Monitor blogs and RSS/Atom feeds for updates using the blogwatcher CLI.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
100%
1.96xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
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Discovery
40%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 identifies a clear niche tool (blogwatcher CLI) for monitoring RSS/Atom feeds, giving it good distinctiveness. However, it lacks a 'Use when...' clause, lists only one action (monitor), and could benefit from more trigger terms that users would naturally use when requesting this functionality.
Suggestions
Add a 'Use when...' clause with trigger terms like 'Use when the user wants to track blog updates, subscribe to RSS feeds, check for new posts, or manage feed subscriptions.'
List more specific actions the skill can perform, e.g., 'Add and remove feeds, check for new posts, list tracked blogs, configure update intervals.'
Include additional natural keywords users might say, such as 'subscribe', 'news feed', 'new posts', 'feed reader', or 'syndication'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (blogs, RSS/Atom feeds) and one action (monitor for updates), and mentions the specific tool (blogwatcher CLI), but doesn't list multiple concrete actions like adding feeds, filtering, configuring alerts, etc. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Describes what it does (monitor blogs and feeds) but has no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2, and the 'what' is also thin enough that this falls to 1. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes relevant keywords like 'blogs', 'RSS', 'Atom', 'feeds', and 'blogwatcher' which users might naturally say, but misses common variations like 'subscribe', 'news feeds', 'feed reader', 'syndication', or 'new posts'. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The combination of RSS/Atom feeds, blog monitoring, and the specific 'blogwatcher CLI' tool creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
87%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A clean, efficient skill that provides all necessary commands with concrete examples and sample output. The content is appropriately concise for a simple CLI tool. The only minor weakness is that the common commands could be presented as a light workflow sequence rather than an unordered list, which would better guide usage.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Every line serves a purpose. No unnecessary explanations of what RSS feeds are or how Go works. The content is lean and assumes Claude's competence. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully concrete, copy-paste ready commands for every common operation (add, list, scan, read, remove). The install command and example outputs make this immediately executable. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Commands are listed clearly but presented as a flat list rather than a sequenced workflow. For a monitoring tool, a natural workflow (add → scan → articles → read) is implied but not explicitly sequenced. However, this is a simple tool without destructive/batch operations, so the gap is minor. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | This is a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines with no need for external references. The content is well-organized with clear sections (install, quick start, commands, example output, notes) and appropriately self-contained. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Validation
72%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 8 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
metadata_version | 'metadata.version' is missing | Warning |
metadata_field | 'metadata' should map string keys to string values | Warning |
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 8 / 11 Passed | |
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