review-claudemd
The review-claudemd skill analyzes recent project conversations stored in ~/.claude/projects/ to identify patterns and gaps in both global and local CLAUDE.md instruction files. It extracts the 15-20 most recent conversations, batches them by file size, launches parallel Sonnet subagents to compare actual behavior against documented rules, and aggregates findings into four categories: violated instructions needing reinforcement, project-specific patterns for local files, universal patterns for global files, and potentially outdated content.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ykdojo/claude-code-tips /tmp/review-claudemd && cp -r /tmp/review-claudemd/skills/review-claudemd ~/.claude/skills/review-claudemdSKILL.md
# Review CLAUDE.md from conversation history
Analyze recent conversations to improve both global (~/.claude/CLAUDE.md) and local (project) CLAUDE.md files.
## Step 1: Find conversation history
The project's conversation history is in `~/.claude/projects/`. The folder name is the project path with slashes replaced by dashes.
```bash
# Find the project folder (replace / with -)
PROJECT_PATH=$(pwd | sed 's|/|-|g' | sed 's|^-||')
CONVO_DIR=~/.claude/projects/-${PROJECT_PATH}
ls -lt "$CONVO_DIR"/*.jsonl | head -20
```
## Step 2: Extract recent conversations
Extract the 15-20 most recent conversations (excluding the current one) to a temp directory:
```bash
SCRATCH=/tmp/claudemd-review-$(date +%s)
mkdir -p "$SCRATCH"
for f in $(ls -t "$CONVO_DIR"/*.jsonl | head -20); do
basename=$(basename "$f" .jsonl)
# Skip current conversation if known
cat "$f" | jq -r '
if .type == "user" then
"USER: " + (.message.content // "")
elif .type == "assistant" then
"ASSISTANT: " + ((.message.content // []) | map(select(.type == "text") | .text) | join("\n"))
else
empty
end
' 2>/dev/null | grep -v "^ASSISTANT: $" > "$SCRATCH/${basename}.txt"
done
ls -lhS "$SCRATCH"
```
## Step 3: Spin up subagents
Launch parallel subagents to analyze conversations. Each agent should read:
- Global CLAUDE.md: `~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`
- Local CLAUDE.md: `./CLAUDE.md` (if exists)
- Batch of conversation files
Give each agent this prompt template:
```
Read:
1. Global CLAUDE.md: ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md
2. Local CLAUDE.md: [project]/CLAUDE.md
3. Conversations: [list of files]
Analyze the conversations against BOTH CLAUDE.md files. Find:
1. Instructions that exist but were violated (need reinforcement or rewording)
2. Patterns that should be added to LOCAL CLAUDE.md (project-specific)
3. Patterns that should be added to GLOBAL CLAUDE.md (applies everywhere)
4. Anything in either file that seems outdated or unnecessary
Be specific. Output bullet points only.
```
Batch conversations by size:
- Large (>100KB): 1-2 per agent
- Medium (10-100KB): 3-5 per agent
- Small (<10KB): 5-10 per agent
## Step 4: Aggregate findings
Combine results from all agents into a summary with these sections:
1. **Instructions violated** - existing rules that weren't followed (need stronger wording)
2. **Suggested additions - LOCAL** - project-specific patterns
3. **Suggested additions - GLOBAL** - patterns that apply everywhere
4. **Potentially outdated** - items that may no longer be relevant
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