Creates high-quality agent skills by running the official Claude skill creator plugin and then applying a structured set of enhancement phases covering use-case design, frontmatter completeness, body structure, writing quality, and progressive disclosure architecture. Use this skill when the user wants to create a new skill, improve an existing SKILL.md, or asks "how do I write a good skill", "help me make a skill for X", "review my SKILL.md", or "turn this workflow into a skill". Trigger even if the user just says "let's make a skill" or describes a workflow they want to capture.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
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Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
Quality
Discovery
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 hits all the marks. It provides specific concrete actions, comprehensive trigger terms using natural user language, explicitly addresses both what and when, and carves out a clear distinctive niche around skill creation. The description follows third person voice correctly and avoids vague language.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'running the official Claude skill creator plugin', 'applying a structured set of enhancement phases', and explicitly names the phases: 'use-case design, frontmatter completeness, body structure, writing quality, and progressive disclosure architecture'. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both what (creates skills via plugin + enhancement phases) AND when with explicit 'Use this skill when...' clause followed by multiple specific trigger scenarios and user phrases. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural user phrases: 'create a new skill', 'improve an existing SKILL.md', 'how do I write a good skill', 'help me make a skill for X', 'review my SKILL.md', 'turn this workflow into a skill', 'let's make a skill'. These are realistic phrases users would actually say. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive niche focused specifically on SKILL.md creation and enhancement. The triggers are specific to skill authoring ('SKILL.md', 'skill creator plugin', 'write a good skill') and unlikely to conflict with general coding or documentation skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
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 strong meta-skill that teaches skill creation through a well-structured six-phase workflow with explicit validation checkpoints. The actionability is excellent with concrete formats, checklists, and done conditions. Minor verbosity in some explanations prevents a perfect conciseness score, but overall the skill effectively balances comprehensiveness with clarity.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is reasonably efficient but includes some redundant explanations (e.g., explaining what the official skill creator handles, restating concepts). Some sections could be tightened—the phase descriptions repeat structural patterns that Claude would understand from one example. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides highly concrete, executable guidance with specific checklists, exact formats for examples/troubleshooting sections, folder structures, and clear step patterns. The six-phase workflow is immediately actionable with explicit done conditions for each phase. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Excellent multi-step workflow with six clearly numbered phases, each with explicit 'Done when' validation checkpoints. The verify/repeat loop pattern is explicitly taught and the skill demonstrates feedback loops throughout (e.g., 're-run Phase 1 evals to validate'). | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized with clear section hierarchy (Instructions → Phases → Examples → Troubleshooting). Phase 6 explicitly teaches progressive disclosure architecture for skills being created. Content is appropriately structured without needing external references for this meta-skill. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Validation
100%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
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