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date-formatter

Converts dates between formats and handles timezone differences

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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 concise, well-structured, and clearly describes two unambiguous behaviors, scoring highly on token efficiency and organization. Its only real gap is actionability: it specifies the desired format and examples but not the concrete mechanism or tooling to perform the parsing.

Suggestions

Add a concrete parsing mechanism or library reference, e.g. a short code snippet or a named dependency, so the guidance is executable rather than behavioral.

Clarify how timezone conversion should be performed (e.g., a specific library like zoneinfo or a command) to close the gap in concrete, actionable detail.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is a lean two-sentence overview with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows, and every token carries concrete value, matching the score-3 anchor of lean and efficient content.

3 / 3

Actionability

It gives a concrete target format (YYYY-MM-DD) and input examples ('next Friday', 'the 3rd of March') plus a clear behavioral rule, but provides no mechanism, library, or copy-paste-ready instruction for actually parsing, fitting the score-2 anchor of concrete-but-incomplete guidance missing key details.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

This is a simple single-purpose skill under 50 lines where the two actions (parse to YYYY-MM-DD; show both local times side-by-side) are unambiguous, so per the scoring notes workflow clarity can score 3 without a multi-step sequence.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is under 50 lines with no need for external references and no bundle files present, and the content is well-organized, so per the judging guidelines progressive disclosure scores 3.

3 / 3

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Passed

Description

50%

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 conveys the skill's purpose clearly and uses appropriate third-person voice, but it stops at a score-2 level across the board by relying on somewhat abstract action verbs and omitting any explicit 'Use when...' trigger guidance.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when the user mentions converting date formats, parsing natural-language dates, or comparing times across time zones.'

Replace the vague 'handles timezone differences' with concrete actions such as 'converts times between time zones and displays local times side-by-side'.

Broaden trigger terms to include common phrasings like 'date format', 'format dates', and 'time zones' to improve discoverability.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('dates', 'timezone differences') and actions ('Converts', 'handles'), but 'handles timezone differences' is abstract rather than listing multiple concrete operations, matching the score-2 anchor of naming a domain with some actions without being comprehensive.

2 / 3

Completeness

It states what the skill does ('Converts dates between formats and handles timezone differences') but lacks any 'Use when...' trigger clause, and per the judging guidelines a missing explicit trigger caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes relevant natural keywords like 'dates' and 'timezone' that users might say, but omits common variations such as 'date format', 'format dates', or 'time zones', fitting the score-2 anchor of some relevant keywords missing common variations.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The date/time-formatting niche is reasonably specific, but without explicit triggers the keywords could still overlap with general date utilities, matching the score-2 anchor of somewhat specific yet potentially overlapping.

2 / 3

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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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