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andrebrov/topic-scout

Scout recent news, articles and posts on AI × e-commerce for material a talking-head reel could be built from, judge which ones actually carry a reel-able claim, present a shortlist for the user to pick, and save the picks to the shared reel backlog with the angle already sharpened. Use when the user asks what to make a video about, wants news or article ideas, asks what is happening this week, or says "topic scout" / "find me something to shoot". Research and selection only — writing belongs to reel-script.

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Quality

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

The body is a tight, opinionated workflow: concrete sweep tactics, a hard reel-ability gate, a defined shortlist format, an explicit user checkpoint, and a precise save schema. It is concise, actionable, well-sequenced with validation, and cleanly structured with only one signaled external reference.

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Conciseness

Lean and assumes Claude's competence throughout — no definitions of basic concepts, no library tutorials; every line states a standard, a test, or a concrete artifact, with lines like 'Recency is a fact about the fact' encoding a rule rather than padding.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable guidance: named search platforms, a query count range (six to ten), a five-part reel-ability test, a four-column shortlist table, and a copy-paste-ready JSON record with all fields populated for backlog/ideas.json.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear four-step sequence (Sweep → Judge → Shortlist → Save) with an explicit user-pick gate ('Never add to the backlog without an explicit pick') and an embedded validation checkpoint (the three-of-five reel-ability test that rejects candidates before listing).

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Self-contained, well-sectioned body with a single clearly signaled one-level-deep external reference ('Read .claude/skills/reel-script/voice.md first') and an explicit output file (backlog/ideas.json); no nested references and no inlined content that belongs elsewhere.

5 / 5

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Description

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

The description is exemplary: concrete third-person actions, natural trigger phrases, an explicit Use-when clause, and a clean boundary against the sibling reel-script skill. It hits every anchor at the top of the scale.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions in third person ('Scout recent news, articles and posts', 'judge which ones actually carry a reel-able claim', 'present a shortlist', 'save the picks to the shared reel backlog with the angle already sharpened'), giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's behavior.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (scout, judge, shortlist, save) and 'when' via a clear 'Use when...' clause with concrete trigger phrases; not merely implied.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural phrases a user would actually say ('what to make a video about', 'wants news or article ideas', 'what is happening this week', 'topic scout', 'find me something to shoot'), with strong synonym and phrasing coverage.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clearly defined niche (AI × e-commerce reels) with distinct triggers and an explicit boundary ('Research and selection only — writing belongs to reel-script'), minimizing overlap with sibling skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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