Overview
guidelines-advisor is an open-source frontend skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by trailofbits. Its author describes it as: “Smart contract development advisor based on Trail of Bits' best practices. Analyzes codebase to generate documentation/specifications, review architecture, check upgradeability patterns, assess implementation quality,…”. The project has 6.6k stars on GitHub and is available under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills`.
What guidelines-advisor does
Systematically analyzes the codebase and provides guidance based on Trail of Bits' development guidelines:
Best for
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for guidelines-advisor is organised into these sections:
- Purpose
- How This Works
- Phase 1: Discovery & Context
- Phase 2: Documentation Generation
- Phase 3: Architecture Analysis
- Phase 4: Implementation Review
- Phase 5: Recommendations
- Assessment Areas
- Quick Reference:
- Example Output
- Deliverables
- 1. System Documentation
Installation
Add guidelines-advisor to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
guidelines-advisor is published under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear CC-BY-SA-4.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in trailofbits/skills, an established project with 6,646 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does guidelines-advisor do?
- Smart contract development advisor based on Trail of Bits' best practices. Analyzes codebase to generate documentation/specifications, review architecture, check upgradeability patterns, assess implementation quality, identify pitfalls, review dependencies, and evaluate testing. Provides actionable recommendations.
- How do I install guidelines-advisor?
- Run /plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/trailofbits/skills before installing.
- Is guidelines-advisor free to use?
- Yes. guidelines-advisor is free and open source under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does guidelines-advisor work with?
- guidelines-advisor lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does guidelines-advisor come from?
- guidelines-advisor ships inside trailofbits/skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 6,646 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
