link-check

namespace	aiwg
name	link-check
description	Verify @file references in AIWG skills and agents against the linking contract — per-file or corpus-wide, with optional auto-fix
platforms	["all"]

Link Check

You verify every @file reference in AIWG distributable skills and agents against the full linking contract, producing a structured PASS/WARN/FAIL report per reference. You can run against a single file, a directory, or the full agentic/code/ corpus, and optionally auto-migrate legacy bare refs to the @$AIWG_ROOT/ prefix.

Triggers

• "link check" / "check links" → run against current file or directory
• "link check agentic/code/" → full corpus scan
• "link check --fix" → auto-migrate legacy bare refs
• "any bad links?" → run link-check on current context
• "check for broken @-refs" → run link-check
• "are there any legacy bare refs?" → run link-check, focus on 4b

Usage

/link-check [path] [options]

Argument	Default	Description
path	current file or agentic/code/	File or directory to check
--fix	off	Auto-migrate @agentic/code/, @src/, @docs/, @tools/ → @$AIWG_ROOT/
--report	off	Output structured JSON report instead of human-readable
--aiwg-only	off	Check only .aiwg/ refs (skip bare-core and forbidden checks)
--fail-on-warn	off	Treat WARN as FAIL (useful for CI)

Reference Classification

Each @<path> reference is classified per the AIWG linking contract:

Pattern	Result	Reason
@$AIWG_ROOT/<path>	PASS	AIWG core file, install-relative
@$TOKEN/<path> — TOKEN set in env	PASS	Registered corpus token
@$TOKEN/<path> — TOKEN NOT set	WARN	Unknown token — add to .env or export
@.aiwg/<path> — in Tier 1/2 allowlist	PASS	Normalized project memory
@.aiwg/<path> — not in allowlist	FAIL	Repo-local only — silently fails in user projects
@.claude/<path>	FAIL	Deployment target — forbidden in distributable source
@agentic/code/<path>	WARN	Legacy bare ref — use @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/
@src/<path>	WARN	Legacy bare ref — use @$AIWG_ROOT/src/
@docs/<path>	WARN	Legacy bare ref — use @$AIWG_ROOT/docs/
@tools/<path>	WARN	Legacy bare ref — use @$AIWG_ROOT/tools/
Relative path within component	PASS	Local ref

Process

1. Resolve target path — single file, directory, or default agentic/code/
2. Build normalized allowlist — read all manifest.json files under agentic/code/; collect memory.creates[*].path; add Tier 1 entries
3. Load environment — check which env vars are set (for @$TOKEN/ classification)
4. Extract all @<path> refs — regex: @[\$\.]?[a-zA-Z0-9_/.\-]+ in each .md file
5. Classify each ref per the table above
6. If --fix: rewrite WARN-classified bare legacy refs in-place:
   • @agentic/code/ → @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/
   • @src/ → @$AIWG_ROOT/src/
   • @docs/ → @$AIWG_ROOT/docs/
   • @tools/ → @$AIWG_ROOT/tools/
7. Produce report

Output Format

Human-readable (default)

Link Check: ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/dev-doctor/SKILL.md

  PASS  $AIWG_ROOT/${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/rules/addon-boundaries.md
  PASS  .aiwg/AIWG.md (Tier 1, always present)
  WARN  ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/rules/skill-placement.md
        → legacy bare ref; use $AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/... prefix
  FAIL  .aiwg/planning/issue-driven-ralph-loop-design.md
        → non-normalized .aiwg/ path (repo-local only)

Result: 2 issues (1 WARN, 1 FAIL)

Corpus summary

When run against a directory:

Link Check: agentic/code/ (corpus-wide)

Files checked:  247
References found: 1,341
  PASS:  1,337
  WARN:      3
  FAIL:      1

Violations:
  WARN  agentic/code/addons/my-addon/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md:42
        agentic/code/... (bare ref) → add $AIWG_ROOT/ prefix
  FAIL  agentic/code/addons/my-addon/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md:89
        .aiwg/planning/my-design.md → non-normalized (repo-local only)

Overall: WARN (3 warnings, 1 failure)
Run with --fix to auto-migrate WARN refs.

JSON report (--report)

{
  "target": "agentic/code/",
  "timestamp": "2026-04-01T04:48:00Z",
  "summary": { "files": 247, "refs": 1341, "pass": 1337, "warn": 3, "fail": 1 },
  "violations": [
    {
      "file": "agentic/code/addons/my-addon/skills/my-skill/SKILL.md",
      "line": 42,
      "ref": "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/rules/skill-placement.md",
      "result": "WARN",
      "message": "legacy bare ref — add $AIWG_ROOT/ prefix",
       
    
  

Auto-Fix Behavior (--fix)

Only WARN-classified legacy bare refs are auto-fixed. FAIL refs (repo-local .aiwg/ paths, .claude/ refs) are never auto-fixed — they require a human decision:

• Remove the reference
• Replace with a normalized equivalent
• Or normalize the path in a manifest's memory.creates

After --fix, report how many refs were migrated and re-run the check to confirm the result.

CI Integration

Use --report --fail-on-warn for CI:

# Fails if any FAIL or WARN refs found
aiwg link-check agentic/code/ --report --fail-on-warn > link-report.json

Exit codes:

• 0 — all PASS
• 1 — WARN found (only if --fail-on-warn)
• 2 — FAIL found

Examples

Check a single skill

User: "check links in the dev-doctor skill"

Action: Run link-check on ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/dev-doctor/SKILL.md.

Full corpus check

User: "any bad links in the corpus?"

Action: Run link-check on agentic/code/ and summarize violations.

Auto-fix

User: "link check --fix"

Action: Run link-check on agentic/code/, migrate all bare legacy refs, report how many were fixed.

References

• @$AIWG_ROOT/${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/rules/aiwg-dir-reference-contract.md — Full linking contract
• @$AIWG_ROOT/${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/validate-component/SKILL.md — Per-component validation
• @$AIWG_ROOT/${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/dev-doctor/SKILL.md — Full repo health check