Agent skill

Coupling Analysis

by tech-leads-club in tech-leads-club/agent-skills

Analyzes coupling between modules using the three-dimensional model (strength, distance, volatility) from "Balancing Coupling in Software Design".

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Coupling Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill coupling-analysis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tech-leads-club/agent-skills coupling-analysis --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/tech-leads-club/agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'packages/skills-catalog/skills/(architecture)/coupling-analysis' .claude/skills/coupling-analysis && 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
coupling-analysis
GitHub stars
7k
Token cost
~3.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,314 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
74
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Analyzes coupling between modules using the three-dimensional model (strength, distance, volatility) from "Balancing Coupling in Software Design".

  • Works in 6 steps: Context Gathering → Structural Mapping → Integration Strength Analysis → …
  • Asking are these modules too coupled?
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Process, Quick Reference: Pattern →… and Quick Heuristics, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Coupling Analysis is an agent skill from tech-leads-club/agent-skills. Analyzes coupling between modules using the three-dimensional model (strength, distance, volatility) from "Balancing Coupling in Software Design". Use when asking "are these modules too coupled?", "show me dependencies", "analyze integration quality", "which modules should I decouple?", "coupling report", or evaluating architectural health. Do NOT use for domain boundary analysis (use domain-analysis) or component sizing (use component-identification-sizing).

Its SKILL.md is about 3.9k 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: The secure, validated skill registry for professional AI coding agents. Extend Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot and more with absolute confidence.

When your agent uses it

  • Asking are these modules too coupled?
  • Show me dependencies
  • Analyze integration quality
  • Which modules should I decouple?

Example prompts

  • “Balancing Coupling in Software Design”
  • “are these modules too coupled?”
  • “show me dependencies”
  • “/coupling-analysis”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Context Gathering
  2. Structural Mapping
  3. Integration Strength Analysis
  4. Volatility Assessment
  5. Balance Score Calculation
  6. Analysis Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6df68d5. 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

Coupling Analysis loads about 3.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 120 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,314 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~120
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.9k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,314 words (~3,896 tokens).

“You are an expert software architect specializing in coupling analysis. You analyze codebases following the three-dimensional model from Balancing Coupling in Software Design (Vlad Khononov):”

— opening of SKILL.md by tech-leads-club, Custom licence
name
coupling-analysis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/skills-catalog/skills/(architecture)/coupling-analysis of tech-leads-club/agent-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6df68d5

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Categories

Questions about Coupling Analysis

What does Coupling Analysis do?

Analyzes coupling between modules using the three-dimensional model (strength, distance, volatility) from "Balancing Coupling in Software Design". Coupling Analysis is an agent skill from tech-leads-club/agent-skills. Analyzes coupling between modules using the three-dimensional model (strength, distance, volatility) from "Balancing Coupling in Software Design".

When should I use Coupling Analysis?

Coupling Analysis fits situations like: asking are these modules too coupled?; show me dependencies; analyze integration quality; which modules should I decouple?.

How do I install Coupling Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill coupling-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/skills-catalog/skills/(architecture)/coupling-analysis in tech-leads-club/agent-skills) into .claude/skills/coupling-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Coupling Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill coupling-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/skills-catalog/skills/(architecture)/coupling-analysis in tech-leads-club/agent-skills) into .agents/skills/coupling-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Coupling Analysis 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 tech-leads-club/agent-skills --skill coupling-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/coupling-analysis, .gemini/skills/coupling-analysis, .github/skills/coupling-analysis and .opencode/skills/coupling-analysis in your project.

What does Coupling Analysis need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Coupling Analysis needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Coupling Analysis 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 Coupling Analysis 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 Coupling Analysis use?

Coupling Analysis has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Coupling Analysis use?

About 3.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k 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 Coupling Analysis?

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Who maintains Coupling Analysis?

tech-leads-club (a GitHub organization) maintains it in tech-leads-club/agent-skills, which has 7,043 GitHub stars. The repository holds 74 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: tech-leads-club/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.