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DevCon session Don Syme by Don Syme

73

Quality

92%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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Quality

Content

85%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This is a well-structured placeholder skill that efficiently communicates its limitations. It correctly avoids padding with unnecessary content and provides a clear fallback response. The main weakness is that the re-ingestion instruction could be more actionable with a specific command or process.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The content is lean and efficient. It states exactly what is known (title, speaker, date) and what is not known (transcript body), with a clear fallback response. No unnecessary explanation or padding.

3 / 3

Actionability

It provides a concrete response template for when users ask substantive questions, and clearly lists available metadata. However, the skill is inherently limited — it's a placeholder with no executable guidance or commands, and the re-ingestion instruction is vague (no specific command or tool).

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

This is a simple, single-purpose skill (respond with metadata or explain transcript is missing). The single action is unambiguous: check if the question is about metadata (answer it) or content (give the canned response). No multi-step process is needed.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

For a skill under 50 lines with no need for external references, the content is well-organized with clear sections. No bundle files are needed given the minimal content, and no references are broken or missing.

3 / 3

Total

11

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12

Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is an excellent skill description that clearly defines its narrow scope, provides explicit trigger guidance via a 'Use when' clause, and transparently communicates both its capabilities and limitations. The description is specific to a single conference talk, making it highly distinctive, and includes natural keywords users would use when asking about this session.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: provides metadata (title, speaker, date), explains transcript limitations, and handles content questions by clarifying the empty transcript. Very detailed about what it can and cannot do.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (provides metadata, explains empty transcript) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause covering questions about the session, title, speaker, date, or F#/.NET topics). Also specifies boundary behavior for content questions.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes strong natural trigger terms users would say: 'Don Syme', 'DevCon', 'conference talk', 'presentation', 'session title', 'speaker', 'F#', '.NET', 'transcript'. Good coverage of how users might phrase questions about this topic.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive — scoped to a single specific talk by a named speaker (Don Syme) at a named conference (DevCon) on a specific date. Very unlikely to conflict with other skills unless there are multiple Don Syme DevCon session skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

81%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation9 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

Warning

metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

Warning

Total

9

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11

Passed

Reviewed

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