Name: arn-code-catch-up
Rating: 68.8 (1 reviews)
Author: AppsVortex

arn-code-catch-up

This skill should be used when the user says "catch up", "catch-up", "arness code catch up", "retroactive docs", "document old commits", "backfill artifacts", "what did I miss", "undocumented commits", "catch up on commits", "document past work", "backfill records", or wants to retroactively document commits that were made outside the Arness pipeline.

Quality

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Content

85%Weight 40%Scale 1-3

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 and clearly sequenced with strong validation checkpoints and a well-structured one-level-deep reference layout. Its main weakness is mild redundancy where SKILL.md re-states algorithm details already captured in the reference files.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient and well-structured, but steps repeat information already detailed in the reference files (e.g., the three-tier fallback and cross-reference steps appear both in SKILL.md Step 2/3 and in cross-reference-algorithm.md), adding some redundancy.	2 / 3
Actionability	It provides concrete, executable commands (git log --format=..., git diff-tree, mkdir -p), exact field mappings for CHANGE_RECORD.json, and copy-paste-ready display templates, leaving little ambiguous.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The seven steps are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (commit hash validation, path existence checks, user confirmation via AskUserQuestion before generation, idempotency checks), and a dedicated error-handling section gives feedback loops for failure recovery.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is a concise overview that points one level deep to two real reference files (cross-reference-algorithm.md, catchup-record-format.md) and external skills, both of which exist in ./references and are clearly signaled; the body itself does not dump the reference content inline.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

82%Weight 40%Scale 1-3

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The description excels at natural trigger terms and explicit what/when completeness, but is weak on enumerating concrete capabilities and has moderate overlap risk from generic documentation terms. Tightening the action verbs and scoping triggers to the pipeline context would lift it.

Suggestions

Add 2-3 concrete verbs describing what the skill actually does (e.g., 'scans git history, classifies commits, generates CATCHUP_ records') instead of repeating 'document/backfill' synonyms.

Tie trigger terms to the Arness pipeline context (e.g., 'catch up on out-of-pipeline Arness commits') to reduce overlap with generic documentation skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Phrases like 'retroactively document commits that were made outside the Arness pipeline' name the domain and core action, but it does not enumerate multiple concrete actions (scanning, classifying, generating records); it stays at one generalized action repeated across synonyms.	2 / 3
Completeness	It explicitly answers both 'when' ("This skill should be used when the user says ...") and 'what' ("retroactively document commits that were made outside the Arness pipeline"), with explicit trigger guidance.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	It lists a broad set of natural phrasings a user would actually say ('catch up', 'what did I miss', 'document old commits', 'backfill records'), giving good coverage of natural trigger variations.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The niche is fairly specific (out-of-pipeline commits, 'Arness pipeline'), but generic terms like 'document old commits' and 'backfill artifacts' could overlap with other documentation skills; triggers are not uniquely tied to this skill.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

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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.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: AppsVortex/arness
Path: plugins/arn-code/skills/arn-code-catch-up/SKILL.md
Commit: 7f87870

Reviewed: 14 days ago

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