clang-format

Configure clang-format code formatting. Use when: user mentions clang-format or .clang-format, analyzing code style/patterns, creating/modifying formatting config, troubleshooting formatting, brace styles/indentation/spacing/alignment/pointer alignment, or codifying conventions.

Quality

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

The body is highly actionable and well-structured with strong workflow validation and clean progressive disclosure to real bundle files. The main weakness is conciseness: overlapping workflow sections and a dense Trigger 2 paragraph could be consolidated.

Suggestions

Consolidate 'Workflow Routing by Trigger Type' and 'Common Workflows' into a single section to remove the substantial overlap and repeated routing logic.

Extract Trigger 2's inline weighted-impact metric detail (weights, formula, scoring) into a references file, keeping the SKILL.md workflow as a concise sequence of verify/iterate/approve steps.

Trim the 'Navigation Strategy' section since it restates the 'Bundled Resources' file listing verbatim.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body assumes Claude's competence (no basic-concept padding) but is noticeably verbose: the 'Workflow Routing by Trigger Type' and 'Common Workflows' sections overlap substantially, Trigger 2 is a dense inline wall of metric detail, and the 'Navigation Strategy' recapitulates the 'Bundled Resources' listing.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready commands (clang-format --dry-run, -i, --dump-config, diff pipelines, chmod, pre-commit yaml) backed by real template and script files, plus an exact weighted-impact scoring formula and verification command for the analysis workflow.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Workflows are numbered and sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (VERIFY IMPACT, MEASURE IMPACT, ITERATE/REPEAT until minimal score) and a feedback loop plus 'AWAIT USER APPROVAL before finalizing' gate for the batch/destructive formatting case.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md acts as a clear overview with well-signaled one-level references (references/01-09 category guides, complete/ style-options, quick-reference, cli-usage) and real bundle files (7 templates, 3 integration scripts) all verified present and easy to navigate.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 concise yet comprehensive: it states the capability and provides an explicit 'Use when' clause with concrete, natural trigger terms including the file extension. It is clearly distinct from other skills and free of vague fluff.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions (creating/modifying formatting config, analyzing code style/patterns, troubleshooting formatting) plus specific option categories (brace styles/indentation/spacing/alignment/pointer alignment), giving comprehensive coverage rather than just 1-2 actions.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states what it does ('Configure clang-format code formatting') and when to use it via a concrete 'Use when:' clause enumerating trigger phrases, satisfying both what and when.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Covers the natural term 'clang-format', the file extension '.clang-format', and concrete user phrases like 'troubleshooting formatting' and 'codifying conventions' with synonyms and variations.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	clang-format is a narrowly scoped, well-known tool with distinct triggers (the tool name and .clang-format file), so it is unlikely to fire for an unrelated skill.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 5 missing, 7 deeper-than-1-level	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: Jamie-BitFlight/claude_skills
Path: plugins/clang-format/skills/clang-format/SKILL.md
Commit: c337daf

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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