Add a char-based CML finding that mirrors Claude Code's own startup warning
("Large CLAUDE.md will impact performance (X chars > 40.0k)"). CC 2.1.169 scales
that threshold with the model's context window, so the finding anchors on the
conservative 200k window (we cannot observe the user's window; the anchor fires
earliest) and discloses the relaxed ~200,000-char figure at 1M context. MEDIUM
severity (token cost, not an adherence cliff — consistent with the v5.2.0 reframe).
Keyed on chars, not lines, so it is complementary to the existing 200/500-line
checks (which stay untouched): a file can be long by lines yet under budget (short
lines, e.g. large-cascade at 37k chars / 1024 lines), or short by lines yet over it.
Extract the shared 200k/1M context-window constants to scanners/lib/context-window.mjs
(single source of truth; skill-listing-budget.mjs now imports + re-exports them).
40.0k figure and context-window scaling verified against the CC changelog (2.1.169,
2026-06-08) and the live startup-warning text. +6 tests, new fixture large-claude-chars
(48,531 chars / 100 lines). Suite 918/918, self-audit PASS configGrade A 97.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8
Chunk 2 of the disableBundledSkills GAP feature. Adds a conditional GAP check
that prescribes the `disableBundledSkills` lever — but only when the active
skill listing is measurably over budget (SKL's CA-SKL-002 overflow signal) and
the lever is un-pulled. It stays an opportunity, not noise.
Bundled skills (/code-review, /batch, /debug, /loop, /claude-api, …) live in the
CC binary, not on disk, so their exact cost is unmeasurable here — the finding
says so plainly, and frames the lever as zero-cost budget reclaim that leaves
the user's own skills untouched. CC 2.1.169+.
- Pure, exported bundledSkillsLeverFinding({leverPulled, aggregate}) → finding|null
(severity low, category token-efficiency, CA-GAP-NNN), wired into scan() via the
shared measureActiveSkillListing().
- Lever resolved via new isBundledSkillsDisabled(): env var + settings cascade
read directly, because discovery does NOT tag ~/.claude/settings.json (its
relPath lacks ".claude" when walked from the .claude root) — the dominant
user-scope location for this global preference would otherwise be missed.
- GAP scan() now reads HOME → existing GAP tests retrofitted to withHermeticHome
per the hermetic rule. Snapshots unchanged, contamination grep clean.
- 16 new tests (9 GAP, 7 lib). Suite 887 -> 903. README/CLAUDE.md document the
cross-scanner remediation; test counts synced. self-audit: PASS, configGrade
A 96, pluginGrade A 100, readme gate passed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8
Chunk 1 of the disableBundledSkills GAP feature. Moves the per-description cap,
aggregate budget constants, calibration note, and the enumerate-and-measure step
out of skill-listing-scanner into scanners/lib/skill-listing-budget.mjs — so SKL
(diagnoses overflow) and the upcoming GAP check (prescribes disableBundledSkills)
consume one budget definition instead of two divergent copies.
- New lib: assessSkillListingBudget (pure aggregate math) + measureActiveSkillListing
(HOME-scoped enumerate-and-measure wrapper).
- SKL delegates measurement; all finding strings kept byte-identical. 18/18 SKL
tests pass unchanged → behavior-neutral refactor.
- 12 new lib unit tests pin the budget contract. Suite 875 -> 887.
- README badge + CLAUDE.md test counts synced (self-audit --check-readme: passed).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ter3E2JSi1Khgmuf2kady8