| name | ln-160-docs-auditor |
| description | Audit project documentation quality across 6 categories (Hierarchy, SSOT, Compactness, Requirements, Actuality, Legacy). Use when documentation needs quality review, after major doc updates, or as part of ln-100-documents-pipeline. Outputs Compliance Score X/10 per category + Findings + Recommended Actions. |
Documentation Auditor
Audit project documentation quality. Universal for any tech stack.
Purpose
- Proactively compress - find all opportunities to reduce size while preserving value
- Eliminate meaningless, redundant, and verbose content
- Convert prose to structured formats (tables, lists)
- Verify documentation hierarchy with CLAUDE.md as root
- Detect duplication and enforce Single Source of Truth
- Ensure docs match current code state
Invocation
- Direct: User invokes for documentation quality review
- Pipeline: Called by ln-100-documents-pipeline (Phase 5, if auditDocs=true)
Workflow
- Scan: Find all .md files in project (CLAUDE.md, README.md, docs/**)
- Build Tree: Construct hierarchy from CLAUDE.md outward links
- Audit: Run 6 category checks (see Audit Categories below)
- Score: Calculate X/10 per category
- Report: Output findings and recommended actions
Audit Categories
| # |
Category |
What to Check |
| 1 |
Hierarchy & Links |
CLAUDE.md is root; all docs reachable via links; no orphaned files; no broken links |
| 2 |
Single Source of Truth |
No content duplication; duplicates replaced with links to source; clear ownership |
| 3 |
Proactive Compression |
Eliminate verbose/redundant content; prose→tables; remove meaningless info; compress even under-limit files; see size_limits.md |
| 4 |
Requirements Compliance |
Correct sections per doc type; within size limits; proper formatting; no code blocks (text descriptions only) |
| 5 |
Actuality (CRITICAL) |
Verify facts against code: paths exist, functions match, APIs work, configs valid; outdated docs are worse than none |
| 6 |
Legacy Cleanup |
No history sections; no "was changed" notes; no deprecated info; current state only |
Output Format
## Documentation Audit Report - [DATE]
### Compliance Score
| Category | Score | Issues |
|----------|-------|--------|
| Hierarchy & Links | X/10 | N issues found |
| Single Source of Truth | X/10 | N duplications |
| Proactive Compression | X/10 | N compression opportunities |
| Requirements Compliance | X/10 | N violations |
| Actuality | X/10 | N mismatches with code |
| Legacy Cleanup | X/10 | N legacy items |
| **Overall** | **X/10** | |
### Critical Findings
- [ ] **[Category]** `path/file.md:line` - Issue description. **Action:** Fix suggestion.
### Recommended Actions
| Priority | Action | Location | Category |
|----------|--------|----------|----------|
| High | Remove duplicate section | docs/X.md | SSOT |
| Medium | Add link to CLAUDE.md | docs/Y.md | Hierarchy |
Scoring Rules
| Score |
Meaning |
| 10/10 |
No issues |
| 8-9/10 |
Minor issues (formatting, small redundancies) |
| 6-7/10 |
Moderate issues (some duplication, missing links) |
| 4-5/10 |
Significant issues (orphaned docs, outdated content) |
| 1-3/10 |
Critical issues (major mismatches, broken hierarchy) |
Reference Files
Critical Notes
- Fix content, not rules: NEVER modify standards/rules files (*_standards.md, *_rules.md, *_limits.md) to make violations pass. Always fix the violating files instead.
- Verify facts against code: Actively check every path, function name, API, config mentioned in docs. Run commands. Outdated docs mislead - they're worse than no docs.
- Compress always: Size limits are upper bounds, not targets. A 100-line file instead of 300 is a win. Always look for compression opportunities.
- Meaningless content: Remove filler words, obvious statements, over-explanations. If it doesn't add value, delete it.
- No code in docs: Documents describe algorithms and concepts in text, not code. Code belongs in codebase, docs explain WHY and HOW in words.
- Code is truth: When docs contradict code, always update docs. Never "fix" code to match documentation.
- Delete, don't archive: Legacy content should be removed, not moved to "archive"
- No history: Documents describe current state only; git tracks history
Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: 2025-12-20