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From SkillCheck to TraceMantle: Tracking Agent Skill Changes and Test Evidence
Community description: Why I expanded SkillCheck into TraceMantle to track agent skill packages, supporting files, and the test evidence used to approve changes.
Dev.to | Sep 13, 2026 | Brad Kinnard
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The original project focused mainly on validating AI agent skill files. TraceMantle retains that functionality and adds support for tracking the files in a skill package, comparing changes, and checking whether previous test evidence still applies. TraceMantle addresses this by connecting package changes with the evidence supplied for its checks. Evidence comparison: A comparison checks supplied evidence against the package and a trusted policy. What the tool establishes TraceMantle analyzes files and supplied evidence.
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