# ssotize

An audit-first skill that gathers a fact scattered across files into a single canonical source. Read-only map and plan come first; edits wait for your approval.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 1342
- Author: LilMGenius
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/breadth/ssotize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ssotize

## What it does

Give it the truth in scope — a value, spec, decision, status or definition — and it enumerates every occurrence across the artifacts and platforms you name. A second sweep with a different search term, synonym or tool confirms the first pass missed nothing. Each hit gets a label: exact copy, paraphrase, partial, stale or contradictory.

The skill then picks the canonical home, favouring the most authoritative spot and the one nearest to where the fact actually changes. Convenience is not a reason to promote a weak copy; if no home exists, it proposes extracting one. You get the report before any edit: a table of occurrences, why that home was chosen, details that exist only inside copies, and contradictions that need a human call.

Changes happen only after explicit approval. Each replace target is checked for existence first — a MISS is reported rather than silently skipped — with unicode-safe editing via `PYTHONUTF8=1`. Structural moves in code go through language-aware tools or AST edits, not text rewrites. Private-to-public and customer-facing-to-internal consolidations require confirmation. When nothing is scattered, the run changes nothing, and that counts as a valid result.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill ssotize -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill ssotize -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill ssotize -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install LilMGenius/paperthin ssotize
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill ssotize -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin --path skills/breadth/ssotize
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill ssotize -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/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/breadth/ssotize/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- locate every copy of one value across code and docs
- collapse conflicting versions into a single decided value
- swap duplicates for references to the canonical home
- check that no unique detail was lost in the merge
- separate stale copies from live ones

## Example prompts
- Find where else this rate limit appears and show me the occurrence map without editing anything
- Consolidate the date format spec into one source, show the mutation plan first
- Check whether the config and the docs disagree on the API base URL

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: ssotize
description: "Audit and consolidate a fact that's scattered across places into one canonical source, after approval, and replace the rest with references. Use when asked to find duplication, check consistency, locate the source of truth, deduplicate, consolidate, unify, or establish SSOT across artifacts or platforms. Starts read-only, reports the map and plan, then mutates only after explicit approval."
---

Find where one truth lives, get approval for the consolidation plan, then collapse it into one canonical home.

## Goal

Enforce Single Source of Truth (SSOT): one fact = one home, and every other place that needs it references that home instead of copying it. References don't drift; copies do. This mutates artifacts, so it is deliberate and loss-averse.

`ssotize` starts as a read-only audit. It names the truth in scope, finds every copy, chooses the canonical home, and reports the exact consolidation plan. Only after the user approves that plan does it mutate artifacts.

Use this to **establish or repair** SSOT — messy, legacy, or freshly-scaffolded states. Once SSOT holds, don't overuse it: consolidation is a one-time repair, not ongoing upkeep. When a read-only checker and a mutating follow-up have become one inseparable workflow, fold the checker into the consolidator and keep the approval gate; splitting the reflex only makes the safer first half easier to skip.

## Workflow

1. Name the truth in scope — the specific fact, value, spec, decision, status, or definition being tracked, not the whole document.
2. Audit read-only first: enumerate every occurrence across the given artifacts and platforms.
3. Re-enumerate by a second method — a different search term, synonym, or tool — and confirm it surfaces no occurrence the first pass missed.
4. Classify each occurrence: exact copy, paraphrase, partial, stale, or contradictory.
5. Pick the canonical home — the most authoritative and most-maintained location, closest to where the fact actually changes. Never promote a weak copy just because it is convenient; extract a new canonical home if none exists.
6. Decide the action per non-canonical occurrence: **dedupe** (redundant copy), **reference** (docs should link to canonical, code should import/source/include it, config should use a shared read), or **reconcile** (it disagrees and needs a human call).
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