@heyai-rules/pilo-masterkit 1.2.2 → 3.1.0

package/.agent/skills/skill-creator/scripts/run-loop.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Run the eval + improve loop until all pass or max iterations reached.
+
+Combines run_eval.py and improve_description.py in a loop, tracking history
+and returning the best description found. Supports train/test split to prevent
+overfitting.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import random
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+import webbrowser
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from scripts.generate_report import generate_html
+from scripts.improve_description import improve_description
+from scripts.run_eval import find_project_root, run_eval
+from scripts.utils import parse_skill_md
+
+
+def split_eval_set(eval_set: list[dict], holdout: float, seed: int = 42) -> tuple[list[dict], list[dict]]:
+    """Split eval set into train and test sets, stratified by should_trigger."""
+    random.seed(seed)
+
+    # Separate by should_trigger
+    trigger = [e for e in eval_set if e["should_trigger"]]
+    no_trigger = [e for e in eval_set if not e["should_trigger"]]
+
+    # Shuffle each group
+    random.shuffle(trigger)
+    random.shuffle(no_trigger)
+
+    # Calculate split points
+    n_trigger_test = max(1, int(len(trigger) * holdout))
+    n_no_trigger_test = max(1, int(len(no_trigger) * holdout))
+
+    # Split
+    test_set = trigger[:n_trigger_test] + no_trigger[:n_no_trigger_test]
+    train_set = trigger[n_trigger_test:] + no_trigger[n_no_trigger_test:]
+
+    return train_set, test_set
+
+
+def run_loop(
+    eval_set: list[dict],
+    skill_path: Path,
+    description_override: str | None,
+    num_workers: int,
+    timeout: int,
+    max_iterations: int,
+    runs_per_query: int,
+    trigger_threshold: float,
+    holdout: float,
+    model: str,
+    verbose: bool,
+    live_report_path: Path | None = None,
+    log_dir: Path | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Run the eval + improvement loop."""
+    project_root = find_project_root()
+    name, original_description, content = parse_skill_md(skill_path)
+    current_description = description_override or original_description
+
+    # Split into train/test if holdout > 0
+    if holdout > 0:
+        train_set, test_set = split_eval_set(eval_set, holdout)
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"Split: {len(train_set)} train, {len(test_set)} test (holdout={holdout})", file=sys.stderr)
+    else:
+        train_set = eval_set
+        test_set = []
+
+    history = []
+    exit_reason = "unknown"
+
+    for iteration in range(1, max_iterations + 1):
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"\n{'='*60}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"Iteration {iteration}/{max_iterations}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"Description: {current_description}", file=sys.stderr)
+            print(f"{'='*60}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        # Evaluate train + test together in one batch for parallelism
+        all_queries = train_set + test_set
+        t0 = time.time()
+        all_results = run_eval(
+            eval_set=all_queries,
+            skill_name=name,
+            description=current_description,
+            num_workers=num_workers,
+            timeout=timeout,
+            project_root=project_root,
+            runs_per_query=runs_per_query,
+            trigger_threshold=trigger_threshold,
+            model=model,
+        )
+        eval_elapsed = time.time() - t0
+
+        # Split results back into train/test by matching queries
+        train_queries_set = {q["query"] for q in train_set}
+        train_result_list = [r for r in all_results["results"] if r["query"] in train_queries_set]
+        test_result_list = [r for r in all_results["results"] if r["query"] not in train_queries_set]
+
+        train_passed = sum(1 for r in train_result_list if r["pass"])
+        train_total = len(train_result_list)
+        train_summary = {"passed": train_passed, "failed": train_total - train_passed, "total": train_total}
+        train_results = {"results": train_result_list, "summary": train_summary}
+
+        if test_set:
+            test_passed = sum(1 for r in test_result_list if r["pass"])
+            test_total = len(test_result_list)
+            test_summary = {"passed": test_passed, "failed": test_total - test_passed, "total": test_total}
+            test_results = {"results": test_result_list, "summary": test_summary}
+        else:
+            test_results = None
+            test_summary = None
+
+        history.append({
+            "iteration": iteration,
+            "description": current_description,
+            "train_passed": train_summary["passed"],
+            "train_failed": train_summary["failed"],
+            "train_total": train_summary["total"],
+            "train_results": train_results["results"],
