| name | janitor-value |
| description | Show whether each skill is earning its context-window cost — combined tokens-used view sorted by waste. Use when the user asks 'are my skills worth it', 'what's my context budget', 'which skills are dead weight', or wants to audit skill value, token cost, or usage. Trigger with '/janitor-value'. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Bash(bash:*) |
| argument-hint | [--weeks N] [--budget N] [--json] |
| version | 1.5.1 |
| author | Krzysztof Hendzel <krzysztoff.hendzel@gmail.com> |
| license | MIT |
| compatibility | Designed for Claude Code. Requires bash 3.2+ (macOS default works). Reads local Claude Code data only (~/.claude/skills, ~/.claude/agents, session history). |
| tags | ["skills","context-window","token-budget","usage-tracking","maintenance"] |
Skill Value Report
Show whether each installed skill is earning the context-window tokens it costs.
Overview
Combine token cost and usage tracking into a single view of every installed skill, sorted with the heaviest unused skills at the top. The report splits each skill's cost into what is permanently loaded (the description) and what only loads on demand (the body), then cross-references recent invocations so the user can see which skills are dead weight.
Replaces the v1.2 split between /janitor-tokens (cost only) and /janitor-usage (usage only).
Prerequisites
- Claude Code with the skills-janitor plugin installed (provides
scripts/value.sh)
- bash 3.2+ (the stock macOS bash works; no external dependencies)
- Read access to
~/.claude/skills, ~/.claude/agents, and local Claude Code session history
- No authentication or API keys required — the script reads local files only
Instructions
Step 1: Run the value script
bash ~/.claude/skills/skills-janitor/scripts/value.sh [--weeks N] [--budget N] [--json]
--weeks N — usage lookback window (default: 4)--budget N — context window size for % calculations (default: 200000)--json — emit raw JSON
Step 2: Present the results
Show the table and summary to the user. When explaining results, do NOT describe body tokens as permanent context cost — only descriptions are always loaded. Plugin-namespaced skills appear with their full invocation name (e.g., marketing-skills:image, figma:figma-use).
Step 3: Suggest action when waste is high
If "unused skill cost" exceeds 20% of the budget, recommend the user run /janitor-report for a full health check or (in v1.4+) /janitor-swipe to triage interactively.
Output
A table of every installed skill with:
- Always — description tokens, permanently in the system prompt (the real context rent)
- Body — the rest of SKILL.md, loaded only when the skill triggers (progressive disclosure)
- Used? —
yes if invoked in the lookback window, else NO
- Last Used — date of most recent invocation
