workspace-surface-audit
Helps your agent analyze its code environment and suggests the best tools and workflows. It's useful for understanding what your agent can do and how to set it up.
What it does
This tool analyzes your programming workspace (like repositories and settings) to tell you what's already working, what's missing, and what you should add or enable next to improve your automations.
When to use it
- ✓When you want to know what your programming environment can do right now.
- ✓Before installing new tools or automations.
- ✓To understand which native platform features you should use.
Example of what to ask your AI
“Audit my repository and tell me which native Claude Code automations I should set up first.”
Want more? Open the sections below.
How to use
The easiest way: copy the message below and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI. It reads the skill and follows the instructions.
Skill link
Ready-to-paste message
How it works
It checks your configuration files, installed tools, and environment settings. Then, it compares what you have with what's possible and suggests the best native options for you.
Installation
Easiest way: copy the skill link and paste it into Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor asking it to follow the instructions.
In the terminal (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), in your project folder:
npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill workspace-surface-auditOr download just the file:
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/affaan-m/ECC/main/skills/workspace-surface-audit/SKILL.md -o SKILL.mdTechnical content (original SKILL.md)
Original text by the author, straight from GitHub.
Workspace Surface Audit
Read-only audit skill for answering the question "what can this workspace and machine actually do right now, and what should we add or enable next?"
This is the ECC-native answer to setup-audit plugins. It does not modify files unless the user explicitly asks for follow-up implementation.
When to Use
- User says "set up Claude Code", "recommend automations", "what plugins or MCPs should I use?", or "what am I missing?"
- Auditing a machine or repo before installing more skills, hooks, or connectors
- Comparing official marketplace plugins against ECC-native coverage
- Reviewing
.env,.mcp.json, plugin settings, or connected-app surfaces to find missing workflow layers - Deciding whether a capability should be a skill, hook, agent, MCP, or external connector
Non-Negotiable Rules
- Never print secret values. Surface only provider names, capability names, file paths, and whether a key or config exists.
- Prefer ECC-native workflows over generic "install another plugin" advice when ECC can reasonably own the surface.
- Treat external plugins as benchmarks and inspiration, not authoritative product boundaries.
- Separate three things clearly:
- already available now
- available but not wrapped well in ECC
- not available and would require a new integration
Audit Inputs
Inspect only the files and settings needed to answer the question well:
- Repo surface
package.json, lockfiles, language markers, framework config,README.md.mcp.json,.lsp.json,.claude/settings*.json,.codex/*AGENTS.md,CLAUDE.md, install manifests, hook configs
- Environment surface
.env*files in the active repo and obvious adjacent ECC workspaces- Surface only key names such as
STRIPE_API_KEY,TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN,FAL_KEY
- Connected tool surface
- Installed plugins, enabled connectors, MCP servers, LSPs, and app integrations
- ECC surface
- Existing skills, commands, hooks, agents, and install modules that already cover the need
Audit Process
Phase 1: Inventory What Exists
Produce a compact inventory:
- active harness targets
- installed plugins and connected apps
- configured MCP servers
- configured LSP servers
- env-backed services implied by key names
- existing ECC skills already relevant to the workspace
If a surface exists only as a primitive, call that out. Example:
- "Stripe is available via connected app, but ECC lacks a billing-operator skill"
- "Google Drive is connected, but there is no ECC-native Google Workspace operator workflow"
Phase 2: Benchmark Against Official and Installed Surfaces
Compare the workspace against:
- official Claude plugins that overlap with setup, review, docs, design, or workflow quality
- locally installed plugins in Claude or Codex
- the user's currently connected app surfaces
Do not just list names. For each comparison, answer:
- what they actually do
- whether ECC already has parity
- whether ECC only has primitives
- whether ECC is missing the workflow entirely
Phase 3: Turn Gaps Into ECC Decisions
For every real gap, recommend the correct ECC-native shape:
| Gap Type | Preferred ECC Shape |
|---|---|
| Repeatable operator workflow | Skill |
| Automatic enforcement or side-effect | Hook |
| Specialized delegated role | Agent |
| External tool bridge | MCP server or connector |
| Install/bootstrap guidance | Setup or audit skill |
Default to user-facing skills that orchestrate existing tools when the need is operational rather than infrastructural.
Output Format
Return five sections in this order:
- Current surface
- what is already usable right now
- Parity
- where ECC already matches or exceeds the benchmark
- Primitive-only gaps
- tools exist, but ECC lacks a clean operator skill
- Missing integrations
- capability not available yet
- Top 3-5 next moves
- concrete ECC-native additions, ordered by impact
Recommendation Rules
- Recommend at most 1-2 highest-value ideas per category.
- Favor skills with obvious user intent and business value:
- setup audit
- billing/customer ops
- issue/program ops
- Google Workspace ops
- deployment/ops control
- If a connector is company-specific, recommend it only when it is genuinely available or clearly useful to the user's workflow.
- If ECC already has a strong primitive, propose a wrapper skill instead of inventing a brand-new subsystem.
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FAQ
Does this tool change my files?
No, it only analyzes and suggests. It will only modify files if you explicitly ask to implement something afterward.
What are 'ECC-native skills'?
These are tools and automations that come built-in with the Claude Code platform and are the most recommended to use.
What does it show if something isn't available?
It separates what already exists, what exists but isn't well-integrated, and what doesn't exist and would require a new integration.
Details
Original description by the author
Audit the active repo, MCP servers, plugins, connectors, env surfaces, and harness setup, then recommend the highest-value ECC-native skills, hooks, agents, and operator workflows. Use when the user wants help setting up Claude Code or understanding what capabilities are actually available in their environment.
repo: affaan-m/ECC
Popularity
- GitHub stars
- 280k
- Ranking position
- #311
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- 10/15/2026
Comments
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