+            "test_passed": test_summary["passed"] if test_summary else None,
+            "test_failed": test_summary["failed"] if test_summary else None,
+            "test_total": test_summary["total"] if test_summary else None,
+            "test_results": test_results["results"] if test_results else None,
+            # For backward compat with report generator
+            "passed": train_summary["passed"],
+            "failed": train_summary["failed"],
+            "total": train_summary["total"],
+            "results": train_results["results"],
+        })
+
+        # Write live report if path provided
+        if live_report_path:
+            partial_output = {
+                "original_description": original_description,
+                "best_description": current_description,
+                "best_score": "in progress",
+                "iterations_run": len(history),
+                "holdout": holdout,
+                "train_size": len(train_set),
+                "test_size": len(test_set),
+                "history": history,
+            }
+            live_report_path.write_text(generate_html(partial_output, auto_refresh=True, skill_name=name))
+
+        if verbose:
+            def print_eval_stats(label, results, elapsed):
+                pos = [r for r in results if r["should_trigger"]]
+                neg = [r for r in results if not r["should_trigger"]]
+                tp = sum(r["triggers"] for r in pos)
+                pos_runs = sum(r["runs"] for r in pos)
+                fn = pos_runs - tp
+                fp = sum(r["triggers"] for r in neg)
+                neg_runs = sum(r["runs"] for r in neg)
+                tn = neg_runs - fp
+                total = tp + tn + fp + fn
+                precision = tp / (tp + fp) if (tp + fp) > 0 else 1.0
+                recall = tp / (tp + fn) if (tp + fn) > 0 else 1.0
+                accuracy = (tp + tn) / total if total > 0 else 0.0
+                print(f"{label}: {tp+tn}/{total} correct, precision={precision:.0%} recall={recall:.0%} accuracy={accuracy:.0%} ({elapsed:.1f}s)", file=sys.stderr)
+                for r in results:
+                    status = "PASS" if r["pass"] else "FAIL"
+                    rate_str = f"{r['triggers']}/{r['runs']}"
+                    print(f"  [{status}] rate={rate_str} expected={r['should_trigger']}: {r['query'][:60]}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+            print_eval_stats("Train", train_results["results"], eval_elapsed)
+            if test_summary:
+                print_eval_stats("Test ", test_results["results"], 0)
+
+        if train_summary["failed"] == 0:
+            exit_reason = f"all_passed (iteration {iteration})"
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"\nAll train queries passed on iteration {iteration}!", file=sys.stderr)
+            break
+
+        if iteration == max_iterations:
+            exit_reason = f"max_iterations ({max_iterations})"
+            if verbose:
+                print(f"\nMax iterations reached ({max_iterations}).", file=sys.stderr)
+            break
+
+        # Improve the description based on train results
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"\nImproving description...", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        t0 = time.time()
+        # Strip test scores from history so improvement model can't see them
+        blinded_history = [
+            {k: v for k, v in h.items() if not k.startswith("test_")}
+            for h in history
+        ]
+        new_description = improve_description(
+            skill_name=name,
+            skill_content=content,
+            current_description=current_description,
+            eval_results=train_results,
+            history=blinded_history,
+            model=model,
+            log_dir=log_dir,
+            iteration=iteration,
+        )
+        improve_elapsed = time.time() - t0
+
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"Proposed ({improve_elapsed:.1f}s): {new_description}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+        current_description = new_description
+
+    # Find the best iteration by TEST score (or train if no test set)
+    if test_set:
+        best = max(history, key=lambda h: h["test_passed"] or 0)
+        best_score = f"{best['test_passed']}/{best['test_total']}"
+    else:
+        best = max(history, key=lambda h: h["train_passed"])
+        best_score = f"{best['train_passed']}/{best['train_total']}"
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\nExit reason: {exit_reason}", file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"Best score: {best_score} (iteration {best['iteration']})", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    return {
+        "exit_reason": exit_reason,
+        "original_description": original_description,
+        "best_description": best["description"],
+        "best_score": best_score,
