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pantheon-ai/cdk-nag

Enforce AWS CDK security and compliance controls with cdk-nag. Use when adding rule packs, triaging findings, writing justified suppressions, integrating checks in CI/CD, or preventing insecure infrastructure patterns in CDK stacks.

71

Quality

89%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

Overview
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Quality

Content

77%

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

The body is highly actionable with executable commands and code, and the workflow has strong validation checkpoints. Its weaknesses are minor verbosity (a meta self-evaluation block and redundant anti-pattern lines) and a References section whose target files are missing.

Suggestions

Create the six referenced bundle files under references/ (implementation-guide.md, rule-packs.md, suppression-guide.md, troubleshooting.md, rule-evolution.md, integration-patterns.md) so the well-signaled links actually resolve.

Remove the self-referential 'Evaluate this skill quality' command block, which is off-topic for a skill whose purpose is enforcing CDK security controls.

Tighten the anti-patterns by folding each 'Consequence' line into its 'WHY' to remove restated redundancy.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is largely lean and avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows, but the self-referential 'Evaluate this skill quality' command block and the redundant 'Consequence' lines that restate each anti-pattern's 'WHY' add tokens that could be trimmed, fitting the 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' anchor rather than the 'every token earns its place' top anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready commands (npm install, npx cdk synth variants, CI invocation) with expected results, plus complete executable TypeScript examples with real rule IDs and rationale, matching the 'fully executable, copy-paste ready' top anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 'Deterministic Workflow' is a clear six-step sequence with an explicit Checkpoint at step 4 ('Do not advance until every finding has an owner and decision') and a re-run validation step before merge, matching the 'explicit validation steps; feedback loops' top anchor rather than the checkpoint-missing anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Section organization is clean and the References section signals one-level-deep files with descriptions, but the six referenced bundle files (references/implementation-guide.md, rule-packs.md, suppression-guide.md, troubleshooting.md, rule-evolution.md, integration-patterns.md) do not exist, so the promised navigation is broken — below the 'easy navigation' bar of the top anchor yet above the disorganized anchor at 1.

2 / 3

Total

10

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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.

A strong, third-person description that states concrete capabilities and an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause covering the full cdk-nag workflow. It is specific, well-triggered, and unlikely to conflict with other skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'adding rule packs, triaging findings, writing justified suppressions, integrating checks in CI/CD, or preventing insecure infrastructure patterns' — matching the multi-action top anchor rather than the domain-plus-partial-actions anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly states what ('Enforce AWS CDK security and compliance controls with cdk-nag') and when via an explicit 'Use when...' clause with concrete triggers, satisfying the top anchor; it is not capped at 2 because the trigger guidance is present and explicit.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural terms a CDK user would say — 'AWS CDK', 'cdk-nag', 'rule packs', 'findings', 'suppressions', 'CI/CD', 'CDK stacks' — with strong coverage of the tool name and task vocabulary, above the 'some keywords, missing variations' anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clear niche (cdk-nag / AWS CDK compliance) with distinct triggers unlikely to overlap with generic skills, matching the 'clear niche with distinct triggers' top anchor.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

relative_links

Relative link issues: 6 missing

Warning

referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 6 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Reviewed

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