# nlpm

nlpm audits Claude Code’s natural-language artifacts with a 50-rule rubric, assigns a score, and fixes some findings. Use it to check plugin quality.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 153
- Author: xiaolai
- License: ISC · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/nlpm

## What it does

nlpm treats the files that shape Claude Code behavior as auditable program artifacts. It inventories skills, agents, commands, rules, hooks, prompts, and related files, then scores them on a 100-point scale. Its slash commands cover discovery, scoring, consistency checks, fixes, trend tracking, tests, setup, and security scans.

The consistency check compares the manifest with files on disk, catching cases where an artifact exists in the repository but is missing from `plugin.json`. The standalone `bin/nlpm-check` validator can run in a pre-commit hook or CI without Claude Code. It requires Python 3.11+ and has no external dependencies.

The default passing threshold is 70 and can be configured in `.claude/nlpm.local.md`. The Claude Code plugin uses namespaced slash commands, while the standalone validator exits with code `1` when it finds high-confidence issues.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install nlpm@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- inventory NL artifacts in a repository
- score skills and commands against the rubric
- compare `plugin.json` with files on disk
- apply fixes for issues the tool can repair
- scan executable plugin artifacts for security risks

## Example prompts
- Run `/nlpm:ls` and list every NL artifact in this repository.
- Use `/nlpm:score --changed` to score only the files changed in Git.
- Run `/nlpm:check`, then use `/nlpm:fix` for findings that can be repaired automatically.

## Source text · SKILL.md · ISC

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# nlpm

[![Validated by NLPM](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xiaolai/nlpm/main/nlpm-badge.json)](https://github.com/xiaolai/nlpm/blob/main/nlpm-badge.json)

Natural-Language Programming Manager — score, check, fix, and test NL artifacts across **Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Antigravity**. Tier-aware scoring with per-tool overlays.

Part of the [xiaolai plugin marketplace](https://github.com/xiaolai/claude-plugin-marketplace).

NLPM includes multi-tool validation that checks **manifest-vs-disk consistency** — the bug class where a SKILL.md exists on disk but is silently missing from `plugin.json` (and therefore invisible after `claude plugin install`). Verified across 8+ tools including Anthropic's official `plugin-validator` and the Linux Foundation's `skills-ref`. See [`analysis/ecosystem-gap.md`](analysis/ecosystem-gap.md) for the research.

## What it does

NLPM treats natural language artifacts as **programs that can be linted**. Just as ESLint scores JavaScript and ruff scores Python, NLPM scores the markdown files that drive AI behavior: skills, agents, commands, rules, hooks, prompts, CLAUDE.md, and memory files.

Eight commands, each doing one thing:

| Command | What it does |
|---------|-------------|
| `/nlpm:ls` | Discover and inventory all NL artifacts in a repo |
| `/nlpm:score` | Score artifact quality (100-point scale) |
| `/nlpm:check` | Cross-component consistency checks |
| `/nlpm:fix` | Auto-fix fixable issues |
| `/nlpm:trend` | Track quality score trends over time |
| `/nlpm:test` | Run NL artifact tests against spec files (TDD) |
| `/nlpm:init` | Initialize NLPM for a project |
| `/nlpm:security-scan` | Scan plugins for security risks in executable artifacts |

Slash commands ship as a Claude Code plugin. The scoring rubric covers three ecosystems (Claude Code, Codex CLI, Antigravity) via tier-aware overlays — see [`analysis/multi-tool-design-2026-05.md`](analysis/multi-tool-design-2026-05.md). The standalone Python 3.11+ validator (`bin/nlpm-check`) has no Claude Code dependency and runs in pre-commit hooks or CI on any tool's artifacts.

### Beyond linting: the learning loop

NLPM also runs as a self-evolving GitHub Actions pipeline that audits real plugin repos, contributes fix PRs, harvests teaching examples from clean ones, and feeds learnings back into its own rule catalog:

- **Exemplar pipeline** (v0.8.17+): repos that audit clean at score ≥ 90 produce a teaching artifact under `auditor/exemplars/` — 62 published so far, covering 31 of the 50 Rules with real-world positive references. See [the gallery](auditor/exemplars/README.md).
- **Rule-citation auto-PR** (v0.8.18+): `auditor-cite-exemplars.yml` runs weekly and opens a human-gated PR adding `> Real-world example: [<repo>]` links to `skills/nlpm/rules/SKILL.md`, so each rule documents both the bad case (in the rule body) and the good case (in a real repo).
- **Two-stage drift detector** (v0.8.15–v0.8.16): `auditor/scripts/validate-rule-ids.py` re-validates every audit's `rule_id` against the rubric (type drift) and the rule's title keywords (semantic drift). The 2026-05-13 sweep found 990 mislabeled `rule_id`s across 128 historical audits; the validator is now wired as a soft-warn telemetry step in every new audit so future drift is caught immediately.
- **Drift-filtered rule health**: `auditor/scripts/rule-health.py` reports `validated_hits` per rule (raw hits minus drift hits) and `exemplars_count` per rule, so the "needs attention" view is calibrated against actual rule violations rather than scorer noise.

## Installation

Two install paths — both reach the same code. Pick one:

**Via Anthropic's official community marketplace** (curated; updates lag the maintainer's marketplace by up to ~24h):

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
claude plugin install nlpm@claude-community --scope project   # or --scope user
```

**Via the xiaolai marketplace** (latest version lands here first):

```bash
````
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