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budget-checker

Validates that a proposed trip fits within the user's stated budget

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tessl review fix ./samples/agentserver/travel-agent-optimization-di/.agent_configs/baseline/skills/budget-checker/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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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.

The body is a lean, well-structured instruction for a simple single-purpose skill with a clear sequence. Its only weakness is actionability: the comparison and suggestion guidance is concrete but lacks a worked example or explicit output format.

Suggestions

Add a short worked example showing the budget vs. estimated-cost comparison and a sample over-budget reduction suggestion.

Specify the expected output format (e.g. a brief table or bullet list of cost items with a total and remaining/overage figure).

List concrete reduction levers beyond the three given (e.g. fewer nights, off-peak routes, bundled packages) to make suggestions more actionable.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Two lean sentences with no padding and no explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every token earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

Gives concrete guidance (sum flights/hotels/activities against budget; suggest cheaper dates, alternative airports, hostels) but provides no worked example or concrete comparison format, so it stops short of fully copy-paste-ready instruction.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

For this simple single-task skill the action is unambiguous and sequenced (compare totals, then suggest reductions if over), with no destructive or batch step requiring a validation checkpoint.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references; the content is well-organized in a single clear block, which per the rubric can score 3 for such simple skills.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Description

57%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific and clean but one-dimensional, stating a single validation action without an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause. It is distinctive within the travel/budget niche but lacks trigger-term breadth.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when the user shares a travel budget and a proposed trip (flights, hotels, activities).'

Broaden trigger terms to include natural phrasings like 'cost', 'afford', 'spending limit', and 'over budget'.

Name additional concrete actions (e.g. 'totals estimated trip costs, flags over-budget items, suggests cost reductions') to raise specificity.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('trip', 'budget') and one concrete action ('Validates that a proposed trip fits within the user's stated budget'), but lists only a single action rather than multiple specific concrete actions.

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly states what the skill does, but the 'when' is only implied rather than given as an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, which caps completeness at 2 per the guideline.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms ('trip', 'budget') a user might say, but misses common variations like 'cost', 'afford', 'spending limit', or 'travel budget'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (budget validation for trips) with distinct triggers in third-person voice, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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Azure/azure-sdk-for-net
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