| name | dissertation-skill-stocktake |
| description | Audit dissertation project skills for trigger clarity, overlap, stale content, missing safety gates, maintenance value, and merge/keep/improve/retire decisions. |
Dissertation Skill Stocktake
Use this skill to review .agents/skills/ as a maintainable system, especially after migrations, new workflow rules, or signs of overlap between skills.
Purpose
Adapt ECC skill-stocktake to this dissertation project. The goal is not to count skills; it is to keep each skill useful, scoped, and non-overlapping.
Modes
| Mode | Use When | Scope |
|---|
| Quick Scan | after recent skill edits | changed or newly created skills |
| Full Stocktake | periodic system review | all .agents/skills/*/SKILL.md |
| Targeted Review | user names a problem area | only relevant skills |
Checklist
For each skill, check:
- frontmatter has correct
name and description
- trigger is clear
- scope is not too broad
- content does not duplicate another skill
- safety rules are present where needed
- source-first and document-quality gates are referenced when relevant
- skill fits Production Window, Maintenance Window, or both
- no obsolete external-tool assumptions
- no instruction to install/run unknown tools without confirmation
Verdicts
Use:
Keep: useful and clear
Improve: useful but needs specific changes
Merge into X: overlapping content should move into another skill
Retire: no unique value or unsafe/stale
Split: one skill covers too many unrelated tasks
Output Format
Skill stocktake:
| Skill | Verdict | Reason | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... | Keep/Improve/Merge/Retire/Split | ... | ... |
Priority fixes:
1. ...
Guardrails
- Do not delete or archive skills without explicit user confirmation.
- Do not rewrite many skills unless the stocktake identifies a concrete defect.
- For merge/retire recommendations, name the target skill that covers the same work.
- Update
research-wiki/TASK_STATE.md after implemented skill changes.