saga-orchestration

Implement saga patterns for distributed transactions and cross-aggregate workflows. Use when coordinating multi-step business processes, handling compensating transactions, or managing long-running workflows.

1.33x

Quality

76%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

100%

1.33x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

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tessl review fix ./tests/ext_conformance/artifacts/agents-wshobson/backend-development/skills/saga-orchestration/SKILL.md

The canonical home for this skill is saga-orchestration in wshobson/agents

Quality

Content

65%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

Actionable and well-structured with strong executable templates, but the body is heavy for a SKILL.md overview and relies on inline code rather than one-level-deep reference files. Adding an explicit deploy/run workflow with validation checkpoints and splitting templates into reference files would raise the weaker dimensions.

Suggestions

Move the four code templates into separate reference files (e.g. references/orchestrator_base.py, references/order_fulfillment.py) and link to them from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure and reduce token load.

Add an explicit numbered workflow (define steps -> start saga -> handle step completion/failure -> compensate -> verify final state) with validation checkpoints for the compensating/rollback path, which currently lives only implicitly in code.

Trim the inline orchestrator base template to its essential skeleton in SKILL.md, keeping the full implementation in a reference file, to tighten conciseness.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient with no padding of basic concepts, but ~480 lines including four full inline templates (the orchestrator base alone is ~190 lines) is more than a SKILL.md overview needs and could be tightened by offloading templates to reference files.	3 / 5
Actionability	Four complete, copy-paste-ready Python templates (orchestrator base, order fulfillment, choreography, timeouts) cover the common cases with executable code and concrete usage examples, matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The saga lifecycle sequence exists only implicitly inside the code (start -> handle completion/failure -> compensate), with no explicit numbered workflow or validation checkpoints; given sagas involve rollback/compensating (quasi-destructive) operations, the missing explicit checkpoints cap this at 3.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Section structure is clear (When to Use, Core Concepts, Templates, Best Practices, Resources) but no bundle/reference files exist, and the four large templates that clearly belong in separate files are inlined, fitting the 'content that should be separate is inline' anchor.	3 / 5
	Total	14 / 20 Passed

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.

A well-crafted description that uses third-person voice, names a distinct niche, and explicitly pairs a concrete 'what' with a trigger-laden 'when' clause. Minor additional synonyms would push trigger coverage to the top anchor.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete actions ('Implement saga patterns', 'coordinating multi-step business processes', 'handling compensating transactions', 'managing long-running workflows') with only minor coverage gaps, fitting the 'several specific actions' anchor rather than the fully comprehensive 5.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (Implement saga patterns for distributed transactions and cross-aggregate workflows) and 'when' (Use when coordinating multi-step business processes...) with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Strong natural keyword coverage ('saga patterns', 'distributed transactions', 'compensating transactions', 'long-running workflows') that a developer would plausibly say, but a few natural synonyms (e.g. 'rollback', 'event-driven transactions') are absent, keeping it below 5.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (saga orchestration for distributed transactions) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap with unrelated skills, matching the 'clear niche, minimal conflict risk' anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

Repository: Dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust
Path: tests/ext_conformance/artifacts/agents-wshobson/backend-development/skills/saga-orchestration/SKILL.md
Commit: 6453c0b

Reviewed: about 10 hours ago

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