repo-overview
Produce a structured plain-language overview of what a repository does, who maintains it, its activity level, and the shape of its codebase.
Skill by lukehinds
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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~/.claude/skills/repo-overview
What's inside
- 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
- 33 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (2)
- SKILL.md
- SKILL.md.bundle
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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Signals
- Stars
- 0
- Forks
- 0
- Open issues
- 0
- Last commit (this folder)
- Jun 11, 2026 (4 months ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).
Details
- License
- MIT
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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repo-overview skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/lukehinds-repo-overview (last updated 2026-10-24)