rules-distill
Scan skills to extract cross-cutting principles and distill them into rules — append, revise, or create new rule files. Use when the same principle keeps recurring across skills and belongs in a rule file instead.
- Kind
- Skill
- Works with
- Claude Code, Codex
- Source
- affaan-m/ECC @ d3b8a3e90890
- Path
- skills/rules-distill/SKILL.md
- License
- MIT
InstallCopy it from the source repository, or sign in and let the assistant adapt it for your project.
# Rules Distill
Scan installed skills, extract cross-cutting principles that appear in multiple skills, and distill them into rules — appending to existing rule files, revising outdated content, or creating new rule files.
Applies the "deterministic collection + LLM judgment" principle: scripts collect facts exhaustively, then an LLM cross-reads the full context and produces verdicts.
## When to Use
- Periodic rules maintenance (monthly or after installing new skills)
- After a skill-stocktake reveals patterns that should be rules
- When rules feel incomplete relative to the skills being used
## How It Works
The rules distillation process follows three phases:
### Phase 1: Inventory (Deterministic Collection)
#### 1a. Collect skill inventory
```bash
bash ~/.claude/skills/rules-distill/scripts/scan-skills.sh
```
#### 1b. Collect rules index
```bash
bash ~/.claude/skills/rules-distill/scripts/scan-rules.sh
```
#### 1c. Present to user
```
Rules Distillation — Phase 1: Inventory
────────────────────────────────────────
Skills: {N} files scanned
Rules: {M} files ({K} headings indexed)
Proceeding to cross-read analysis...
```
…