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sync-stale-branches

Brings diverged remote branches up to date with develop — classifies, rescues unique work, then resets or deletes stale branches

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

92%

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

The content is tight, highly actionable, and sequenced with an explicit verification step. Its one structural weakness is the unsupported reference to an external procedure that is not bundled or linked.

Suggestions

Either inline the 'feature-branch-extraction procedure' or link it to a real reference file so the dangling reference in Step 5b resolves.

Add a brief recovery loop after Step 6 (e.g. what to do if a branch still shows ahead/behind) to make the validation→fix→retry path explicit.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean: each step has a one-line intent then executable code, with no padding or explanation of git concepts Claude already knows, and every token earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

Concrete, copy-paste-ready commands appear throughout (git fetch --prune, git diff --name-only --diff-filter=A, git push --force-with-lease) with explicit classification criteria, not pseudocode.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Six steps are clearly sequenced and Step 6 provides an explicit verification checkpoint with expected output (ahead=0 behind=0) for these destructive/batch operations, plus safety notes about open PRs.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The single file is well-organized into clear sections, but Step 5b references an undefined "feature-branch-extraction procedure" with no bundle file or link, a dangling one-level reference.

2 / 3

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Passed

Description

67%

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 distinct, clearly stating what the skill does in third person. Its main gap is the missing explicit "when to use it" trigger guidance.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms, e.g. 'Use when cleaning up stale or diverged remote branches, or when branch listings need pruning before PRs.'

Include common trigger variations users might say ('old branches', 'branch cleanup', 'sync branches with develop') to improve trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "classifies, rescues unique work, then resets or deletes stale branches" — in third person, matching the anchor for specific concrete actions rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

The "what" is explicit, but there is no "Use when..." clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which the guidelines cap at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

"diverged remote branches" and "stale branches" are relevant natural terms, but no common variations or trigger phrasings are listed, so coverage is partial.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche — syncing diverged/stale remote branches against develop — is specific and unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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Bottelet/DaybydayCRM
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