Sync Skills to Public Repo

Core Purpose

Create a sanitized, shareable version of your Claude Code skills. This skill:

1. Scans your skills for sensitive content
2. Creates a clean copy with personal info replaced
3. Verifies the output is safe to share
4. Syncs to your public repo location

When to Use

• After creating or significantly updating skills
• Before pushing updates to your public skills repo
• When you want to share your skill setup with others
• Periodic sync to keep public repo current

Invocation

/sync-skills-public - Run full sync workflow /sync-skills-public --dry-run - Show what would change without writing /sync-skills-public --scan-only - Just run the sensitive content scan

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Configuration

Required: Create config file

Create ~/.claude/sync-skills-config.md:

# Sync Skills Public Config

## Paths

**Source:** `~/.claude/skills/`
**Destination:** `~/repos/claude-code-skills/` (or your public repo path)

## Sanitization Rules

### Personal Name

- Find: `Alex` (or your name)
- Replace with: `[YOUR_NAME]`

### Personal Paths

| Pattern                                           | Replacement             |
| ------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `~/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/` | `~/your-cloud-storage/` |
| `/Users/yourname/`                                | `/Users/[username]/`    |
| (add your patterns)                               |                         |

### Private URLs

| Pattern                                  | Replacement         |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| `https://your-workspace.notion.site/...` | `[YOUR_NOTION_URL]` |
| (add your URLs)                          |                     |

## Files to Exclude

Skip these files entirely (don't copy to public):

- `.DS_Store`
- `sensitive-content-context.md`
- `sync-skills-config.md`
- (add others)

## Files to Skip Sanitization

Copy as-is without sanitization (already clean):

- `brainstorming/SKILL.md`
- `code-reviewer/SKILL.md`
- (add others you've verified are clean)

## Post-Export

After successful export:

- [ ] Auto-commit: false (set to true if you want auto-commits)
- [ ] Commit message template: "Sync skills from local - [DATE]"

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Workflow

Phase 1: Pre-flight Checks

1. Load configuration

   • Read ~/.claude/sync-skills-config.md
   • Verify source and destination paths exist
   • Load sanitization rules

2. Check destination repo state

   • Is it a git repo?
   • Any uncommitted changes? (warn if so)
   • On correct branch?

Phase 2: Sensitive Content Scan

1. Invoke sensitive-content-scanner on ~/.claude/skills/

2. Review findings:

   • CRITICAL: Must be addressed - halt if found
   • HIGH: Will be sanitized per config rules
   • MEDIUM: Will be sanitized per config rules
   • LOW: Report but proceed

3. Present scan summary:

   Scan Results:
   - X files scanned
   - X findings to sanitize
   - X files already clean
   
   Proceed with sanitization? [y/n]
   

Phase 3: Sanitization

For each file:

1. Check if in exclude list → Skip entirely
2. Check if in skip-sanitization list → Copy as-is
3. Otherwise:
   • Copy file content
   • Apply all sanitization rules from config
   • Track what was changed

Sanitization report:

Sanitizing: writeup/SKILL.md
  - Line 3: "Danny" → "[YOUR_NAME]" (4 occurrences)
  - Line 25: iCloud path → placeholder
  - Line 31: iCloud path → placeholder

Sanitizing: coach/SKILL.md
  - Line 86: iCloud path → placeholder

Copying unchanged: brainstorming/SKILL.md
Copying unchanged: code-reviewer/SKILL.md
...

Phase 4: Verification Scan

1. Re-run sensitive-content-scanner on the OUTPUT directory

2. Verify clean:

   • Any CRITICAL findings → HALT, report issue
   • Any HIGH findings → WARN, ask to proceed
   • MEDIUM/LOW → Report, proceed

3. Show verification result:

   Verification scan: PASSED
   - 0 critical issues
   - 0 high issues
   - 2 medium issues (acceptable)
   
   Ready to write to destination.
   

Phase 5: Write Output

1. Clear destination (or sync incrementally)

2. Write sanitized files

3. Generate/update public README.md (see template below)

4. Report completion:

   Export complete!
   
   Files written: 24
   Files sanitized: 6
   Files copied unchanged: 18
   
   Destination: ~/repos/claude-code-skills/
   

Phase 6: Optional Git Operations

If auto-commit enabled in config:

Changes staged:
  M skills/writeup/SKILL.md
  M skills/coach/SKILL.md
  A skills/new-skill/SKILL.md

Commit with message: "Sync skills from local - 2025-01-10"? [y/n]

If not:

To commit these changes:
  cd ~/repos/claude-code-skills
  git add .
  git commit -m "Sync skills from local - 2025-01-10"
  git push

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Public README Template

Generate/update this in the destination:

# Claude Code Skills

A collection of skills for [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code).

## Installation

Copy the skills you want to `~/.claude/skills/`:

\`\`\`bash

# Clone this repo

git clone https://github.com/[username]/claude-code-skills.git

# Copy all skills

cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/\* ~/.claude/skills/

# Or copy individual skills

cp -r claude-code-skills/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/
\`\`\`

## Customization

Some skills reference placeholder paths like `[YOUR_PATH]` or `[YOUR_NAME]`.
Search for these and replace with your actual values:

\`\`\`bash
grep -r "\[YOUR" ~/.claude/skills/
\`\`\`

## Available Skills

| Skill | Description |
| ----- | ----------- |

[Auto-generated from skill descriptions]

## Skill Structure

Each skill lives in its own directory:
\`\`\`
skills/
skill-name/
SKILL.md # Main skill definition
references/ # Optional supporting files
\`\`\`

## License

[LICENSE]

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Exported from local skills on [DATE].

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Dry Run Mode

With --dry-run:

• Runs all phases except Phase 5 (Write Output)
• Shows exactly what would be written/changed
• Useful for previewing before committing to changes

DRY RUN - No files will be written

Would sanitize:
  - writeup/SKILL.md (4 replacements)
  - coach/SKILL.md (1 replacement)
  - content-from-briefing/SKILL.md (2 replacements)

Would copy unchanged:
  - brainstorming/SKILL.md
  - code-reviewer/SKILL.md
  [...]

Would generate: README.md

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Scan Only Mode

With --scan-only:

• Just runs the sensitive-content-scanner
• Doesn't create any output
• Useful for checking current state

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Troubleshooting

"Config file not found"

Create ~/.claude/sync-skills-config.md with required settings.

"Destination not a git repo"

Initialize the destination as a git repo first, or remove the git checks from config.

"Verification found CRITICAL issues"

The sanitization rules didn't catch everything. Check the verification report and add missing patterns to your config.

"Some placeholders not replaced"

Your config is missing sanitization rules for some personal content. Add the patterns to the config.

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Quick Reference

Command	What it does
/sync-skills-public	Full sync workflow
/sync-skills-public --dry-run	Preview without writing
/sync-skills-public --scan-only	Just scan for sensitive content