| name | validate-usercontext-instructions |
| description | Validate user-context instruction files against schema, section completeness, quality checks, and scoring criteria. |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write"] |
| metadata | {"source_prompt":"prompts/skills/validate-usercontext-instructions.prompt.md","workflow_type":"validation"} |
Validate User Context Instructions
Purpose
Validate user-context instruction files and produce structured reports with issues, recommendations, and a compliance score based on a deterministic scoring rubric.
When To Use
- Use this skill to validate
*_usercontext.instructions.md files.
- Use this skill before publishing or reusing a user-context file.
- Do not use this skill for project
AGENTS.md (project context) files.
How to Invoke
Load or attach this file's contents into your AI session to activate the workflow (paste, upload, or reference with #file:skills/validate-usercontext-instructions/SKILL.md in VS Code Copilot Chat). In Claude Projects, add it to project knowledge. See Invoking Skills in the README for full platform guidance.
Required Inputs
- Target file path.
- Expected spec version and required sections.
- Validation strictness expectations (if any).
Workflow
- Run validation phases from
references/phase-checks.md.
- Check for
spec_version field in YAML frontmatter: flag as WARNING if absent (pre-existing files may predate this requirement); flag as WARNING if present but older than 1.4.3.
- Generate report using
references/report-contract.md.
- Apply deterministic scoring from
references/scoring.md.
- Classify findings into critical/warning/enhancement buckets.
- Produce implementation-ready recommendations.
Output Expectations
- A markdown validation report with phase-by-phase findings.
- Overall PASS/WARN/FAIL state and numeric score.
- Actionable fixes for critical and warning issues.
- Migration guidance when relevant.
- Report schema follows
references/report-contract.md.
- Scoring and grade bands follow
references/scoring.md.
Resources
- Phase checks:
references/phase-checks.md
- Report contract:
references/report-contract.md
- Scoring model:
references/scoring.md
- Example target:
../../usercontexts/sample_usercontext.instructions.md
- Example report:
../../usercontexts/sample_usercontext.validation.md
Constraints And Safety
- Preserve privacy boundaries in findings and examples.
- Keep recommendations implementation-ready and non-ambiguous.
- Use provider-neutral language.
- Do not modify validated source files automatically.
