Drift Detect — Development skill for Claude Code
Deep repository analysis to realign project plans with actual code reality.
How to install Drift Detect
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/agent-sh-drift-detect-drift-detect/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/agent-sh-drift-detect-drift-detect && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agent-sh/drift-detect/HEAD/commands/drift-detect.md -o ~/.claude/skills/agent-sh-drift-detect-drift-detect/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Drift Detect does
description: Deep repository analysis to realign project plans with actual code reality codex-description: 'Use when user asks to "check plan drift", "compare docs to code", "verify roadmap", "scan for reality gaps". Analyzes documentation vs actual code to detect drift and outdated plans.' argument-hint: "[--sources github,docs,code] [--depth quick|thorough] [--output file|display|both] [--file PATH]" allowed-tools: Bash(git:*), Bash(gh:*), Read, Glob, Grep, Task, Write
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Alternatives in Development
- Iterate Implementation Plan — You are tasked with updating existing implementation plans based on user feedback 10k ★
- Pre Mortem — Run pre-mortem risk analysis on PRDs and launch plans 7.8k ★
- /plan Roadmap — Create a roadmap that reflects strategy, risk, and delivery reality 2.3k ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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