Customization

Before executing, check for user customizations at: ~/.claude/skills/CORE/USER/SKILLCUSTOMIZATIONS/System/

If this directory exists, load and apply any PREFERENCES.md, configurations, or resources found there. These override default behavior. If the directory does not exist, proceed with skill defaults.

System Skill

System validation, integrity audits, documentation tracking, and security scanning for the PAI system.

Visibility

This skill runs in the foreground so you can see all output, progress, and hear voice notifications as work happens. Documentation updates, integrity checks, and other system operations should be visible to maintain transparency.

Voice Notification

When executing a workflow, do BOTH:

Send voice notification:

curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8888/notify
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{"message": "Running WORKFLOWNAME workflow from System skill"}' \

/dev/null 2>&1 &

Output text notification:

Running the WorkflowName workflow from the System skill...

Workflow Routing

Core Operations (The Three)

Workflow Trigger Purpose File

IntegrityCheck "integrity check", "audit system", "check references", "system health" Find and fix broken references across the system Workflows/IntegrityCheck.md

DocumentSession "document session", "document today", "document this session", "log session" Document current session's work from transcript Workflows/DocumentSession.md

DocumentRecent "document recent", "catch up docs", "what's undocumented", "document since last update" Catch-up documentation for changes since last documented update Workflows/DocumentRecent.md

Composition Rules:

• Integrity Check → may produce fixes → Document Session

• After any session → Document Session

• Periodic catch-up → Document Recent

Security Workflows

Workflow Trigger File

SecretScanning "check for secrets", "scan for credentials", "security scan" Workflows/SecretScanning.md

PrivacyCheck "privacy check", "check for sensitive data", "data isolation" Workflows/PrivacyCheck.md

Utility Workflows

Workflow Trigger File

WorkContextRecall "we just worked on", "what did we do with", "remember when we", "didn't we already" Workflows/WorkContextRecall.md

Note: For public PAI integrity ("check PAI integrity", "audit PAI packs"), use the PAI skill → PAIIntegrityCheck.md

Examples

Core Operations

Example 1: Integrity Check

User: "Run an integrity check" → Invokes IntegrityCheck workflow → Spawns parallel agents to audit ~/.claude → Finds broken references, missing files → Returns list of issues found/fixed

Example 2: Document Current Session

User: "Document this session" → Invokes DocumentSession workflow → Reads current session transcript → Uses AI to extract what changed and why → Creates entry in MEMORY/PAISYSTEMUPDATES/

Example 3: Catch-up Documentation

User: "What's undocumented? Catch up the docs." → Invokes DocumentRecent workflow → Finds last documented update timestamp → Compares git history since then → Generates documentation for missed changes

Security Workflows

Example 4: Secret Scanning

User: "Check for secrets before I push" → Invokes SecretScanning workflow → Runs TruffleHog on specified directory → Reports any API keys, credentials found

Utility

Example 5: Recall Past Work

User: "We just worked on the status line - why broken again?" → Invokes WorkContextRecall workflow → Searches MEMORY/, git history for "status line" → Presents timeline of changes and possible regression

Quick Reference

The Three Core Operations

Operation Input Output Duration

IntegrityCheck Codebase scan List of broken refs found/fixed ~2-5 min

DocumentSession Session transcript PAISYSTEMUPDATES entry ~30s

DocumentRecent Git history since last update Multiple PAISYSTEMUPDATES entries ~1-2 min

Composition Patterns

End of Session: DocumentSession After Refactoring: IntegrityCheck → DocumentSession Catch-up: DocumentRecent

Security Audits

Audit Type Tool Scope Duration

Secret Scan TruffleHog Any directory ~30s-2min

Privacy Check grep/patterns skills/ (excl USER/WORK) ~30s

Documentation Format

Verbose Narrative Structure:

• The Story (1-3 paragraphs): Background, Problem, Resolution

• How It Used To Work: Previous state with bullet points

• How It Works Now: New state with improvements

• Going Forward: Future implications

• Verification: How we know it works

When to Use

Integrity Checks

• After major refactoring

• Before releasing updates

• Periodic system health checks

• When something "feels broken"

• Before pushing to public PAI repo

Documentation

• End of significant work sessions

• After creating new skills/workflows/tools

• When architectural decisions are made

• To maintain system history

Security Scanning

• Before any git commit to public repos

• When auditing for credential leaks

• Periodic security hygiene checks

• After receiving external code/content

Privacy Validation

• After working with USER/ or WORK/ content

• Before any public commits

• When creating new skills that might reference personal data

• Periodic audit to ensure data isolation

Work Context Recall

• When user asks about past work ("we just fixed that")

• Questions about why decisions were made

• Finding artifacts from previous sessions

• Debugging something that was "already fixed"

• Resuming multi-session projects

Tools

Tool Purpose Location

SecretScan.ts TruffleHog wrapper for credential detection CORE/Tools/SecretScan.ts

CreateUpdate.ts Create new system update entries Tools/CreateUpdate.ts

UpdateIndex.ts Regenerate index.json and CHANGELOG.md Tools/UpdateIndex.ts

UpdateSearch.ts Search and query system updates Tools/UpdateSearch.ts

ExtractArchitectureUpdates.ts Historical migration tool (one-time use) Tools/ExtractArchitectureUpdates.ts

Templates

Template Purpose Location

Update.md Template for system update entries Templates/Update.md

Output Locations

Output Location

Integrity Reports MEMORY/STATE/integrity/YYYY-MM-DD.md

System Updates MEMORY/PAISYSTEMUPDATES/YYYY/MM/*.md

Update Index MEMORY/PAISYSTEMUPDATES/index.json

Changelog MEMORY/PAISYSTEMUPDATES/CHANGELOG.md

Related Skills

• PAI - Public PAI repository management (includes PAIIntegrityCheck)

• CORE - System architecture and memory documentation

• Evals - Regression testing and capability verification