# consistency-check

Checks game design documents against an entity registry and flags cross-document conflicts. Use it before a review or architecture work.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 436 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/consistency-check/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/consistency-check

## What it does

The skill compares GDDs with the entity registry at `design/registry/entities.yaml`. It looks for different stats, categories, and derived values across documents, then produces a conflict report. You can run it in `full`, `since-last-review`, `entity:<name>`, or `item:<name>` mode.

It uses a grep-first workflow: the registry is read once, then the skill searches GDDs for registered names and inspects nearby context instead of reading every document in full. Its tool list includes file reading, globbing, grep, writing, editing, user questions, `git log`, and the `registry.sh validate` script. Registry corrections are optional.

The registry must contain entries before the scan starts. If `design/registry/entities.yaml` is empty, the skill stops without assessing the documents, so populate it through `/design-system` first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill consistency-check -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill consistency-check -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill consistency-check -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios consistency-check
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/consistency-check/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill consistency-check -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/consistency-check
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill consistency-check -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/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/consistency-check/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- compare entity values across GDDs
- find conflicting stats for one item
- scan documents changed since the last review
- produce a report of cross-document conflicts
- check one entity across every GDD

## Example prompts
- Run `/consistency-check full` to scan all GDDs against the registry.
- Run `/consistency-check since-last-review` to check documents changed after the latest review.
- Use `/consistency-check entity:<name>` to inspect one registered entity.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: consistency-check
description: "Scan GDDs against the entity registry for cross-document conflicts. Grep-first approach targets conflicting sections, different stats."
argument-hint: "[full | since-last-review | entity:<name> | item:<name>]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/consistency-check/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *), Bash(git log *), Bash(bash .claude/scripts/registry.sh validate*)
model: sonnet
---

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys automation,workflow,system_overrides`



# Consistency Check

Detects cross-document inconsistencies by comparing all GDDs against the
entity registry (`design/registry/entities.yaml`). Uses a grep-first approach:
reads the registry once, then targets only the GDD sections that mention
registered names — no full document reads unless a conflict needs investigation.

**This skill is the write-time safety net.** It catches what `/design-system`'s
per-section checks may have missed and what `/review-all-gdds`'s holistic review
catches too late.

**When to run:**
- After writing each new GDD (before moving to the next system)
- Before `/review-all-gdds` (so that skill starts with a clean baseline)
- Before `/create-architecture` (inconsistencies poison downstream ADRs)
- On demand: `/consistency-check entity:[name]` to check one entity specifically

**Output:** Conflict report + optional registry corrections

---

Every `AskUserQuestion` call follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt).

**`workflow`** (see `.claude/docs/workflow-modes.md`), applied per GDD at its
**effective** tier — the `system_overrides` row for that GDD's system (its
filename stem) when the block lists one, else the project value:
- `full` — full entity-registry cross-check against all GDD sections.
- `standard` — cross-check against the required sections only. The report's
  Scope line says so, and each value stated for a registered name outside those
  sections is listed as not checked at this tier (Phase 3 applies this).
- `minimal` — not meaningful (no GDDs to check).

## Phase 1: Parse Arguments and Load Registry

**Modes:**
- No argument / `full` — check all registered entries against all GDDs
- `since-last-review` — check only GDDs modified since the last review report
- `entity:<name>` — check one specific entity across all GDDs
- `item:<name>` — check one specific item across all GDDs

**Load the registry:**

```
Read path="design/registry/entities.yaml"
```

If the file does not exist or has no entries:
````
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