Slash Command

/check-description

From skill-reviewer

Measure description-frontmatter length for one or more SKILL.md files and warn if any exceed the 160-char budget.

Invocation

How this command is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both

Slash command

/skill-reviewer:check-description

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No pre-commands

Tool Access

This command is limited to the following tools:

BashGlobAskUserQuestion

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The summary Claude sees in its command listing — used to decide when to auto-load this command

# Check SKILL.md description length

Measure the `description:` frontmatter length for one or more SKILL.md files by running the shared `measure-description.sh` script. Reports `OK:`, `WARNING:` (over 160-char budget), `WARNING:` (multi-line), or `ERROR:` (missing) for each file.

## Resolve target files

1. If `$ARGUMENTS` is a path to an existing file ending in `SKILL.md`: use that file directly.
2. If `$ARGUMENTS` looks like a glob pattern: use `Glob` with that pattern from `$PWD`.
3. If `$ARGUMENTS` is empty: use `Glob` for `**/SKILL.md` from `$PWD`.
4. Otherwise: ask the user to clarif...

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Last CommitJun 8, 2026

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Check SKILL.md description length

Measure the description: frontmatter length for one or more SKILL.md files by running the shared measure-description.sh script. Reports OK:, WARNING: (over 160-char budget), WARNING: (multi-line), or ERROR: (missing) for each file.

Resolve target files

If $ARGUMENTS is a path to an existing file ending in SKILL.md: use that file directly.
If $ARGUMENTS looks like a glob pattern: use Glob with that pattern from $PWD.
If $ARGUMENTS is empty: use Glob for **/SKILL.md from $PWD.
Otherwise: ask the user to clarify with AskUserQuestion.

Measure each file

For each resolved file path, run:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/measure-description.sh" "$file"

This emits one line per file. Print each line as-is.

Report

After measuring all files, summarize:

Total files checked
Count of OK vs WARNING vs ERROR
For any over-budget file: suggest running /skill-reviewer:optimizing-skill-frontmatter to trim it (the WARNING message already includes this pointer — do not duplicate it)