---
name: agentsmd-audit
description: >
  Use when the user wants a repo's AGENTS.md audited — "audit this AGENTS.md",
  "is this AGENTS.md safe to commit" — or after a hand-edit outside
  `agentsmd-author`. Reports secrets, structure and drift; never edits.
  Not for CLAUDE.md or provider files -> `provider-adapter-author`.
  Not writing AGENTS.md -> `agentsmd-author`.
allowed-tools: Bash Read
metadata:
  category: docs
  source_keys:
    - agents-md-official
    - context7-websites-agents-md
    - context7-agentsmd-agents-md
    - governance-secrets-hard-prohibition
  version: "0.1.2"
---

## Gotchas

- Always run all three checks — this skill does a single combined pass, not staged/gated passes. Don't skip structure or drift checks just because a secrets FAIL was found.
- Never inspect or mention provider-specific adapter files (`CLAUDE.md`, `.cursor/rules/*.mdc`, `copilot-instructions.md`, etc.) — that's out of scope.
- Gather findings internally; don't narrate PASS/FAIL per check as you go — surface them only in the final report.

## Step 1 — Run the validators

```bash
bash scripts/validate-secrets.sh <repo-root>
bash scripts/validate-structure.sh <repo-root>
bash scripts/validate-drift.sh <repo-root>
```

Each script walks the repo for every `AGENTS.md` file (root and nested, excluding `.git`, `node_modules`, `vendor`, and similar) and prints `FAIL`/`INFO`/`SUGGESTION` lines with `Why`/`Fix` (or `Note`) per finding. A nonzero exit means at least one FAIL was found in that dimension. If a script cannot execute (`python3` unavailable, Bash denied), fall back to manual review: scan for real-looking credentials, check common sections are present, and spot-check a few referenced commands/paths by hand. Grade a manual finding the way the scripts grade theirs: a missing common section (e.g. no "Security" heading) is informational, not a failure — not every repo needs every section from the checklist. Only flag a FAIL when the file is empty, entirely unfilled placeholder text, or contains a real embedded secret/stale reference.

## Step 2 — Report

Open with a coverage line:

```text
Checked: secrets · structure · drift
```

Then output only findings that were found, in this order within a repo: `### Secrets`, `### Structure`, `### Drift`. Omit a dimension heading entirely if it produced nothing — its absence confirms it passed. Report each finding verbatim as emitted by the scripts (they already carry file:line, Why/Fix or Note).

Close with a result block:

```text
## Result

PASS
PASS · P info
PASS (N suggestions) · P info
FAIL (N fails)
FAIL (N fails) · P info
```

INFO and SUGGESTION findings are observational — they never flip PASS to FAIL. Do not fix anything — this skill reports and proposes only. Point the user to `agentsmd-author` to apply fixes.