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Debugging techniques and tools for IntelliJ development. Use when debugging IDE issues or investigating failures.

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Content

87%

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

The content is lean, actionable, and well-organized with executable grep examples and a concrete log-searching format. The main gap is the debugging workflow, which lacks explicit validation checkpoints or a fix-and-retry feedback loop.

Suggestions

Add an explicit validation checkpoint and feedback loop to the End-to-End Behavior workflow (e.g., "Confirm the entry point now behaves correctly; if not, re-trace the layers and repeat").

Specify how to verify a fix at the entry point — a concrete command or observable signal rather than the bare instruction "Verify the fix".

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and efficient — compact log-level mappings, a one-line category format with a worked example, executable grep snippets, and a tight numbered workflow, with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows.

3 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete, copy-paste-ready grep commands, explicit log-level-to-code mappings, and a fully worked class-to-category abbreviation example, matching the anchor for fully executable guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The End-to-End Behavior section lists a clear numbered sequence, but validation is only a step instruction ("Verify the fix at the entry point") with no explicit checkpoint or feedback loop for error recovery, which caps workflow clarity at 2.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A short single-purpose skill under 50 lines, organized into clearly labeled sections with one-level-deep, clearly signaled documentation links — meeting the simple-skill allowance for well-organized content without internal bundle files.

3 / 3

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Description

90%

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, uses third person, and clearly answers both what and when with natural trigger terms. Its only weakness is specificity — it names the domain and general actions rather than enumerating concrete debugging capabilities.

Suggestions

List 2-3 concrete capabilities (e.g., "search idea.log, analyze exceptions, investigate freezes") to raise specificity from generic "techniques and tools" to specific actions.

Add a few common trigger variations such as "errors", "exceptions", or "logs" to broaden natural keyword coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the IntelliJ domain and references "techniques and tools" as actions, but does not list multiple specific concrete actions (e.g., searching idea.log, analyzing exceptions, investigating freezes), matching the anchor for naming domain and some actions without being comprehensive.

2 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly states both what ("Debugging techniques and tools for IntelliJ development") and when ("Use when debugging IDE issues or investigating failures"), satisfying the anchor for clear what-and-when with explicit triggers.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms a user would actually say — "debugging", "IDE issues", "investigating failures" — giving good coverage of trigger phrasings rather than technical jargon.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The IntelliJ/IDE niche with triggers tied to IDE issues and failures is a clear, distinct scope unlikely to conflict with other skills.

3 / 3

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11

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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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Relative link issues: 3 suspicious

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