backlink-analyzer

Analyze backlink profiles: link authority, toxic links, building opportunities, competitor link gaps. 外链分析/反向链接

Quality

68%

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Quality

Content

70%

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 well-structured with a clear sequenced workflow, explicit validation checklists, and excellent progressive disclosure pointing to real reference files. Its main weaknesses are templated boilerplate padding and actionability that describes outputs rather than executable methods.

Suggestions

Remove the duplicated 'When This Must Trigger' intro sentence and consolidate the three repeated reference listings (inline callout, Strategy Reference, Reference Materials) into a single section to improve conciseness.

Trim framework-generic boilerplate (System Mode, Skill Contract, State Model) that is not backlink-specific, or move it to a shared contract reference.

Add a brief concrete 'how' for at least the toxic-link scoring and link-gap intersection steps — e.g., the scoring inputs and threshold logic — rather than only describing the output table.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The 7-step instructions are tight and assume Claude's knowledge, but templated boilerplate (System Mode, Skill Contract, Save Results, Next Best Skill), a duplicated trigger intro, and triplicated reference listings add padding that could be trimmed.	2 / 3
Actionability	A concrete copy-paste-ready example and per-step output specifications are provided, but no executable code/commands and the actual computation is delegated to reference files and manual data, leaving the 'how' incomplete.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	A clear 7-step sequence is paired with explicit Input/Output Validation Checkpoints and a toxic-ratio gate check; for non-destructive analysis this meets the validation-and-checklist anchor.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The body is an overview with well-signaled, one-level-deep references to real bundle files (analysis-templates.md, link-quality-rubric.md, outreach-templates.md), all of which exist and are appropriately split out.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

67%

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 specific and distinct, naming several concrete backlink capabilities and a clear niche, but it omits an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause and lacks common casual trigger variations. It is a solid, concise description that would benefit from explicit usage guidance.

Suggestions

Append a 'Use when...' clause naming concrete trigger situations (e.g., auditing a link profile, finding toxic links, comparing competitor link gaps) to lift completeness to 3.

Add common natural trigger terms users would say — 'backlinks', 'link audit', 'who links to me' — alongside the existing professional vocabulary.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain ('backlink profiles') and lists multiple concrete actions — 'link authority', 'toxic links', 'building opportunities', 'competitor link gaps' — matching the multi-action anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly states what the skill does but lacks a 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, capping completeness at 2 per the judging guidelines.	2 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes relevant keywords ('Analyze backlink profiles', 'toxic links') plus multilingual terms (外链分析/反向链接), but misses common casual variations like 'backlinks', 'who links to me', or 'link audit'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Backlink analysis is a clear niche with distinct triggers (toxic links, link gaps) unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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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 — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: MODSetter/SurfSense
Path: .cursor/skills/backlink-analyzer/SKILL.md
Commit: 3b319ce

Reviewed: about 14 hours ago

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