Track live NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB games and automatically change Hue light colors based on which team is leading. Use when user wants to sync smart lights with live sports scores for visual game tracking. Supports NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB games with customizable team colors.
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Impact
97%
2.20xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
Quality
Discovery
100%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is an excellent skill description that clearly defines a unique capability at the intersection of live sports tracking and smart home lighting. It specifies concrete actions, includes natural trigger terms across multiple sports leagues and smart home concepts, and explicitly states both what the skill does and when to use it. The description is concise yet comprehensive with no unnecessary fluff.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: track live games across four leagues, automatically change Hue light colors based on leading team, and supports customizable team colors. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both what ('Track live NFL, NBA, NHL, or MLB games and automatically change Hue light colors based on which team is leading') and when ('Use when user wants to sync smart lights with live sports scores for visual game tracking'). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural keywords users would say: 'NFL', 'NBA', 'NHL', 'MLB', 'Hue light', 'smart lights', 'live sports scores', 'team colors', 'game tracking'. Good coverage of terms a user would naturally use. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive niche combining live sports scores with Hue smart light control. Very unlikely to conflict with other skills given the specific intersection of sports tracking and smart home lighting. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
64%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill provides solid actionable guidance with executable PowerShell commands and a clear end-to-end workflow for syncing Hue lights with live sports scores. However, it's bloated by reference data (team abbreviations, RGB colors) that Claude already knows, and it lacks validation checkpoints in the workflow to verify connectivity and correct operation before confirming success to the user.
Suggestions
Move team abbreviation lists and RGB color tables to a separate REFERENCE.md file, or remove them entirely since Claude can generate these on demand.
Add explicit validation steps in the workflow: verify Home Assistant connectivity, confirm the ESPN API returns data for the specified game, and check that the light responds before confirming to the user.
Consolidate the 'Scripts' section and 'Workflow' section to avoid duplication of the same PowerShell commands.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill includes useful reference material but is overly verbose in places—the extensive team abbreviation lists and common RGB colors table are padding that Claude could easily generate on its own. The workflow section also partially duplicates the scripts section. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable PowerShell commands with specific parameters, concrete RGB values, real script invocations, and copy-paste ready examples for starting, configuring, and stopping the tracker. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced with numbered steps and includes concrete commands, but lacks explicit validation checkpoints—there's no step to verify the Home Assistant connection works, confirm the ESPN API returns data for the specified teams, or validate that the light actually changed before confirming to the user. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is reasonably structured with clear sections, but the team abbreviation lists and RGB color tables should be in separate reference files rather than inline. The skill is monolithic when it could benefit from splitting reference data out. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 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.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
No warnings or errors.
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