| name | workspace-surface-audit |
| description | Audit the active repo, MCP servers, plugins, connectors, env surfaces, and harness setup, then recommend the highest-value ecc-native skills, hooks, agents, and operator workflows. Use when the user wants help setting up OpenAI Codex or understanding what capabilities are actually available in their environment. |
| origin | ecc |
Workspace Surface Audit
Read-only audit skill for answering the question "what can this workspace and machine actually do right now, and what should we add or enable next?"
This is the ecc-native answer to setup-audit plugins. It does not modify files unless the user explicitly asks for follow-up implementation.
When to Use
- User says "set up OpenAI Codex", "recommend automations", "what plugins or MCPs should I use?", or "what am I missing?"
- Auditing a machine or repo before installing more skills, hooks, or connectors
- Comparing official marketplace plugins against ecc-native coverage
- Reviewing
.env, .mcp.json, plugin settings, or connected-app surfaces to find missing workflow layers
- Deciding whether a capability should be a skill, hook, agent, MCP, or external connector
Non-Negotiable Rules
- Never print secret values. Surface only provider names, capability names, file paths, and whether a key or config exists.
- Prefer ecc-native workflows over generic "install another plugin" advice when ecc can reasonably own the surface.
- Treat external plugins as benchmarks and inspiration, not authoritative product boundaries.
- Separate three things clearly:
- already available now
- available but not wrapped well in ecc
- not available and would require a new integration
Audit Inputs
Inspect only the files and settings needed to answer the question well:
- Repo surface
package.json, lockfiles, language markers, framework config, README.md.mcp.json, .lsp.json, .codex/settings*.json, .codex/*AGENTS.md, CODEX.md, install manifests, hook configs
- Environment surface
.env* files in the active repo and obvious adjacent ecc workspaces- Surface only key names such as
STRIPE_API_KEY, TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN, FAL_KEY
- Connected tool surface
- Installed plugins, enabled connectors, MCP servers, LSPs, and app integrations
- ecc surface
- Existing skills, commands, hooks, agents, and install modules that already cover the need
Audit Process
Phase 1: Inventory What Exists
Produce a compact inventory:
- active harness targets
- installed plugins and connected apps
- configured MCP servers
- configured LSP servers
- env-backed services implied by key names
- existing ecc skills already relevant to the workspace
If a surface exists only as a primitive, call that out. Example:
- "Stripe is available via connected app, but ecc lacks a billing-operator skill"
- "Google Drive is connected, but there is no ecc-native Google Workspace operator workflow"
Phase 2: Benchmark Against Official and Installed Surfaces
Compare the workspace against:
- official Codex plugins that overlap with setup, review, docs, design, or workflow quality
- locally installed plugins in Codex or Codex
- the user's currently connected app surfaces
Do not just list names. For each comparison, answer:
- what they actually do
- whether ecc already has parity
- whether ecc only has primitives
- whether ecc is missing the workflow entirely
Phase 3: Turn Gaps Into ecc Decisions
For every real gap, recommend the correct ecc-native shape:
| Gap Type | Preferred ecc Shape |
|---|
| Repeatable operator workflow | Skill |
| Automatic enforcement or side-effect | Hook |
| Specialized delegated role | Agent |
| External tool bridge | MCP server or connector |
| Install/bootstrap guidance | Setup or audit skill |
Default to user-facing skills that orchestrate existing tools when the need is operational rather than infrastructural.
Output Format
Return five sections in this order:
- Current surface
- what is already usable right now
- Parity
- where ecc already matches or exceeds the benchmark
- Primitive-only gaps
- tools exist, but ecc lacks a clean operator skill
- Missing integrations
- capability not available yet
- Top 3-5 next moves
- concrete ecc-native additions, ordered by impact
Recommendation Rules
- Recommend at most 1-2 highest-value ideas per category.
- Favor skills with obvious user intent and business value:
- setup audit
- billing/customer ops
- issue/program ops
- Google Workspace ops
- deployment/ops control
- If a connector is company-specific, recommend it only when it is genuinely available or clearly useful to the user's workflow.
- If ecc already has a strong primitive, propose a wrapper skill instead of inventing a brand-new subsystem.
Good Outcomes
- The user can immediately see what is connected, what is missing, and what ecc should own next.
- Recommendations are specific enough to implement in the repo without another discovery pass.
- The final answer is organized around workflows, not API brands.
