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skill-improver

This skill should be used when the user asks to "apply skill improvements", "update skill from plan", "execute improvement plan", "fix skill issues", "implement skill recommendations", or mentions applying improvements from quality review reports. Reads improvement-plan-{name}.md files generated by skill-quality-reviewer and intelligently merges and executes the suggested changes to improve Claude Skills quality.

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Quality

81%

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

67%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.

The body is well-structured with a clear sequenced workflow, concrete scripts, and appropriately split reference files. It is held back by noticeable padding in the best-practices sections and two missing example files referenced in the text.

Suggestions

Trim the "Best Practices" and "Priority Handling" sections, which restate guidance already covered in the step-by-step workflow, to reduce token bloat.

Create the referenced examples/ files (improvement-plan-example.md and update-report-example.md) or remove the dangling references so navigation links resolve.

Inline a brief validate-fix-retry feedback loop in the main workflow instead of only delegating it to references/error-handling.md.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient but includes unnecessary padding, notably the "Best Practices" bullets that restate obvious guidance ("Review the improvement plan - Understand what will change") and the "Priority Handling" section repeating Step 4.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete executable commands (backup-skill.sh, verify-update.sh, ls improvement-plan-*.md) and explicit verification checks, with a minor gap being the misuse of `read /path/to/...` as a file-viewing command.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear six-step sequence with a backup safety checkpoint and a dedicated verify step with checklist; despite being a batch/destructive operation, validation is present so no cap applies, though the validate-fix-retry feedback loop is delegated to a reference rather than inline.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-signaled one-level-deep references to references/*.md and scripts, but the body references examples/improvement-plan-example.md and examples/update-report-example.md which do not exist in the bundle, a minor organization gap.

4 / 5

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20

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Description

95%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 is strong: it states concrete actions, provides comprehensive natural trigger phrases, and clearly answers both what the skill does and when to use it. Minor gaps in action coverage (backup/verify) keep specificity just below full marks.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists several concrete actions ("Reads improvement-plan-{name}.md files", "intelligently merges and executes the suggested changes") with minor gaps such as backup and verification not being mentioned.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both "what" (reads, merges, and executes suggested changes) and "when" ("This skill should be used when the user asks to...") with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger phrases are quoted directly ("apply skill improvements", "update skill from plan", "execute improvement plan", "fix skill issues", "implement skill recommendations") covering what users would actually say.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche tied to improvement-plan files generated by skill-quality-reviewer; although "fix skill issues" is somewhat broad, the overall trigger set is distinct with minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 2 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
Galaxy-Dawn/claude-scholar
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