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devops-engineer

Creates Dockerfiles, configures CI/CD pipelines, writes Kubernetes manifests, and generates Terraform/Pulumi infrastructure templates. Handles deployment automation, GitOps configuration, incident response runbooks, and internal developer platform tooling. Use when setting up CI/CD pipelines, containerizing applications, managing infrastructure as code, deploying to Kubernetes clusters, configuring cloud platforms, automating releases, or responding to production incidents. Invoke for pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, GitHub Actions, on-call, or platform engineering.

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Quality

88%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

77%

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

This is a solid DevOps skill with strong actionability through executable examples and good workflow clarity with explicit validation checkpoints and rollback procedures. The progressive disclosure structure is well-designed but undermined by the absence of all 8 referenced bundle files. Conciseness could be improved by trimming the role-play framing and the 'When to Use' section that largely duplicates the skill description.

Suggestions

Remove or significantly trim the 'Role Definition' section (the three hats metaphor) and 'When to Use This Skill' section — these are already conveyed by the skill description and don't add actionable guidance.

Provide the 8 referenced files (references/github-actions.md, references/docker-patterns.md, etc.) to fulfill the progressive disclosure promise made by the reference table.

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Conciseness

Generally efficient but includes some unnecessary framing (role definition with '10+ years of experience', 'three perspectives' metaphor, 'When to Use This Skill' section that largely restates what Claude can infer). The constraints and examples are well-targeted, but the overall document could be tightened by ~20%.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready examples for GitHub Actions, Dockerfile (multi-stage with best practices), and rollback procedures. The constraints are specific and concrete (e.g., 'don't use latest tag', 'store secrets in secret managers'). The examples demonstrate real patterns rather than pseudocode.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The core workflow has a clear 6-step sequence with explicit validation checkpoints: 'Run terraform plan, lint configs, execute unit/integration tests; confirm no destructive changes before proceeding' at step 4, smoke tests at step 5, and rollback readiness confirmation at step 6. The rollback procedure example includes verification steps. This represents a proper feedback loop for destructive/deployment operations.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The reference table with 8 topic-specific files is well-structured with clear 'Load When' guidance, which is excellent design. However, no bundle files are provided, meaning all referenced files (references/github-actions.md, references/docker-patterns.md, etc.) are missing. The SKILL.md itself is reasonably sized but the inline examples partially compensate for missing references.

2 / 3

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is a strong skill description that excels across all dimensions. It provides comprehensive, specific actions in the 'what' portion, includes an explicit and detailed 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms, and occupies a clearly distinct DevOps/infrastructure niche. The description is well-structured, uses third person voice throughout, and balances thoroughness with clarity.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'Creates Dockerfiles', 'configures CI/CD pipelines', 'writes Kubernetes manifests', 'generates Terraform/Pulumi infrastructure templates', 'deployment automation', 'GitOps configuration', 'incident response runbooks', and 'internal developer platform tooling'.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (creates Dockerfiles, configures CI/CD, writes K8s manifests, generates IaC templates, handles deployment automation, etc.) and 'when' with explicit 'Use when...' and 'Invoke for...' clauses listing specific trigger scenarios and keywords.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: 'pipelines', 'Docker', 'Kubernetes', 'GitOps', 'Terraform', 'GitHub Actions', 'on-call', 'platform engineering', 'CI/CD', 'containerizing', 'infrastructure as code', 'cloud platforms'. These are all terms a user would naturally use when requesting DevOps/infrastructure help.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear DevOps/infrastructure/platform engineering niche with highly distinct triggers like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, and on-call. Unlikely to conflict with general coding skills or other domain-specific skills.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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Jeffallan/claude-skills
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