Agent skill

Brooks Audit

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books.

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Install Brooks Audit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-audit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills brooks-audit --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brooks-audit .claude/skills/brooks-audit && 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
brooks-audit
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~648 tokens
SKILL.md length
301 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
1,493
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron… → Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for… → Read ../_shared/decay-risks.md for… → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Setup, Process and Limitations
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Brooks Audit is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `architecture-guide.md` and `onboarding-guide.md`).

It sits in Development. It works with Mermaid. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/brooks-audit”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
  2. Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
  3. Read ../_shared/decay-risks.md for symptom definitions and source attributions
  4. Read architecture-guide.md in this directory for the audit framework

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 680176d. 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

Brooks Audit loads about 648 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 301 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~45
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~648

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 680176d, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 301 words, ~648 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/brooks-audit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
brooks-audit
description
Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books.
risk
safe
source
https://github.com/hyhmrright/brooks-lint/tree/main/skills/brooks-audit
source_repo
hyhmrright/brooks-lint
source_type
community
date_added
2026-07-01
license
MIT
license_source
https://github.com/hyhmrright/brooks-lint/blob/main/LICENSE

Brooks-Lint — Architecture Audit

When to Use

Use this skill when you need architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books. Triggers when: user asks to audit architecture, review folder/module structure, check for circular imports, understand...

Setup

  1. Read ../_shared/common.md for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
  2. Read ../_shared/source-coverage.md for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
  3. Read ../_shared/decay-risks.md for symptom definitions and source attributions
  4. Read architecture-guide.md in this directory for the audit framework

Process

Onboarding mode: If the user asks for an onboarding report, codebase tour, or "explain this codebase to a new developer", read onboarding-guide.md from this directory and follow it instead of architecture-guide.md. This mode explains rather than diagnoses — no Health Score, no Iron Law findings.

If the user has not specified files or a directory to audit: apply Auto Scope Detection from ../_shared/common.md to determine the audit scope before proceeding.

  1. Gather codebase context and draw the module dependency graph as Mermaid (Steps 0–1 of the guide)
  2. Scan for each decay risk in the order specified (Steps 2–4 of the guide)
  3. Assign node colors in the Mermaid diagram based on findings (red/yellow/green) — after Step 4
  4. Run the Testability Seam Assessment (Step 5 of the guide)
  5. Run the Conway's Law check (Step 6 of the guide)
  6. Output using the Report Template from common.md — Mermaid graph FIRST, then Findings

Mode line in report: Architecture Audit

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches its upstream source and local project context.
  • Verify commands, generated code, dependencies, credentials, and external service behavior before applying changes.
  • Do not treat examples as a substitute for environment-specific tests, security review, or user approval for destructive or costly actions.

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Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/brooks-audit of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • architecture-guide.md
  • onboarding-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 680176d

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Brooks Audit

What does Brooks Audit do?

Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books. Brooks Audit is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Architecture audit that maps module dependencies, checks layering integrity, and flags structural decay across a codebase, drawing on twelve classic engineering books.

When should I use Brooks Audit?

Brooks Audit fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Brooks Audit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-audit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brooks-audit in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/brooks-audit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Brooks Audit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-audit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brooks-audit in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/brooks-audit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Brooks Audit 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill brooks-audit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brooks-audit, .gemini/skills/brooks-audit, .github/skills/brooks-audit and .opencode/skills/brooks-audit in your project.

What does Brooks Audit need to run?

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

Does Brooks Audit 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 Brooks Audit 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 Brooks Audit use?

Brooks Audit 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 Brooks Audit use?

About 648 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Brooks Audit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brooks Audit: Archify Diagrams (tt-a1i/archify, 81k stars), Diagram Design (cathrynlavery/diagram-design, 47k stars), Draw.io Diagram Studio (Agents365-ai/drawio-skill, 10k stars) and Pretty Mermaid Renderer (imxv/Pretty-mermaid-skills, 1.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Brooks Audit?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,379 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,493 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.