render-automation

Automate Render tasks via Rube MCP (Composio): services, deployments, projects. Always search tools first for current schemas.

1.32x

Quality

46%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

89%

1.32x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Advisory

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Quality

Discovery

57%

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 (Render platform automation via Composio/Rube MCP) and is distinctive, but lacks explicit trigger guidance ('Use when...') and concrete action verbs. The listed capabilities are too terse—'services, deployments, projects' are nouns without specifying what operations are performed on them.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about deploying to Render, managing Render services, or checking deployment status.'

Replace the noun list with specific action phrases, e.g., 'Create and manage Render web services, trigger deployments, list projects, and check deployment status.'

Include natural user trigger terms like 'deploy', 'hosting', 'render.com', 'web service', 'cloud deploy' to improve keyword coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (Render tasks via Rube MCP/Composio) and lists some actions (services, deployments, projects), but these are nouns rather than concrete verbs describing specific actions. It's more of a domain listing than a comprehensive action list.	2 / 3
Completeness	The 'what' is partially addressed (automate Render tasks for services, deployments, projects), but there is no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance. The instruction to 'always search tools first' is an implementation detail, not a trigger condition.	2 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes relevant keywords like 'Render', 'services', 'deployments', 'projects', 'Composio', and 'Rube MCP', but misses common user variations like 'deploy', 'hosting', 'web service', 'render.com', or 'cloud deployment'. The terms are somewhat technical and may not match natural user phrasing.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The description is quite specific to Render platform tasks via Rube MCP (Composio), which is a narrow and distinct niche. It's unlikely to conflict with other skills given the specific tool chain mentioned.	3 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Implementation

35%

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

The skill provides a reasonable overview of Render automation via Rube MCP with clear tool names and workflow sequences, but suffers from significant redundancy — the same information (ID formats, pagination, service types) is repeated across multiple sections. It lacks executable examples showing actual tool call syntax, and the extensive pitfalls sections largely duplicate each other. Trimming repetition and adding concrete tool invocation examples would substantially improve quality.

Suggestions

Consolidate repeated information (service ID formats, pagination, service types) into a single reference section instead of repeating in every workflow and again in Known Pitfalls.

Add at least one concrete, copy-paste ready tool invocation example showing actual parameter syntax (e.g., a real RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS call followed by RENDER_TRIGGER_DEPLOY).

Add explicit error handling/recovery steps to workflows — e.g., what to do when LIST_SERVICES returns no matches, or when a deployment fails.

Remove explanations of concepts Claude already knows (ISO 8601 format, what substring matching means, what asynchronous means) to reduce token usage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Significant verbosity throughout. Many pitfalls are repeated across sections (service ID format mentioned 4+ times, cursor-based pagination explained 3+ times). The 'Known Pitfalls' section largely duplicates information already stated in each workflow section. Claude doesn't need to be told what 'web_service' or 'static_site' means, or that ISO 8601 is a timestamp format.	1 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete tool names and parameter lists, which is useful. However, there are no actual executable code examples or copy-paste ready tool invocations with real parameter syntax. The patterns section uses pseudocode-style numbered lists rather than showing actual tool call formats. The instruction to 'always call RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS first' is good but the skill then proceeds to hardcode schemas anyway.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step workflows are clearly sequenced with labeled steps and the Deploy and Monitor pattern includes a polling loop with terminal states. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints or error recovery steps — e.g., what to do if TRIGGER_DEPLOY fails, or if the service name doesn't match any results. The feedback loop for deployment monitoring is present but lacks explicit error handling guidance.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The content is structured with clear headers and a quick reference table, which aids navigation. However, it's monolithic — all content is inline in one file with substantial repetition. The toolkit docs link is provided but no content is split into separate reference files. For a skill of this length (~150 lines of substantive content), some content like the full pitfalls catalog could be externalized.	2 / 3
	Total	7 / 12 Passed

Validation

90%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: Lingjie-chen/MT5
Commit: 3069d33

Reviewed: 26 days ago

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