oh-my-ai/reading-synthesis
Produces a thirteen-part rigorous synthesis of a reading or talk—structure, insights, critique, framework rebuild, actions, and a compressed executive summary—for semi-technical audiences.
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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 a strong skill description that clearly communicates a specific, multi-part synthesis workflow with concrete actions, explicit trigger terms, tool usage context, and output format details. The extensive trigger term list covers many natural user phrasings, and the description is distinctive enough to avoid conflicts with simpler summarization or analysis skills. Minor note: the description is dense but informative rather than padded.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'deep summary, insights, structure, critique, framework rebuild, and CEO-level takeaways' along with specific tools used (Read, WebSearch, WebFetch) and output format details. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (thirteen-part synthesis with deep summary, insights, structure, critique, framework rebuild, takeaways) and 'when' (explicit trigger list and use-case conditions like 'when comparands are missing or context is thin'). The 'Triggers:' clause serves as an explicit 'Use when' equivalent. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms users would say: 'reading synthesis', 'synthesize this', 'deep dive', 'rigorous analysis', 'deconstruct', 'book analysis', 'article analysis', 'essay breakdown', 'intellectual synthesis', 'framework extraction', 'executive summary of ideas'. These are natural phrases a user would actually use. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive niche: a rigorous thirteen-part synthesis framework with specific section headers. The combination of 'intellectual synthesis', 'framework extraction', and 'CEO-level takeaways' clearly distinguishes it from generic summarization or analysis skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
100%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is an excellent skill file that is concise, highly actionable, and well-structured. It provides specific quantitative constraints (word counts, item counts, comparand counts), clear workflow sequencing with a validation checkpoint, and appropriate progressive disclosure by referencing the detailed output rubric in a separate file. The anti-patterns section adds valuable guardrails without being verbose.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is lean and efficient. Every section serves a purpose—non-negotiables, process, anti-patterns—with no unnecessary explanation of concepts Claude already knows. No throat-clearing or padding; the content practices what it preaches about banning fluff. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides highly specific, concrete guidance: exact word counts (280-320 for section 8), exact counts (ten numbered actions in section 10, 3-5 named comparands in section 5), specific tool usage (WebSearch, Read/Glob), and clear behavioral rules (label inference, never imply reading unaccessed books). The abbreviated example shows the expected workflow concretely. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The six-step process is clearly sequenced from clarification through self-check, with explicit validation in step 6 (headers match rubric, word band check, item count verification). The workflow includes conditional branching (e.g., research comparands 'if needed,' handle huge sources with explicit scope). The self-check step serves as a validation checkpoint before delivery. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill appropriately delegates the full thirteen-section rubric to a referenced file (./rules/output-sections.md) rather than inlining it, keeping the SKILL.md as a clear overview. The reference is one level deep and clearly signaled. The main file focuses on process, constraints, and anti-patterns while the detailed output spec lives elsewhere. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Validation
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Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
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