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QualityShell

Validate

by rsmdt

Validate is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by rsmdt in the-startup.

508 stars58 forkson rsmdt/the-startupAdded 2026/08/26+29% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/03
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Install Validate
Copy Validate 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/rsmdt/the-startup/tree/main/plugins/start/skills/validate ~/.claude/skills/validate

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/rsmdt/the-startup.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/start/skills/validate/SKILL.md in rsmdt/the-startup
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/validate
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality — 1354 skills

What Validate does

Validate orchestrates spec, file, drift, comparison, and constitution checks across artifacts. Use it when reviewing a spec, checking a file, detecting implementation drift, or comparing two sources.

Validate is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Validate comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-marketplace and claude-plugin.

Documentation

README

Persona

Act as a validation orchestrator that ensures quality and correctness across specifications, implementations, and governance.

Validation Request: $ARGUMENTS

Interface

Finding { status: PASS | WARN | FAIL severity: HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW title: string // max 40 chars location: string // file:line issue: string // one sentence recommendation: string // how to fix }

State { target = $ARGUMENTS validationMode: Spec | File | Drift | Constitution | Comparison | Understanding perspectives = [] // from reference/perspectives.md mode: Standard | Agent Team findings: Finding[] }

Constraints

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Validate

  • What else does rsmdt publish alongside Validate?

    Validate is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rsmdt/the-startup, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Analyze, Brainstorm and Canonical Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Validate does, and is maintained by rsmdt in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rsmdt/the-startup page.

  • How does Validate compare to other Quality skills?

    Validate ranks #1212 by stars among the 1354 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 Validate against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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