update-installed-skills

Use when syncing or updating previously installed skills to their latest version. Always dry-run updates before applying, and check for breaking changes.

Quality

88%

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Low

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Quality

Content

93%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 body is an efficient, fully actionable workflow with appropriate dry-run validation. The only gap is a missing explicit feedback loop for handling breaking changes or customization overwrites surfaced by the dry-run.

Suggestions

Add an explicit error-recovery step: if the dry-run shows breaking changes or local customization overwrites, back up the affected SKILL.md and abort or confirm before proceeding.

Integrate the 'back up customizations before syncing' gotcha into the workflow as an ordered step rather than only mentioning it in Gotchas.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean and efficient: no concept over-explanation, direct bash code blocks, and every section (Goal, Guardrails, Workflow, Gotchas) earns its place.	5 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable, copy-paste-ready `npx ai-agent-skills` commands covering both single-skill and bulk update cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear 5-step sequence with explicit dry-run and review-before-apply validation checkpoints, but no explicit error-recovery branch for when a dry-run reveals breaking changes or local overwrites.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Under 50 lines, single-purpose, with no need for external references and well-organized sections.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

82%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 well-structured, explicitly pairing a 'Use when' trigger with concrete capability statements and a distinctive niche. Trigger-term synonym coverage is the main weakness.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain ('syncing or updating previously installed skills') plus two concrete actions ('dry-run updates', 'check for breaking changes'), but coverage is limited and not comprehensive.	3 / 5
Completeness	An explicit 'Use when...' trigger answers 'when', and the body states 'what' (sync/update to latest version, dry-run, check breaking changes) with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural terms 'syncing', 'updating', 'installed skills', and 'latest version' are present, but synonyms like 'upgrade' or 'outdated' are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (updating previously installed skills) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk against other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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 — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: MoizIbnYousaf/ai-agent-skills
Path: skills/update-installed-skills/SKILL.md
Commit: 1159592

Reviewed: 19 days ago

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