+        "best_train_score": f"{best['train_passed']}/{best['train_total']}",
+        "best_test_score": f"{best['test_passed']}/{best['test_total']}" if test_set else None,
+        "final_description": current_description,
+        "iterations_run": len(history),
+        "holdout": holdout,
+        "train_size": len(train_set),
+        "test_size": len(test_set),
+        "history": history,
+    }
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run eval + improve loop")
+    parser.add_argument("--eval-set", required=True, help="Path to eval set JSON file")
+    parser.add_argument("--skill-path", required=True, help="Path to skill directory")
+    parser.add_argument("--description", default=None, help="Override starting description")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-workers", type=int, default=10, help="Number of parallel workers")
+    parser.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=30, help="Timeout per query in seconds")
+    parser.add_argument("--max-iterations", type=int, default=5, help="Max improvement iterations")
+    parser.add_argument("--runs-per-query", type=int, default=3, help="Number of runs per query")
+    parser.add_argument("--trigger-threshold", type=float, default=0.5, help="Trigger rate threshold")
+    parser.add_argument("--holdout", type=float, default=0.4, help="Fraction of eval set to hold out for testing (0 to disable)")
+    parser.add_argument("--model", required=True, help="Model for improvement")
+    parser.add_argument("--verbose", action="store_true", help="Print progress to stderr")
+    parser.add_argument("--report", default="auto", help="Generate HTML report at this path (default: 'auto' for temp file, 'none' to disable)")
+    parser.add_argument("--results-dir", default=None, help="Save all outputs (results.json, report.html, log.txt) to a timestamped subdirectory here")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    eval_set = json.loads(Path(args.eval_set).read_text())
+    skill_path = Path(args.skill_path)
+
+    if not (skill_path / "SKILL.md").exists():
+        print(f"Error: No SKILL.md found at {skill_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    name, _, _ = parse_skill_md(skill_path)
+
+    # Set up live report path
+    if args.report != "none":
+        if args.report == "auto":
+            timestamp = time.strftime("%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
+            live_report_path = Path(tempfile.gettempdir()) / f"skill_description_report_{skill_path.name}_{timestamp}.html"
+        else:
+            live_report_path = Path(args.report)
+        # Open the report immediately so the user can watch
+        live_report_path.write_text("<html><body><h1>Starting optimization loop...</h1><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='5'></body></html>")
+        webbrowser.open(str(live_report_path))
+    else:
+        live_report_path = None
+
+    # Determine output directory (create before run_loop so logs can be written)
+    if args.results_dir:
+        timestamp = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S")
+        results_dir = Path(args.results_dir) / timestamp
+        results_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    else:
+        results_dir = None
+
+    log_dir = results_dir / "logs" if results_dir else None
+
+    output = run_loop(
+        eval_set=eval_set,
+        skill_path=skill_path,
+        description_override=args.description,
+        num_workers=args.num_workers,
+        timeout=args.timeout,
+        max_iterations=args.max_iterations,
+        runs_per_query=args.runs_per_query,
+        trigger_threshold=args.trigger_threshold,
+        holdout=args.holdout,
+        model=args.model,
+        verbose=args.verbose,
+        live_report_path=live_report_path,
+        log_dir=log_dir,
+    )
+
+    # Save JSON output
+    json_output = json.dumps(output, indent=2)
+    print(json_output)
+    if results_dir:
+        (results_dir / "results.json").write_text(json_output)
+
+    # Write final HTML report (without auto-refresh)
+    if live_report_path:
+        live_report_path.write_text(generate_html(output, auto_refresh=False, skill_name=name))
+        print(f"\nReport: {live_report_path}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+    if results_dir and live_report_path:
+        (results_dir / "report.html").write_text(generate_html(output, auto_refresh=False, skill_name=name))
+
+    if results_dir:
+        print(f"Results saved to: {results_dir}", file=sys.stderr)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

package/.agent/skills/skill-creator/scripts/utils.py

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+"""Shared utilities for skill-creator scripts."""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+
+def parse_skill_md(skill_path: Path) -> tuple[str, str, str]:
+    """Parse a SKILL.md file, returning (name, description, full_content)."""
