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fix-local-tests

Fix failing tests by prioritising shell implementation fixes to match bash behaviour

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SKILL.md
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Security

Quality

Content

77%Scale 1-3

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

This is a strong, actionable skill with a clear multi-step workflow for fixing failing tests in a shell implementation project. Its greatest strengths are the concrete commands at every step and the explicit decision framework for classifying failures. Minor weaknesses include some verbosity in the security preamble, a duplicated step number (two step 7s), and the content being slightly longer than necessary without leveraging progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Fix the duplicate step 7 numbering — renumber the bash comparison tests step to step 8.

Consider trimming the security preamble to 2-3 sentences; the current version is thorough but verbose for a skill targeting Claude.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The content is mostly efficient and well-structured, but includes some redundancy (e.g., the security preamble is quite long, step 7 appears twice with different content, and some explanations like the classification table could be tighter). It generally respects Claude's intelligence but could be trimmed.

2 / 3

Actionability

Every step includes concrete, executable bash/go commands with specific flags and paths. The classification table provides clear decision criteria, and verification steps include exact commands to run. The Docker method for checking bash behavior is a practical, copy-paste-ready approach.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The workflow is clearly sequenced with numbered steps, explicit validation checkpoints (step 7 runs full test suite, bash comparison tests), and a feedback loop ('If new failures appear, repeat from step 1'). The classification table provides clear decision logic for each failure type, and verification is mandatory before completion.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is well-organized with clear sections and headers, but it's a single monolithic file with no references to supporting documents. The fuzz failure section and some of the more detailed guidance could potentially be split out. However, for a skill of this length (~100 lines of substantive content), inline presentation is reasonable. The duplicate step 7 numbering is a minor organizational flaw.

2 / 3

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Description

32%Scale 1-3

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 identifies a narrow domain (fixing shell implementation to match bash behaviour) but lacks explicit trigger guidance ('Use when...'), concrete enumeration of specific actions, and sufficient natural keywords. It reads more like a commit message than a skill description, making it hard for Claude to reliably select this skill from a large pool.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when tests fail due to shell script incompatibilities, POSIX compliance issues, or differences between sh and bash behaviour.'

List specific concrete actions, e.g., 'Diagnoses test failures caused by shell syntax differences, fixes non-portable shell constructs, aligns shell implementation with bash semantics for builtins, redirections, and variable expansion.'

Include more natural trigger terms users might use, such as 'test failures', 'shell script bugs', 'POSIX', 'sh vs bash', 'shell compatibility'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (fixing failing tests, shell implementation) and a specific action (prioritising shell implementation fixes to match bash behaviour), but doesn't list multiple concrete actions or elaborate on what kinds of fixes are performed.

2 / 3

Completeness

Describes what it does (fix failing tests by prioritising shell implementation fixes) but has no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2, and the 'what' itself is also somewhat thin, placing this at 1.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes some relevant keywords like 'failing tests', 'shell', 'bash', but misses common variations users might say such as 'test failures', 'broken tests', 'shell script', 'POSIX', or 'sh compatibility'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The combination of 'shell implementation' and 'bash behaviour' provides some specificity, but 'fix failing tests' is quite broad and could overlap with general test-fixing or debugging skills.

2 / 3

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Validation

90%

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

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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Total

10

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11

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DataDog/rshell
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