ratchet — security grade SAFE, quality 71/100

Security audit verdict: SAFE · quality 71/100

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by 0xwilliamortiz · Claude Skill · ★ 430

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About ratchet

Ratchet Your agent reads the rules. This checks whether it followed them. A ratchet turns one way. Complexity in your codebase goes down or stays flat, unless someone deliberately turns it the other way and writes down why. The problem Every minimalism ruleset for coding agents is an open loop. You inject prefer the standard library, do not add dependencies, keep the diff small, the model reads it, and then nothing checks whether any of it happened. Compliance is assumed. When the model drifts, which it does over a long session, nobody finds out until review. What this does instead The ruleset still goes in. But a hook reads every edit the agent makes, measures it, and reports what it found back into the same session, while the agent is still working. you add a date picker to the settings page agent [installs flatpickr, writes a wrapper component, adds a stylesheet] hook ratchet guard · +71 -0 lines (net +71/150) · 2/3 new files · 1/1 new deps certain package.json:14 dep new dependency flatpickr justify it against the stdlib and the platform, or drop it src/DatePicker.jsx:4 nativ

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Quick Facts

Stars430
Forks85
LanguageJavaScript
CategoryClaude Skill
LicenseMIT
Quality Score71.2399277171231/100
Open Issues1
Last Updated2026-08-04
Created2026-07-31
Platformsclaude-code, node
Est. Tokens~17k

Compatible Skills

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  • claude-code-zero — semantic(0.26)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (59%)
  • brooks-lint — semantic(0.25)+complementary+same_lang+similar_pop+shared_platform (59%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is ratchet?

ratchet is Your agent reads the rules. This checks whether it followed them.. It is categorized as a Claude Skill with 430 GitHub stars.

What programming language is ratchet written in?

ratchet is primarily written in JavaScript. It covers topics such as ai-agents, claude-code, claude-code-plugin.

How do I install or use ratchet?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the ratchet GitHub repository at github.com/0xwilliamortiz/ratchet. The project has 430 stars and 85 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does ratchet use?

ratchet is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to ratchet?

The top alternatives to ratchet on Agent Skills Hub include smart-ralph, ponytail-lite, claude-code-workflows. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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