: what's there, what's wrong, options + a recommendation.
- If a change is warranted, describe it and wait for a go.
- If asked, post findings as a PR/issue comment — that's still not code edits.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a97904. 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.
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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Audit Only loads about 213 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 101 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills at commit 8a97904, republished under its MIT licence (© OutThisLife). 101 words, ~213 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/audit-only/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- audit-only
- description
- Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go. Use when the user says audit, investigate, "don't touch code", or asks a plain question.
Audit Only
Investigate and report. Do not edit code, create files, or open PRs until the user explicitly says to proceed.
Do
- Read the relevant code/data and answer the actual question first.
- Report findings: what's there, what's wrong, options + a recommendation.
- If a change is warranted, describe it and wait for a go.
- If asked, post findings as a PR/issue comment — that's still not code edits.
Don't
- Start writing code because the fix seems obvious.
- Act on assumed scope — answer what was asked, nothing more.
- Treat "review this" or a plain question as permission to change things.
© OutThisLife, 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 skills/audit-only of OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a97904
Compare with similar skills
Audit Only 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audit Only this skillOutThisLife/brooklyn-skills | 199 | — | ~213 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Root Cause Investigationgarrytan/gstack | 136k | — | ~12k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Find Releaseflutter/flutter | 179k | — | ~545 | Automated safety check: Pass | BSD-3-Clause | |
| Internal Investigationanthropics/claude-for-legal | 9.6k | 3 repos | ~6.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Fd Findpenpot/penpot | 61k | — | ~882 | Automated safety check: Pass | MPL-2.0 | |
| Find In Notionsuperset-sh/superset | 15k | — | ~763 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Audit Only
What does Audit Only do?
Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go. Audit Only is an agent skill from OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills. Read-only investigation mode: answer and report findings first, change no code until told to go.
When should I use Audit Only?
Audit Only fits situations like: the user says audit; dont touch code; asks a plain question.
How do I install Audit Only in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/audit-only in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills) into .claude/skills/audit-only in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Audit Only in Codex?
Run `npx skills add OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/audit-only in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills) into .agents/skills/audit-only in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Audit Only 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 OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills --skill audit-only -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/audit-only, .gemini/skills/audit-only, .github/skills/audit-only and .opencode/skills/audit-only in your project.
What does Audit Only need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Audit Only is instructions for the agent only.
Does Audit Only 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 Audit Only 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 Audit Only use?
Audit Only 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 Audit Only use?
About 213 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 852 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 Audit Only?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Audit Only: Root Cause Investigation (garrytan/gstack, 136k stars), Find Release (flutter/flutter, 179k stars), Internal Investigation (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars) and Fd Find (penpot/penpot, 61k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Audit Only?
OutThisLife (a GitHub user) maintains it in OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills, which has 199 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: OutThisLife/brooklyn-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.