validate-counts

name	validate-counts
compatibility	Claude Code 2.1.183+
description	Validates hook, skill, and agent counts are consistent across CLAUDE.md, hooks.json, manifests, and source directories. Use when counts may be stale after adding or removing components, before releases, or when CLAUDE.md Project Overview looks wrong.
tags	["validation","consistency","orchestkit"]
version	2.0.0
author	OrchestKit
user-invocable	false
disable-model-invocation	true
context	inherit
allowed-tools	["Read","Bash","Grep","Glob"]
complexity	low
persuasion-type	discipline
effort	low
model	haiku

Validate Counts

Checks that hook, skill, and agent counts are consistent across all authoritative sources in OrchestKit. Outputs a comparison table and flags drift with precise file references.

Quick Start

# Full validation: counts src/ vs CLAUDE.md and manifests (run from repo root)
bash src/skills/validate-counts/scripts/validate-counts.sh

# Just get raw counts from src/
bash src/skills/validate-counts/scripts/count-all.sh

Rules

Category	Rule	Impact	Key Pattern
Count Sources	rules/sources-authoritative.md (load ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/rules/sources-authoritative.md)	HIGH	Filesystem is authoritative; derived sources must match
Drift Detection	rules/drift-reporting.md (load ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/rules/drift-reporting.md)	HIGH	Comparison table + flag with file:field references

Total: 2 rules across 2 categories

Workflow

1. Run scripts/validate-counts.sh for full validation (counts + drift comparison), or scripts/count-all.sh for raw counts only
2. Read CLAUDE.md — extract counts from Project Overview and Version section
3. Read manifests/ork.json — check skill/agent/hook array lengths
4. Build the comparison table (see rules/drift-reporting.md for format)
5. Flag any mismatches with file + field references; otherwise output "All counts consistent."

References

Load on demand with Read("${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/<file>"):

File	Content
count-locations.md	Where every count lives and why drift happens

Related Skills

• release-checklist — Uses validate-counts as step 5 of the release gate
• doctor — Broader health check that includes count validation
• audit-skills — Quality audit for skill structure and completeness

Common Mistakes

1. Counting from plugins/ instead of src/ — plugins/ may be empty after an interrupted build
2. Comparing against deleted alias manifests — only manifests/ork.json exists in v7
3. Forgetting the hook breakdown: global + agent-scoped + skill-scoped must sum to total