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Current external research using available web tools, primary sources where possible, links/citations, date awareness, synthesis, and unresolved uncertainty.

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61%

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Security

Quality

Content

72%

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

The skill body is admirably concise and well-organized for a simple instruction-only skill, but its workflow steps are abstract and lack the concrete tools or verification checkpoints that would make them fully actionable.

Suggestions

Add concrete, actionable detail to the workflow steps — e.g., name specific signals to look for when judging a 'primary source' and how to format citations.

Include a lightweight verification checkpoint, such as confirming web tools are available before proceeding or noting a fallback behavior when a source cannot be verified.

Give one short concrete example (e.g., a release-notes lookup with a pinned version and date) to turn abstract directives into executable guidance.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence — short directive lines like 'Prefer primary sources' and 'Note dates and version pins' with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows.

3 / 3

Actionability

The steps are recognizable directives but largely abstract ('Synthesize; separate fact from inference') with no concrete commands, tools, or worked examples, so guidance is incomplete.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Steps are listed in a clear 1-4 sequence, but there are no validation checkpoints or feedback loops (e.g., how to confirm a source is primary or handle an unavailable tool), leaving checkpoints implicit.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a simple skill under 50 lines with no need for external references; its sections (When to use, Non-goals, Workflow) are well-organized, so it qualifies for the score-3 simple-skill exception.

3 / 3

Total

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12

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Description

50%

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 conveys the skill's purpose and methods concisely but lacks an explicit usage trigger and broad natural-language keyword coverage, leaving it firmly at the middle level across all dimensions.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming concrete triggers (e.g., 'Use when the user asks to look up current facts, release notes, docs, or ecosystem changes').

Include more common user phrasings alongside technical terms, such as 'look up', 'find recent information', or '.release notes'.

Tighten the niche by scoping to time-sensitive external facts so it is less likely to conflict with general analysis skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the research domain and several actions ('primary sources where possible, links/citations, date awareness, synthesis') but stops short of listing multiple concrete discrete actions like the score-3 PDF example.

2 / 3

Completeness

It clearly states what the skill does but provides no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes some natural terms ('research', 'primary sources', 'citations', 'web tools') but lacks common user phrasings such as 'look up', 'find out about', or 'release notes', so coverage is incomplete.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Current external research' is somewhat specific to web-based research but 'research' is broad and could overlap with other information-gathering skills.

2 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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