ai Coding Checklist

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    A 5-gate pre-flight audit to ensure your AI agent has the context, scope, and safety boundaries needed to code successfully.

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    Works with the AI tools you already use

    Claude CodeClaude CodeCursorCursorCodex CLICodex CLIGitHub CopilotGitHub CopilotGemini CLIGemini CLI+20 more

    ai-coding-checklist

    Example session with this skill installed

    Add a login feature to my app

    • Read your context and instructions
    • Compiled the ai-coding-checklist

    AI CODING PRE-TASK CHECKLIST
    ════════════════════════════════════════
    Task: Add a login feature to the app
    Verdict: NOT READY ✗
    ════════════════════════════════════════

    GATE RESULTS
    ────────────────────────────────────────
    G1 Requirements Clarity VAGUE
    G2 Scope Boundary MISSING
    G3 Context Loaded MISSING
    G4 Test Strategy MISSING
    G5 Blast Radius VAGUE

    BLOCKERS — resolve before coding starts
    ────────────────────────────────────────

    1. G1 Requirements Clarity — no acceptance criteria
      → Answer: What does a successful login look like? What happens on failure
      (wrong password, account locked, unverified email)?

    2. G2 Scope Boundary — "login feature" is undefined scope
      → Answer: Does this include: sign-up, password reset, OAuth (Google/GitHub),
      session management, "remember me"? List what is IN and OUT.

    3. G3 Context Loaded — agent has not read relevant files
      [... abbreviated ...]

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    About this skill

    What it does

    The AI Coding Checklist is a precision pre-task coordinator designed to prevent the most common cause of AI agent failure: insufficient context. Before your agent writes a single line of code, this skill runs a rigorous 5-gate audit to verify that requirements, scope, context, testing strategy, and blast radius are clearly defined.

    Why use this skill

    Productivity drops when AI agents hallucinate solutions or go "off-rails" due to vague instructions. This skill acts as a gatekeeper, forcing a "GO" or "NOT READY" verdict. It ensures you don't waste tokens or time on code that fails to meet acceptance criteria or breaks existing systems. It is significantly more effective than manual prompting because it systematically evaluates task boundaries and dependencies that developers often overlook.

    Supported tools

    • IDE Agents: Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot.
    • CLI Agents: Claude Code, Aider.
    • Research & Dev: ChatGPT, Google Antigravity.

    The Output

    The skill produces a structured report with a clear visual verdict. If the task is blocked, it provides a BLOCKERS list with the exact questions you need to answer or the specific files the agent must read before it is cleared to start coding.

    How to install

    Works the same in every agent - Claude, Cursor, Codex, Copilot and 20+ more.

    ~30 seconds
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      Download the ZIP

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      Unzip into your skills folder

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    3. 3

      Ask your agent to use it

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