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Produce a structured plain-language overview of what a repository does, who maintains it, its activity level, and the shape of its codebase.

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Produce a structured plain-language overview of what a repository does, who maintains it, its activity level, and the shape of its codebase. Use when you want a quick orientation before deeper analysis.

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Skill name
repo-overview
Description
Produce a structured plain-language overview of what a repository does, who maintains it, its activity level, and the shape of its codebase. Use when you want a quick orientation before deeper analysis.
License
MIT
Compatibility
Requires the `brief` CLI (https://github.com/ecosyste-ms/brief) on PATH.
Metadata
scrutineer.version: 1 · scrutineer.output_file: report.json · scrutineer.output_kind: repo_overview
Instructions
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SKILL.md (first lines)

# repo-overview

Produce an overview of the repository cloned at `./src` by invoking the `brief` tool and writing its output verbatim as the report. `brief` already does the reading, summarising, and structured-output work; this skill is the thin harness around it.

## Workspace

- `./src` — the cloned repository
- `./context.json` — read `scrutineer.scan_subpath`; other fields are unused
- `./report.json` — write the final report here

## What to run

If `./context.json` has `scrutineer.scan_subpath` set, run `brief` against that sub-folder instead of the repo root:

```bash
brief --json ./src/$(jq -r '.scrutineer.scan_subpath // ""' ./context.json | sed 's:^/*::') > ./report.json
```

If `scan_subpath` points at a directory that does not exist under `./src`, write `{"error": "scan_subpath not found: <path>"}` and stop. For a root scan (no `scan_subpath`), the command reduces to:

```bash
brief --json ./src > ./report.json
```

That is the whole workflow. If `brief` exits non-zero, read its stderr and write a short `{"error": "..."}` JSON document to `./report.json` so the caller can see what went wrong rather than getting an empty file.

## Notes

- `brief` is pinned by the deployment (container image or host install). Do not try to install it here.
- Do not post-process the output. The consumer of this report expects brief's native schema.
- If the tool is missing, say so clearly in the error JSON rather than inventing content.

From lukehinds/scrutineer-attest-test, MIT.

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repo-overview skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/lukehinds-repo-overview (last updated 2026-10-24)