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azsdk-common-prepare-release-plan

Create, get, update, abandon, and link SDK PRs to release plan work items for Azure SDK releases. **UTILITY SKILL**. USE FOR: "create release plan", "get release plan", "update release plan", "update API spec in release plan", "update SDK details in release plan", "abandon release plan", "link SDK PR to plan", "namespace approval", "check release plan status". DO NOT USE FOR: SDK code generation, pipeline troubleshooting, API review feedback. INVOKES: azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_create_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_get_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_get_release_plan_for_spec_pr, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_update_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_update_api_spec_pull_request_in_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_update_sdk_details_in_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_abandon_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_link_sdk_pull_request_to_release_plan, azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_link_namespace_approval_issue.

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Quality

Content

85%

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

A well-structured operational skill with highly actionable, well-sequenced workflows and appropriate one-level-deep reference material. The main weakness is redundant content between the body, the frontmatter, and the reference file that could be deduplicated.

Suggestions

Remove or trim the Triggers section (lines 15-19); it duplicates the frontmatter description's USE FOR/DO NOT USE FOR clauses already in context once the skill loads.

Defer the "either Release Plan ID or work item ID / each tool resolves the value automatically" explanation (line 26) to references/release-plan-details.md, where the same guidance already appears, to avoid repeating it in the body.

In use cases 4, 5, and 6, replace the repeated "(either is accepted)" parentheticals with a single canonical note in the Rules section to reduce repetition.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean and action-oriented, but the Triggers section restates the frontmatter USE FOR/DO NOT USE FOR clauses and the "either Release Plan ID or work item ID" resolution paragraph (line 26) duplicates the same explanation in references/release-plan-details.md, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Guidance is concrete and copy-paste ready: exact tool names, parameters annotated required/optional, accepted values ("Private Preview"/"Public Preview"/"GA", "beta"/"stable"), and the required "Month YYYY" format — fully actionable for an instruction-only orchestration skill.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Each of the six use cases is a clearly sequenced numbered workflow with explicit checkpoints — the Create flow's "Check Existing" branching on same/different API release type and the Abandon flow's confirmation step before the destructive action — plus a Troubleshooting section for error recovery.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body is organized into clear sections (Triggers, Rules, MCP Tools, Use Cases, Examples, Troubleshooting) and points to a single one-level-deep, well-signaled reference (references/release-plan-details.md, verified present and non-nested) for supplementary detail.

3 / 3

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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 names concrete actions, surfaces natural trigger phrases, and explicitly bounds when to (and not to) use the skill. Its only weakness is verbosity from the INVOKES list of nine full tool names, which pads length without aiding selection.

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Specificity

The description lists multiple concrete actions — "Create, get, update, abandon, and link SDK PRs to release plan work items" — matching the anchor for listing several specific concrete actions rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both "what" (the create/get/update/abandon/link actions) and "when" via explicit USE FOR and DO NOT USE FOR trigger guidance, satisfying the top anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The USE FOR clause supplies natural phrases a user would actually say ("create release plan", "get release plan", "abandon release plan", "link SDK PR to plan", "check release plan status"), giving good coverage of natural trigger terms.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is specific (Azure SDK release plan work items) and the DO NOT USE FOR clause (SDK code generation, pipeline troubleshooting, API review feedback) draws clear boundaries, making conflict with sibling skills unlikely.

3 / 3

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Validation

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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