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child-skill

A nested skill in a subdirectory.

22

Quality

10%

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tessl review fix ./packages/coding-agent/test/fixtures/skills/nested/child-skill/SKILL.md

The canonical home for this skill is child-skill in can1357/oh-my-pi

SKILL.md
Quality
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Security

Quality

Content

21%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 skill body is essentially empty — a heading and one self-referential sentence with no instructions, examples, or workflow. It fails to provide any actionable guidance for the single task it nominally represents.

Suggestions

Add a concise statement of the single action the skill performs, with an executable example or concrete command if applicable.

If the skill has any multi-step or fragile operation, include explicit steps and a validation checkpoint before completion.

Either populate the body with the minimum needed to act, or remove the skill if "nested in a subdirectory" is the entirety of its purpose.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is extremely short with no padding, but it carries no useful content — it is vacuously lean rather than the lean-and-useful the score-5 anchor rewards, so it lands just above the floor.

2 / 5

Actionability

"This skill is nested in a subdirectory" is entirely vague and abstract with no concrete code, commands, or steps, matching the score-1 anchor.

1 / 5

Workflow Clarity

No steps or sequence exist beyond a heading and one sentence; the simple-skill exception cannot lift it to 5 because there is no unambiguous action stated, leaving it just above the floor.

2 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

As an under-50-line simple skill with no external references needed, minimal organization can score toward the middle, but the single heading and sentence provide only weak structure rather than a clear overview.

3 / 5

Total

8

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20

Passed

Description

0%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 purely structural boilerplate with no domain, actions, or usage triggers, scoring at the floor on every dimension. It communicates nothing about what the skill does or when to invoke it.

Suggestions

Replace "A nested skill in a subdirectory" with a concrete statement of what the skill does, e.g. specific actions on specific inputs.

Add a "Use when..." clause listing the natural trigger phrases a user would say that should activate this skill.

Include domain-specific keywords and synonyms (or file extensions) so the skill is distinguishable from others and triggers reliably.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The phrase "A nested skill in a subdirectory" names no domain and no concrete actions, matching the score-1 anchor of entirely vague abstract language; it does not rise to score 2, which requires naming a domain.

1 / 5

Completeness

Both "what does this do" and "when should Claude use it" are missing or extremely vague, matching the score-1 anchor; there is no "Use when..." clause so completeness is capped at 3 at most, but here it falls to 1.

1 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

No natural keywords a user would say when needing this skill are present, only generic structural language, matching the score-1 anchor; there are not even one or two generic keywords that would warrant a 2.

1 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is entirely generic and would conflict with virtually any skill, matching the score-1 anchor; nothing distinguishes its trigger from others.

1 / 5

Total

4

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20

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.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
Kiz8-Team/pi-cwl
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