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xcode-build-benchmark

Benchmark Xcode clean and incremental builds with repeatable inputs, timing summaries, and timestamped `.build-benchmark/` artifacts. Use when a developer wants a baseline, wants to compare before and after changes, asks to measure build performance, mentions build times, build duration, how long builds take, or wants to know if builds got faster or slower.

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Quality

92%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

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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 an excellent skill description that clearly defines a narrow, specific capability (Xcode build benchmarking) with concrete actions and outputs. The 'Use when' clause is comprehensive, covering multiple natural trigger phrases a developer would use. The description is concise yet thorough, making it easy for Claude to select this skill precisely when needed.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: benchmark clean and incremental builds, repeatable inputs, timing summaries, and timestamped artifacts in a specific directory (`.build-benchmark/`). Also specifies the domain (Xcode builds).

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (benchmark Xcode clean and incremental builds with repeatable inputs, timing summaries, and timestamped artifacts) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when...' clause with multiple trigger scenarios covering baselines, comparisons, and performance measurement).

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural terms a developer would use: 'baseline', 'before and after changes', 'build performance', 'build times', 'build duration', 'how long builds take', 'faster or slower'. These are highly natural phrases users would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive niche: Xcode build benchmarking with specific artifacts directory. Unlikely to conflict with general build skills, CI/CD skills, or other Xcode skills due to the narrow focus on build timing and performance measurement.

3 / 3

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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 well-crafted skill with strong actionability, clear workflow sequencing, and excellent progressive disclosure to supporting references and related skills. The content is mostly concise but could trim some explanatory text about what each build type measures, as Claude can infer this. Overall, it's a high-quality skill that provides clear, executable guidance for a complex multi-step benchmarking process.

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Conciseness

The content is mostly efficient and avoids explaining basic concepts, but some sections could be tightened. For example, the explanation of what zero-change builds measure and what cached clean builds represent adds useful context but borders on verbose for Claude. The 'Inputs To Collect' section is somewhat padded.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides a concrete executable command with specific flags, clear workflow steps with exact iteration counts, specific flag names like `--no-cached-clean` and `--touch-file`, and precise output requirements (median, min, max). The benchmark_builds.py invocation is copy-paste ready.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The workflow is clearly sequenced (warm-up → clean builds → cached clean builds → zero-change builds → incremental builds → save → report) with explicit validation (warm-up build to validate command succeeds), conditional steps (compilation cache detection), and clear stopping criteria. The worktree consideration adds an important pre-flight check.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Excellent structure with a clear overview in the main file and well-signaled one-level-deep references to benchmarking-workflow.md, benchmark-artifacts.md, the JSON schema, and related specialist skills. Content is appropriately split between the skill overview and reference materials.

3 / 3

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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.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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AvdLee/Xcode-Build-Optimization-Agent-Skill
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