+    content = (skill_path / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+    lines = content.split("\n")
+
+    if lines[0].strip() != "---":
+        raise ValueError("SKILL.md missing frontmatter (no opening ---)")
+
+    end_idx = None
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines[1:], start=1):
+        if line.strip() == "---":
+            end_idx = i
+            break
+
+    if end_idx is None:
+        raise ValueError("SKILL.md missing frontmatter (no closing ---)")
+
+    name = ""
+    description = ""
+    frontmatter_lines = lines[1:end_idx]
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(frontmatter_lines):
+        line = frontmatter_lines[i]
+        if line.startswith("name:"):
+            name = line[len("name:"):].strip().strip('"').strip("'")
+        elif line.startswith("description:"):
+            value = line[len("description:"):].strip()
+            # Handle YAML multiline indicators (>, |, >-, |-)
+            if value in (">", "|", ">-", "|-"):
+                continuation_lines: list[str] = []
+                i += 1
+                while i < len(frontmatter_lines) and (frontmatter_lines[i].startswith("  ") or frontmatter_lines[i].startswith("\t")):
+                    continuation_lines.append(frontmatter_lines[i].strip())
+                    i += 1
+                description = " ".join(continuation_lines)
+                continue
+            else:
+                description = value.strip('"').strip("'")
+        i += 1
+
+    return name, description, content

package/.agent/skills/skill-stocktake/SKILL.md

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+---
+description: "Use when auditing Claude skills and commands for quality. Supports Quick Scan (changed skills only) and Full Stocktake modes with sequential subagent batch evaluation."
+origin: ECC
+---
+
+# skill-stocktake
+
+Slash command (`/skill-stocktake`) that audits all Claude skills and commands using a quality checklist + AI holistic judgment. Supports two modes: Quick Scan for recently changed skills, and Full Stocktake for a complete review.
+
+## Scope
+
+The command targets the following paths **relative to the directory where it is invoked**:
+
+| Path | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `~/.claude/skills/` | Global skills (all projects) |
+| `{cwd}/.claude/skills/` | Project-level skills (if the directory exists) |
+
+**At the start of Phase 1, the command explicitly lists which paths were found and scanned.**
+
+### Targeting a specific project
+
+To include project-level skills, run from that project's root directory:
+
+```bash
+cd ~/path/to/my-project
+/skill-stocktake
+```
+
+If the project has no `.claude/skills/` directory, only global skills and commands are evaluated.
+
+## Modes
+
+| Mode | Trigger | Duration |
+|------|---------|---------|
+| Quick Scan | `results.json` exists (default) | 5–10 min |
+| Full Stocktake | `results.json` absent, or `/skill-stocktake full` | 20–30 min |
+
+**Results cache:** `~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/results.json`
+
+## Quick Scan Flow
+
+Re-evaluate only skills that have changed since the last run (5–10 min).
+
+1. Read `~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/results.json`
+2. Run: `bash ~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/scripts/quick-diff.sh \
+         ~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/results.json`
+   (Project dir is auto-detected from `$PWD/.claude/skills`; pass it explicitly only if needed)
+3. If output is `[]`: report "No changes since last run." and stop
+4. Re-evaluate only those changed files using the same Phase 2 criteria
+5. Carry forward unchanged skills from previous results
+6. Output only the diff
+7. Run: `bash ~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/scripts/save-results.sh \
+         ~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/results.json <<< "$EVAL_RESULTS"`
+
+## Full Stocktake Flow
+
+### Phase 1 — Inventory
+
+Run: `bash ~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/scripts/scan.sh`
+
+The script enumerates skill files, extracts frontmatter, and collects UTC mtimes.
+Project dir is auto-detected from `$PWD/.claude/skills`; pass it explicitly only if needed.
+Present the scan summary and inventory table from the script output:
+
+```
+Scanning:
+  ✓ ~/.claude/skills/         (17 files)
+  ✗ {cwd}/.claude/skills/    (not found — global skills only)
+```
+
+| Skill | 7d use | 30d use | Description |
+|-------|--------|---------|-------------|
+
+### Phase 2 — Quality Evaluation
+
+Launch an Agent tool subagent (**general-purpose agent**) with the full inventory and checklist:
+
+```text
+Agent(
+  subagent_type="general-purpose",
+  prompt="
+Evaluate the following skill inventory against the checklist.
+
+[INVENTORY]
+
+[CHECKLIST]
+
+Return JSON for each skill:
+{ \"verdict\": \"Keep\"|\"Improve\"|\"Update\"|\"Retire\"|\"Merge into [X]\", \"reason\": \"...\" }
+"
+)
+```
+
+The subagent reads each skill, applies the checklist, and returns per-skill JSON:
+
+`{ "verdict": "Keep"|"Improve"|"Update"|"Retire"|"Merge into [X]", "reason": "..." }`
+
+**Chunk guidance:** Process ~20 skills per subagent invocation to keep context manageable. Save intermediate results to `results.json` (`status: "in_progress"`) after each chunk.
