Host and process metrics including CPU, memory, disk, network, containers, and process-level telemetry. Use when analyzing infrastructure health, resource utilization, process consumption, or host discovery. Also use when building timeseries queries for host metrics that feed into analytical workflows like anomaly detection, forecasting, or seasonality analysis. Trigger: "show hosts", "CPU usage", "memory utilization", "disk space", "high CPU", "host with most free disk", "top hosts by CPU", "top processes by memory", "Linux hosts in AWS", "what databases are running", "infrastructure costs by cost center", "hosts running EOL Java", "container monitoring", "listening ports", "process resource consumption", "CPU forecast", "memory anomaly", "host seasonality". Do NOT use for explaining existing queries, product documentation questions, Kubernetes pod/workload queries (use dt-obs-kubernetes), AWS cloud resource inventory (use dt-obs-aws), or service-level metrics (use dt-obs-services).
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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 excels across all dimensions. It provides specific capabilities, extensive natural trigger terms, clear 'Use when' and 'Do NOT use' guidance, and explicit boundaries with named alternative skills to reduce conflict. The description is comprehensive yet well-organized, making it easy for Claude to select appropriately from a large skill set.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions and domains: CPU, memory, disk, network, containers, process-level telemetry, timeseries queries, anomaly detection, forecasting, seasonality analysis. Very detailed about what it covers. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (host and process metrics including CPU, memory, disk, network, containers, process-level telemetry) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause plus extensive trigger list). Also includes explicit 'Do NOT use' guidance with redirects to other skills, which goes above and beyond. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms users would actually say, including 'show hosts', 'CPU usage', 'memory utilization', 'disk space', 'high CPU', 'top hosts by CPU', 'top processes by memory', 'container monitoring', 'CPU forecast', 'memory anomaly'. These are highly natural and varied. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive with explicit boundary-setting via 'Do NOT use' clauses that redirect to specific alternative skills (dt-obs-kubernetes, dt-obs-aws, dt-obs-services). This makes it very clear what falls inside vs outside this skill's scope, minimizing conflict risk. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured, highly actionable skill that provides comprehensive coverage of infrastructure host monitoring with executable DQL queries for all major use cases. Its progressive disclosure is exemplary, with clear trigger conditions for loading reference files. The main weakness is moderate verbosity — some sections include information Claude already knows (port numbers, workload types) and the 'When to Use' section duplicates frontmatter, though the domain-specific content largely justifies its length.
Suggestions
Remove lists of well-known information Claude already knows (well-known port numbers, K8s workload types, OS type enumerations) to reduce token usage.
Trim or remove the 'When to Use This Skill' section since it largely duplicates the skill description in the frontmatter.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is fairly long (~350 lines) and includes some content Claude already knows (well-known port numbers, workload type lists, basic unit conversion). However, most content is domain-specific DQL syntax and platform-specific attributes that earn their place. The 'When to Use This Skill' section largely duplicates the frontmatter description. Some sections like alert thresholds and best practices are useful but could be tighter. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides numerous executable DQL queries covering all major workflows — host discovery, resource monitoring, process analysis, technology inventory, port scanning, container monitoring, cost attribution, and cross-layer correlation. Queries are copy-paste ready with concrete metric names, field references, and filter patterns. The analytical workflow section gives specific tool selection guidance and parameter recommendations. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Multi-step analytical workflows (anomaly detection, forecasting, seasonality) are clearly sequenced with explicit steps (construct query → pass to tool). The skill includes clear decision points (adaptive-anomaly-detector vs timeseries-novelty-detection), scope boundaries (host vs service metrics), and specific parameter guidance (novelty type exclusions, minimum historical data windows). The troubleshooting table provides error recovery paths. Response construction guidelines serve as validation checkpoints. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Excellent progressive disclosure structure: the main skill covers 80% of use cases with inline queries, then provides clearly signaled one-level-deep references to four specialized files (host-metrics.md, process-monitoring.md, container-monitoring.md, inventory-discovery.md). The 'When to Load References' section gives explicit trigger conditions for each reference file. References are linked inline at relevant points throughout the document with anchor-level specificity. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 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
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