Checkpoint

by sterlingcrispin

Checkpoint is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by sterlingcrispin in claude_slash_commands.

200 stars18 forkson sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commandsAdded 2026/09/05Repository updated 2026/03/31

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Install Checkpoint

Copy Checkpoint into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands/tree/main/checkpoint ~/.claude/skills/checkpoint

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: checkpoint/SKILL.md in sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/checkpoint
Collection: One of 11 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1662 skills

What Checkpoint does

Checkpoint gives a concise status update with the hypothesis tested, exact changes, before/after metrics, and the next action. Use it to summarize progress and blockers during iterative work.

Checkpoint is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Checkpoint comes from a repository tagged claude-skills and codex-skills.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Give me a concise checkpoint with:

Hypothesis tested
Exact change made
Before/after metrics
What improved
What did not improve
Current blocker
Next highest-priority action

Frequently asked about Checkpoint

What else does sterlingcrispin publish alongside Checkpoint?
Checkpoint is one of 11 skills that DirSkills catalogs from sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Audit Handoff, Codex Audit and Codex Direct File Audit. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Checkpoint does, and is maintained by sterlingcrispin in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands page.
How does Checkpoint compare to other Quality skills?
Checkpoint ranks #1537 by stars among the 1662 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Checkpoint against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.