# accreditation-desk-review

Runs the desk-review stage of an IPPF Member Association accreditation: judge the self-assessment and evidence against each standard and check, record reviewer conclusions, and draft interview questions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 557 installs · ★ 3
- Author: gasserane
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/gasserane/personal-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/accreditation-desk-review

## What it does

This skill covers the desk-review stage. You read the Member Association's self-assessment and the evidence it submitted, weigh each standard and check against the Cycle 4 guideline, and write up reviewer conclusions plus questions for the interview. It works alongside the Word template you write into.

A bundled script, `scripts/deskreview.py`, handles the fiddly parts, and `references/reliability-playbook.md` explains the method. The script backs up the template, finds cells by their content rather than by table coordinates, pulls text out of `.pdf`, `.docx`, `.xlsx` and `.txt` files, appends a purple `REVIEWER CONCLUSIONS:` block under the association's own text, and then verifies the result cell by cell. Scanned PDFs with no text layer, legacy `.doc` files, images and archives get flagged as data gaps instead of being guessed at.

Install `pypdf` first if it is missing: `python -m pip install pypdf`. Run Python with `PYTHONUTF8=1`, or Romanian and French diacritics will come out mangled. Close the template in Word before writing — a write to a locked file fails. The skill is not meant for literature reviews, interview or survey guides, indicator design, or clinical questions about antiretroviral treatment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gasserane/personal-skills --skill accreditation-desk-review -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/accreditation-desk-review/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gasserane/personal-skills --skill accreditation-desk-review -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gasserane/personal-skills --skill accreditation-desk-review -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install gasserane/personal-skills accreditation-desk-review
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gasserane/personal-skills --skill accreditation-desk-review -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/gasserane/personal-skills --path skills/accreditation-desk-review
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gasserane/personal-skills --skill accreditation-desk-review -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/gasserane/personal-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/accreditation-desk-review/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- assess an MA self-assessment against each standard and check
- write reviewer conclusions into the Word template without overwriting the MA text
- build the pre-interview document request list
- draft interview questions tagged NC or CL
- map prior-cycle standards to current ones and spot recurring non-compliances

## Example prompts
- Do the desk review for principle 8: assess the evidence and write the conclusions into the template
- Check whether the documents substantiate the MA self-assessment for standard 3.2
- Prepare document requests and interview questions for principles 5 and 6

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