context-gap-analysis

context-gap-analysis is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jacob-dietle/context-os. It costs 37 tokens per session (2,455 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A pre-work checklist for an AI coding agent. It identifies the information and files needed before a task begins, then checks whether the work already exists.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before planning features, changing code, or proposing solutions. It helps decide whether to configure existing work, extend a related feature, or build something new.
Why use it?
It reduces wrong assumptions, made-up answers, and unnecessary changes by checking the available context first.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jacob-dietle/context-os/context-gap-analysis
Any agent
npx skills add jacob-dietle/context-os --skill context-gap-analysis
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jacob-dietle/context-os

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 37 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,455 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00037 $0.02455
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.01228
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00491
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00246

Measured 5d ago against content hash 8aec4698f11b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

context-gap-analysis scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 5d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/context-gap-analysis/SKILL.md · 320 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 320 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Context Gap Analysis

Systematic methodology for checking what you need, what exists, and finding the simplest path forward.

Core Principle: "What if it's already done? Check before you build."

Why This Matters

90% of Claude Code "hallucinations" happen because the agent doesn't have the context it needs. This skill forces a context check before any implementation, preventing wasted effort and wrong assumptions.

When to Use This Skill

ALWAYS use before:

  • Starting any implementation
  • Planning any feature
  • Proposing any solution

Do NOT skip for:

  • "Simple" tasks (often already implemented)
  • "Obvious" implementations (often exist in codebase)
  • Time pressure (30 seconds now saves hours later)

The Solution Hierarchy

Check these in order - most tasks don't need new work:

For Code Tasks

1. ALREADY DONE - Feature exists, just needs config
2. SCAFFOLDED - Structure exists, needs small completion
3. SIMILAR EXISTS - Related feature can be extended
4. PATTERN EXISTS - Codebase has pattern to follow
5. NEW BUILD - Must create from scratch (rare!)

For GTM/Knowledge Tasks

1. ALREADY DONE - Synthesis doc answers the question
2. CONTEXT EXISTS - 80% of needed info is in existing docs
3. SIMILAR EXISTS - Related battlecard/persona/content to adapt
4. TEMPLATE EXISTS - Framework or template to follow
5. TRUE GAP - Need new research or content (rare!)

Reality check: ~40% of tasks are "already done" - the context already exists somewhere in your system.

The Context Gap Protocol

Step 1: Enumerate What You Need (30 seconds)

Before searching, list your context requirements:

## Context Requirements for: [TASK]

### Must Know (Blocking)
- [ ] Does this feature already exist?
- [ ] What's the current implementation status?
- [ ] What configuration is needed?

### Should Know (Important)
- [ ] What patterns does codebase use for this?
- [ ] What external APIs are involved?

### User Clarification Needed
- [ ] Any preferences not captured in code?
- [ ] Success criteria undefined?

Read the full file on GitHub · 320 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 320 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A 8aec4698f11b

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context-gap-analysis is a skill published in the GitHub repository jacob-dietle/context-os (108 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 2,455 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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