Optimizes AI skills for activation, clarity, and cross-model reliability. Use when creating or editing skill packs, diagnosing weak skill uptake, reducing regressions, tuning instruction salience, improving examples, shrinking context cost, or setting benchmark and release gates for skills. Trigger terms: skill optimization, activation gap, benchmark skill, with/without skill delta, regression, context budget, prompt salience.
87
87%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
87%
1.14xAverage score across 5 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Explicit triggers at top
100%
100%
Numbered top-level checklist
100%
100%
Imperative wording in checklist
100%
100%
Fuzzy phrasing removed
100%
100%
Strict phrasing for mandatory rules
100%
100%
Integrated example — realistic input
100%
100%
Integrated example — shows output format
100%
100%
Non-negotiables front-loaded
100%
100%
No split core behavior
100%
100%
Explicit omission warning
100%
100%
Table column order
100%
100%
Delta computed
100%
100%
Universal failures section
0%
100%
Regressions section
50%
100%
Identifies ModelC 0% criterion
100%
100%
Identifies ModelB regressions
100%
100%
High baseline + tiny delta interpretation
100%
100%
Low baseline + high delta interpretation
80%
100%
Low baseline + low skill-on interpretation
10%
100%
Negative delta patch-immediately
0%
100%
Trigger list preserved
100%
100%
Background prose trimmed
100%
100%
Duplicate examples removed
100%
100%
Single integrated example retained
100%
100%
Decision table or checklist kept
100%
100%
Layered structure created
100%
100%
SKILL.md links to rules
100%
100%
Paragraphs converted to checklists
100%
100%
Rationale moved to rules
100%
100%
audit-notes what was cut
100%
100%
audit-notes what was kept
100%
100%
Token reduction achieved
100%
100%
Regressions identified
100%
100%
Regression cause classified
100%
100%
Exact instruction lines cited
100%
100%
Fuzzy language replaced in fix
100%
100%
Must/should boundaries in fix
100%
100%
Positive example in fix
100%
100%
Negative example in fix
30%
60%
Provider-config not broken
100%
100%
Exit criteria documented
0%
0%
Root cause + diff summary
100%
100%
Identifies 0% criterion failure
100%
100%
Identifies negative delta
70%
100%
Benchmark run entry recorded
100%
100%
Follow-up issues required
40%
100%
Go/no-go recommendation
100%
100%
Soft pass: measurable gain noted
100%
100%
PR checklist: SKILL.md links updated
50%
100%
PR checklist: benchmark run log entry
25%
100%
PR checklist: validation commands
100%
100%
PR checklist: tracking issues linked
25%
100%
Post-merge loop mentioned
60%
100%
Stale guidance pruning mentioned
0%
100%