Agent skill

Deep Inspect

by richlander in richlander/dotnet-inspect

A skill your agent uses when a dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI, or when preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests…

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Install Deep Inspect

skills CLI
$ npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill deep-inspect -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install richlander/dotnet-inspect deep-inspect --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/richlander/dotnet-inspect.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/deep-inspect .claude/skills/deep-inspect && 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
deep-inspect
GitHub stars
151
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
804 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when a dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI, or when preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests…

  • A dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI
  • SKILL.md covers Lanes, Local equivalents and Reading results
  • Calls gh, dotnet and bash
  • Preparing release certification

What it does

Deep Inspect is an agent skill from richlander/dotnet-inspect. Use when a dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI, or when preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests, cross-platform certification, IL round-trip sweep, corpus sensors, package discovery, validity scans, and analysis census).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with .NET. The repository describes itself as: Tool to inspect .NET assets, like docker inspect and kubectl describe.

When your agent uses it

  • A dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI
  • Preparing release certification
  • Coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests
  • Cross-platform certification

Example prompts

  • “/deep-inspect”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8f47552. 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:

    • gh
    • dotnet
    • bash

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, 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

Deep Inspect loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 804 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~76
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 804 words (~1,906 tokens).

“This is a repo-local maintainer skill (CI/certification harness), not a shipped end-user capability; it is not embedded in the dotnet-inspect binary.”

— opening of SKILL.md by richlander
name
deep-inspect

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/deep-inspect of richlander/dotnet-inspect.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8f47552

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Speckit ConstitutionWeihanLi/WeihanLi.Common24211 repos~2.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Copilot Session Failure Analysisdotnet/maui23k—~3.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Microsoft Code ReferenceMicrosoftDocs/mcp1.9k4 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0

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Works with

Questions about Deep Inspect

What does Deep Inspect do?

A skill your agent uses when a dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI, or when preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests…. Deep Inspect is an agent skill from richlander/dotnet-inspect. Use when a dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI, or when preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests, cross-platform certification, IL round-trip sweep, corpus sensors, package discovery, validity scans, and analysis census).

When should I use Deep Inspect?

Deep Inspect fits situations like: A dotnet-inspect change needs expensive evidence outside normal PR CI; preparing release certification; coordinate Deep Inspect lanes (full slow tests; cross-platform certification.

How do I install Deep Inspect in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill deep-inspect -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/deep-inspect in richlander/dotnet-inspect) into .claude/skills/deep-inspect in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deep Inspect in Codex?

Run `npx skills add richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill deep-inspect -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/deep-inspect in richlander/dotnet-inspect) into .agents/skills/deep-inspect in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deep Inspect 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 richlander/dotnet-inspect --skill deep-inspect -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deep-inspect, .gemini/skills/deep-inspect, .github/skills/deep-inspect and .opencode/skills/deep-inspect in your project.

What does Deep Inspect need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Deep Inspect needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh, dotnet and bash).

Does Deep Inspect access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Deep Inspect 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 Deep Inspect use?

No licence was found for Deep Inspect or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Deep Inspect use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k 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 Deep Inspect?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Deep Inspect: Minimax DOCX (poco-ai/poco-claw, 1.4k stars), Microsoft Skill Creator (MicrosoftDocs/mcp, 1.9k stars), Speckit Constitution (WeihanLi/WeihanLi.Common, 242 stars) and Copilot Session Failure Analysis (dotnet/maui, 23k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Deep Inspect?

richlander (a GitHub user) maintains it in richlander/dotnet-inspect, which has 151 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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