TIME AUDIT
A Claude Code skill by Cristo van Rensburg, Cornerstone AI
cornerstone-ai.pro


WHAT IT DOES

It interviews you about your business, area by area, and maps everything that
recurs in your week. At the end you get one number: hours a week going on work
that is not your craft and has not been handed off.

Then it builds you an HTML file. Every number in it is editable. When you hand
something off you tick it, the number drops, and a chart records the drop
against where you started. That is the point of the whole thing. A number you
read once changes nothing.

Set aside 45 minutes to an hour. Anything faster gives you a shallow list, and
a shallow list is how you end up automating something that was never the
problem.


INSTALL

1. Install Claude Code if you have not already:

       npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

   You need Node.js first. If "node --version" says nothing, get it from
   nodejs.org, then come back.

2. Unzip this folder into your Claude Code skills directory:

       Mac or Linux    ~/.claude/skills/
       Windows         C:\Users\<you>\.claude\skills\

   You should end up with:

       .claude/skills/time-audit/SKILL.md
       .claude/skills/time-audit/assets/audit-template.html

   If the .claude folder is not there yet, make it.

3. Open a terminal anywhere and run:

       claude

4. Type:

       /time-audit

   If it does not appear, restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skill.


WHAT YOU GET BACK

A single HTML file named after your business. Open it in any browser. It works
offline and there is nothing to install to read it.

  - Edit any number. If one is wrong, fix it, the totals follow.
  - Tick "Off my plate" when something is genuinely handed off, whether that is
    to a person, a rule, or a tool.
  - Hit "Save a snapshot" each time, so the chart has something to compare.
  - Hit "Download updated copy" to get a fresh file with your changes baked in.
    The browser copy is convenient but not durable. Keep the file somewhere you
    own.


A FEW HONEST NOTES

Nothing leaves your machine. The interview happens locally and the file is
yours. I never see it.

It will argue with you about what counts as your craft, because most people
over-claim it. The question that settles it: has a client ever paid you
specifically for that hour?

Appearing in the number does not mean you have to stop doing something. It is
counted, not cut.

Free, and there is no call attached. Run it, get your number, never speak to
me. That is a completely fine outcome.

If it breaks or you want to argue with the output, cristo@cornerstone-ai.pro.
