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Detect the project’s test stack, run the narrowest useful tests, create tests when authorized, and report coverage/gaps honestly.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

72%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 exceptionally concise and well-structured, but actionability and workflow clarity are limited by the absence of concrete commands and an explicit run→fail→fix→rerun validation loop.

Suggestions

Add concrete detection commands or heuristics (e.g. checking package.json scripts, pytest config, go test) so 'Detect the test runner' is executable.

Insert an explicit validation/retry checkpoint between running tests and reporting, e.g. 'If failures appear unrelated to the change, re-run the focused suite; only report once results are stable.'

Give one short example of choosing the 'narrowest useful suite' for a common runner to make that step actionable.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and efficient with no concept-explanation padding; every section (When to use, Non-goals, Workflow) earns its place and assumes Claude's competence.

5 / 5

Actionability

Steps are concrete in intent ('Detect the repo's test runner and conventions', 'Run the narrowest useful suite') but lack specific commands, detection heuristics, or examples, leaving key execution details unspecified.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear numbered sequence exists but there is no validate→fix→retry checkpoint; 'Report pass/fail with commands and residual gaps' is a report-back rather than a validation gate before declaring success.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A simple under-50-line single-purpose skill with well-organized sections and no need for external references, qualifying for the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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16

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20

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Description

63%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 specific and action-rich but lacks an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause and natural trigger-term synonyms, which cap completeness and trigger-term quality.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to run, add, or improve tests for a concrete surface.'

Include natural trigger terms and synonyms users say ('unit tests', 'test suite', 'coverage', specific runners like 'pytest'/'jest').

Tighten distinctiveness by naming the test lifecycle niche (detect → run → author → report) so it doesn't overlap generic code-quality skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions ('Detect the project's test stack', 'run the narrowest useful tests', 'create tests when authorized', 'report coverage/gaps') with comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clearly stated but there is no 'Use when...' or equivalent trigger clause, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Has relevant keywords ('tests', 'test stack', 'coverage/gaps') but lacks natural synonyms and tool names users actually say (e.g. 'unit tests', 'test suite', 'pytest', 'jest'), so it sits at 'some relevant keywords' rather than good coverage.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The test-specific framing ('test stack', 'run tests', 'coverage/gaps') carves a mostly distinct niche with only minor overlap risk against general code-quality or debugging skills.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

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

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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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