claude-docs-validate

name	claude-docs-validate
description	Check the health and freshness of locally-stored Claude documentation. Use this skill when the user asks about documentation health, broken links, stale docs, freshness checks, or wants to validate that their local mirror is up-to-date and all URLs are reachable. Triggers on: "are my docs current", "check doc health", "validate documentation", "broken links", "stale docs".

Claude Documentation Validation Skill

Check whether the local documentation mirror at ~/.claude-code-docs/ is healthy and up-to-date.

When to Use This Skill

Activate when the user asks about:

• Documentation freshness or staleness
• Broken links or unreachable docs
• Health checks on their local mirror
• Whether docs need updating

Validation Workflow

Step 1: Check if docs exist

Verify ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/ exists and contains .md files. If not:

Documentation not found. Run this in Claude Code to install:

/plugin marketplace add costiash/claude-code-docs
/plugin install claude-docs@claude-code-docs

Step 2: Check freshness via git

cd ~/.claude-code-docs && git log -1 --format="%ci %s"

Report when docs were last updated. If older than 24 hours, suggest:

cd ~/.claude-code-docs && git pull

Step 3: Run URL validation (if user asks for it)

For a quick spot-check (recommended first):

bash ~/.claude-code-docs/plugin/skills/claude-docs-validate/scripts/validate-paths.sh --quick

For a full scan (all docs — takes 1-2 minutes):

bash ~/.claude-code-docs/plugin/skills/claude-docs-validate/scripts/validate-paths.sh

Step 4: Present results

• Report summary: total checked, reachable, broken, timed out
• For broken paths, suggest:
  • Run cd ~/.claude-code-docs && git pull to get latest
  • If still broken after pull, the upstream page may have moved
  • Report persistent issues at https://github.com/costiash/claude-code-docs/issues

Step 5: Doc statistics (if user asks for stats/count)

Report documentation coverage:

# Total docs
ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/*.md | wc -l

# By category
echo "Claude Code:  $(ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/claude-code__*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "Agent SDK:    $(ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/docs__en__agent-sdk__*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "API Reference:$(ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/docs__en__api__*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "Build Guides: $(ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/docs__en__build-with-claude__*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"
echo "Tools:        $(ls ~/.claude-code-docs/docs/docs__en__agents-and-tools__*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)"

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
"Documentation not found"	Plugin not installed or docs not cloned. Re-run /plugin install claude-docs@claude-code-docs
Many broken URLs	Likely a sitemap change. Run git pull first, then re-validate
Timeout errors	Network issue or Anthropic site is slow. Try again later
"Permission denied"	Check that ~/.claude-code-docs/ is readable

Reference Files

• examples/validate-docs.md — Example validation workflow