+
+After all skills are evaluated: set `status: "completed"`, proceed to Phase 3.
+
+**Resume detection:** If `status: "in_progress"` is found on startup, resume from the first unevaluated skill.
+
+Each skill is evaluated against this checklist:
+
+```
+- [ ] Content overlap with other skills checked
+- [ ] Overlap with MEMORY.md / CLAUDE.md checked
+- [ ] Freshness of technical references verified (use WebSearch if tool names / CLI flags / APIs are present)
+- [ ] Usage frequency considered
+```
+
+Verdict criteria:
+
+| Verdict | Meaning |
+|---------|---------|
+| Keep | Useful and current |
+| Improve | Worth keeping, but specific improvements needed |
+| Update | Referenced technology is outdated (verify with WebSearch) |
+| Retire | Low quality, stale, or cost-asymmetric |
+| Merge into [X] | Substantial overlap with another skill; name the merge target |
+
+Evaluation is **holistic AI judgment** — not a numeric rubric. Guiding dimensions:
+- **Actionability**: code examples, commands, or steps that let you act immediately
+- **Scope fit**: name, trigger, and content are aligned; not too broad or narrow
+- **Uniqueness**: value not replaceable by MEMORY.md / CLAUDE.md / another skill
+- **Currency**: technical references work in the current environment
+
+**Reason quality requirements** — the `reason` field must be self-contained and decision-enabling:
+- Do NOT write "unchanged" alone — always restate the core evidence
+- For **Retire**: state (1) what specific defect was found, (2) what covers the same need instead
+  - Bad: `"Superseded"`
+  - Good: `"disable-model-invocation: true already set; superseded by continuous-learning-v2 which covers all the same patterns plus confidence scoring. No unique content remains."`
+- For **Merge**: name the target and describe what content to integrate
+  - Bad: `"Overlaps with X"`
+  - Good: `"42-line thin content; Step 4 of chatlog-to-article already covers the same workflow. Integrate the 'article angle' tip as a note in that skill."`
+- For **Improve**: describe the specific change needed (what section, what action, target size if relevant)
+  - Bad: `"Too long"`
+  - Good: `"276 lines; Section 'Framework Comparison' (L80–140) duplicates ai-era-architecture-principles; delete it to reach ~150 lines."`
+- For **Keep** (mtime-only change in Quick Scan): restate the original verdict rationale, do not write "unchanged"
+  - Bad: `"Unchanged"`
+  - Good: `"mtime updated but content unchanged. Unique Python reference explicitly imported by rules/python/; no overlap found."`
+
+### Phase 3 — Summary Table
+
+| Skill | 7d use | Verdict | Reason |
+|-------|--------|---------|--------|
+
+### Phase 4 — Consolidation
+
+1. **Retire / Merge**: present detailed justification per file before confirming with user:
+   - What specific problem was found (overlap, staleness, broken references, etc.)
+   - What alternative covers the same functionality (for Retire: which existing skill/rule; for Merge: the target file and what content to integrate)
+   - Impact of removal (any dependent skills, MEMORY.md references, or workflows affected)
+2. **Improve**: present specific improvement suggestions with rationale:
+   - What to change and why (e.g., "trim 430→200 lines because sections X/Y duplicate python-patterns")
+   - User decides whether to act
+3. **Update**: present updated content with sources checked
+4. Check MEMORY.md line count; propose compression if >100 lines
+
+## Results File Schema
+
+`~/.claude/skills/skill-stocktake/results.json`:
+
+**`evaluated_at`**: Must be set to the actual UTC time of evaluation completion.
+Obtain via Bash: `date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ`. Never use a date-only approximation like `T00:00:00Z`.
