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.
Install with Tessl CLI
npx tessl i github:Dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust --skill saga-orchestration80
Quality
70%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
100%
1.33xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./tests/ext_conformance/artifacts/agents-wshobson/backend-development/skills/saga-orchestration/SKILL.mdDiscovery
75%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 a solid description with good completeness and distinctiveness. It clearly defines both what the skill does and when to use it, with domain-specific terminology that reduces conflict risk. However, it could benefit from more concrete action verbs and additional natural language trigger terms that users might actually say.
Suggestions
Add more specific concrete actions like 'create saga orchestrators', 'define compensation handlers', 'implement rollback logic', or 'track saga state'.
Include more natural user terms alongside technical ones, such as 'rollback', 'multi-service transactions', 'failure recovery', or 'eventual consistency'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (saga patterns, distributed transactions) and some actions (coordinating, handling, managing), but lacks concrete specific actions like 'create saga orchestrators', 'define compensation logic', or 'implement rollback handlers'. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both what ('Implement saga patterns for distributed transactions and cross-aggregate workflows') and when ('Use when coordinating multi-step business processes, handling compensating transactions, or managing long-running workflows') with explicit trigger guidance. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes relevant terms like 'saga patterns', 'distributed transactions', 'compensating transactions', and 'long-running workflows', but these are somewhat technical. Missing more natural user terms like 'rollback', 'multi-service coordination', 'eventual consistency', or 'transaction failure handling'. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The combination of 'saga patterns', 'distributed transactions', 'compensating transactions', and 'cross-aggregate workflows' creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with general workflow or transaction skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 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.
This skill provides comprehensive, executable saga pattern implementations with good coverage of orchestration, choreography, and timeout handling. The main weaknesses are verbosity in introductory sections, lack of explicit workflow guidance for implementing and testing sagas, and a monolithic structure that could benefit from splitting into focused sub-documents.
Suggestions
Remove or condense the 'When to Use This Skill' and 'Core Concepts' sections - Claude understands saga patterns conceptually; focus on the actionable templates
Add an explicit implementation workflow section: '1. Define steps → 2. Implement compensations → 3. Test compensation paths → 4. Deploy with monitoring'
Split templates into separate referenced files (ORCHESTRATION.md, CHOREOGRAPHY.md) with SKILL.md as a concise overview pointing to each
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is reasonably efficient but includes some unnecessary elements like the 'When to Use This Skill' section listing obvious use cases, and the Core Concepts section explaining saga types with ASCII diagrams that Claude likely understands. The templates themselves are appropriately detailed. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable Python code templates with complete class implementations, concrete examples of order fulfillment sagas, event handlers, and compensation logic. Code is copy-paste ready with clear patterns for both orchestration and choreography approaches. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The saga execution flow is implicit in the code rather than explicitly documented as a workflow. While the code shows compensation logic, there's no explicit validation checkpoint guidance for implementing sagas (e.g., 'test compensation before deploying'). The state machine is shown in a table but not as actionable steps. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is well-structured with clear sections, but it's a monolithic file with ~300 lines of templates that could be split into separate files (e.g., ORCHESTRATION.md, CHOREOGRAPHY.md). The external resources at the end are appropriate, but the main content could benefit from better organization. | 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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