# audit-reference-originality

Compares a shipped site with its reference corpus and flags overlaps in copy, brands, numbers, images and code. Useful before release.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/audit-reference-originality/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/audit-reference-originality

## What it does

The skill audits eight categories: text, brands, numbers, images, assets, videos, structure and motion, plus repository history. It starts by building a source registry from manifests, prompt packs, stills, full-page captures, MP4s, reference URLs and attribution files, then inventories the current site and its past versions. Every red flag carries two evidence locations: the artifact on the site and the artifact in the reference.

For local files there is a deterministic helper: `python <skill-dir>/scripts/build_evidence_inventory.py --site <site-root> --reference <reference-file-or-directory> --output <temporary-output.json>`. It looks for exact file matches including historical ones, reused basenames, normalized text overlap and repeated number tokens. Treat the output as leads for human review, not a verdict.

The skill refuses to make legal calls. Findings are labelled originality risks or overlaps, never plagiarism. If a promised reference is missing, the audit stops and reports an access gap instead of quietly narrowing scope. Common patterns like black backgrounds or ordinary pricing tables are not red flags on their own; combinations of distinctive elements are. Keep that in mind if you expect an automatic verdict from a single homepage screenshot.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill audit-reference-originality -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill audit-reference-originality -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill audit-reference-originality -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills audit-reference-originality
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/audit-reference-originality/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill audit-reference-originality -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/codex/audit-reference-originality
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill audit-reference-originality -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/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/audit-reference-originality/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare site copy and headlines against reference pages
- find reused logos, fonts and icons across assets
- check whether metrics, prices and dates match the source
- trace a copied file that was later renamed or deleted
- get a fix list that breaks the overlap instead of disguising it

## Example prompts
- audit the site for originality against the references in `references/`
- compare the current build with the `capture-pack` and list red flags in copy and imagery
- run `build_evidence_inventory.py` over `site/` and `references/` and walk me through the leads

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: audit-reference-originality
description: Audit a website or digital experience against its supplied source references for originality and plagiarism risk. Use when Codex must compare current or historical site output with reference pages, capture packs, screenshots, copy, brands, numbers, images, assets, videos, layouts, motion, or code; raise evidence-backed red flags; distinguish common visual grammar from distinctive copying; and propose concrete fixes without making unsupported legal claims.
---

# Audit Reference Originality

Compare the shipped experience with the complete reference corpus. Treat the audit as an evidence exercise, not a vibe check.

## Preserve the audit boundary

- Audit only unless the user also asks for fixes.
- Call findings `originality risks`, `overlaps`, or `red flags`; do not declare legal plagiarism from visual similarity alone.
- Pair every red flag with exact current-site evidence and exact reference evidence.
- Keep fact, inference, and unknown access separate.
- Do not clear a site after checking only its homepage screenshot.

## 1. Build the source registry

Start with the materials explicitly supplied in the task or recorded by the project:

- manifests, prompt packs, and originality matrices
- representative stills, full-page captures, and section crops
- MP4s and extracted motion frames
- reference URLs and named creators
- source brand assets, copy, numbers, screenshots, and downloads
- project briefs, `IMAGE_CREDITS.md`, licenses, and attribution files

Prefer local evidence captured at the time of the brief. Use a live reference only to fill a real gap, because it may have changed. Record each reference's path or URL, role, date when known, and which categories it can prove.

Stop and report an access gap when a promised reference is missing. Do not silently reduce a full-page or motion audit to one cover image.

## 2. Inventory the current site and its history

Inspect:

- rendered text, metadata, navigation, calls to action, legal copy, and hidden accessible labels
- brand names, wordmarks, logos, icons, people, companies, URLs, and product/interface data
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