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Prepare a lading release. Updates CHANGELOG.md, bumps version in Cargo.toml, updates Cargo.lock, commits, and creates a PR.

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Quality

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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 tight, well-sequenced release runbook with concrete commands and a confirmation gate, scoring highly across all dimensions with only minor actionability and validation gaps.

Suggestions

Add an explicit verification checkpoint after `cargo check` (e.g. confirm the lockfile updated and the command exited cleanly) before committing.

Consider showing a one-line example of the CHANGELOG header transformation to make the editing step fully unambiguous.

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Conciseness

Lean bullet-point steps with no padding and no explanation of concepts Claude already knows (e.g. what Cargo.toml or a CHANGELOG is); every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, mostly copy-paste-ready commands (git checkout -b, cargo check, git tag -a), but the CHANGELOG editing steps are described rather than scripted, leaving minor gaps.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced 7-step process with an explicit user-confirmation checkpoint ('Confirm the version with the user before proceeding'), though validation of intermediate results (e.g. cargo check success) is only implicit.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references and well-organized numbered sections, which qualifies for a top score under the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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Description

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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, concrete, and well-scoped to a distinct niche, but it omits an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, which limits its completeness score.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when preparing or cutting a lading release, bumping its version, or publishing a new release PR.'

Include natural synonyms users might say (publish, ship, cut a release) alongside 'release' to broaden trigger term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists five concrete actions ('Updates CHANGELOG.md, bumps version in Cargo.toml, updates Cargo.lock, commits, and creates a PR'), giving comprehensive coverage of the release workflow.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear, but there is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms like 'release', 'PR', and 'version', but lacks common synonyms a user might say such as 'publish', 'ship', or 'cut a release'.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Scoped to the lading project's release process with a distinct trigger ('Prepare a lading release'), making overlap with other skills minimal.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

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Repository
DataDog/lading
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