+
+```json
+{
+  "evaluated_at": "2026-02-21T10:00:00Z",
+  "mode": "full",
+  "batch_progress": {
+    "total": 80,
+    "evaluated": 80,
+    "status": "completed"
+  },
+  "skills": {
+    "skill-name": {
+      "path": "~/.claude/skills/skill-name/SKILL.md",
+      "verdict": "Keep",
+      "reason": "Concrete, actionable, unique value for X workflow",
+      "mtime": "2026-01-15T08:30:00Z"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+- Evaluation is blind: the same checklist applies to all skills regardless of origin (ECC, self-authored, auto-extracted)
+- Archive / delete operations always require explicit user confirmation
+- No verdict branching by skill origin

package/.agent/skills/skill-stocktake/scripts/quick-diff.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# quick-diff.sh — compare skill file mtimes against results.json evaluated_at
+# Usage: quick-diff.sh RESULTS_JSON [CWD_SKILLS_DIR]
+# Output: JSON array of changed/new files to stdout (empty [] if no changes)
+#
+# When CWD_SKILLS_DIR is omitted, defaults to $PWD/.claude/skills so the
+# script always picks up project-level skills without relying on the caller.
+#
+# Environment:
+#   SKILL_STOCKTAKE_GLOBAL_DIR   Override ~/.claude/skills (for testing only;
+#                                do not set in production — intended for bats tests)
+#   SKILL_STOCKTAKE_PROJECT_DIR  Override project dir detection (for testing only)
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RESULTS_JSON="${1:-}"
+CWD_SKILLS_DIR="${SKILL_STOCKTAKE_PROJECT_DIR:-${2:-$PWD/.claude/skills}}"
+GLOBAL_DIR="${SKILL_STOCKTAKE_GLOBAL_DIR:-$HOME/.claude/skills}"
+
+if [[ -z "$RESULTS_JSON" || ! -f "$RESULTS_JSON" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: RESULTS_JSON not found: ${RESULTS_JSON:-<empty>}" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Validate CWD_SKILLS_DIR looks like a .claude/skills path (defense-in-depth).
+# Only warn when the path exists — a nonexistent path poses no traversal risk.
+if [[ -n "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR" && -d "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR" && "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR" != */.claude/skills* ]]; then
+  echo "Warning: CWD_SKILLS_DIR does not look like a .claude/skills path: $CWD_SKILLS_DIR" >&2
+fi
+
+evaluated_at=$(jq -r '.evaluated_at' "$RESULTS_JSON")
+
+# Fail fast on a missing or malformed evaluated_at rather than producing
+# unpredictable results from ISO 8601 string comparison against "null".
+if [[ ! "$evaluated_at" =~ ^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}Z$ ]]; then
+  echo "Error: invalid or missing evaluated_at in $RESULTS_JSON: $evaluated_at" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Pre-extract known paths from results.json once (O(1) lookup per file instead of O(n*m))
+known_paths=$(jq -r '.skills[].path' "$RESULTS_JSON" 2>/dev/null)
+
+tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
+# Use a function to avoid embedding $tmpdir in a quoted string (prevents injection
+# if TMPDIR were crafted to contain shell metacharacters).
+_cleanup() { rm -rf "$tmpdir"; }
+trap _cleanup EXIT
+
+# Shared counter across process_dir calls — intentionally NOT local
+i=0
+
+process_dir() {
+  local dir="$1"
+  while IFS= read -r file; do
+    local mtime dp is_new
+    mtime=$(date -u -r "$file" +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
+    dp="${file/#$HOME/~}"
+
+    # Check if this file is known to results.json (exact whole-line match to
+    # avoid substring false-positives, e.g. "python-patterns" matching "python-patterns-v2").
+    if echo "$known_paths" | grep -qxF "$dp"; then
+      is_new="false"
+      # Known file: only emit if mtime changed (ISO 8601 string comparison is safe)
+      [[ "$mtime" > "$evaluated_at" ]] || continue
+    else
+      is_new="true"
+      # New file: always emit regardless of mtime
+    fi
+
+    jq -n \
+      --arg path "$dp" \
+      --arg mtime "$mtime" \
+      --argjson is_new "$is_new" \
+      '{path:$path,mtime:$mtime,is_new:$is_new}' \
+      > "$tmpdir/$i.json"
+    i=$((i+1))
+  done < <(find "$dir" -name "*.md" -type f 2>/dev/null | sort)
+}
+
+[[ -d "$GLOBAL_DIR" ]] && process_dir "$GLOBAL_DIR"
+[[ -n "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR" && -d "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR" ]] && process_dir "$CWD_SKILLS_DIR"
+
+if [[ $i -eq 0 ]]; then
+  echo "[]"
+else
+  jq -s '.' "$tmpdir"/*.json
+fi