nemoclaw-skills-guide

Start here. Introduces what NemoClaw is, what agent skills are available, and which skill to use for a given task. Use when discovering NemoClaw capabilities, choosing the right skill, or orienting in the project. Trigger keywords - skills, capabilities, what can I do, help, guide, index, overview, start here.

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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, well-structured index with a clear role->skills->starting-skill workflow and appropriate progressive-disclosure discipline. It could be tightened slightly by removing the small role/cumulative restatement and adding one concrete handoff example.

Suggestions

Remove the brief restatement of the cumulative-roles concept in 'Getting Started' since the cumulative-skills table already conveys it, to tighten conciseness toward a 5.

Add a short worked example of the recommended handoff (e.g., 'For a Contributor, recommend nemoclaw-contributor-onboard and load it') to make the actionability fully copy-paste ready.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean with short paragraphs and efficient tables and assumes Claude's competence ('Skills are grouped into three buckets by audience. The prefix in each skill name indicates who it is for.'); not a 5 because the role/cumulative explanation is lightly restated across 'Skill Buckets' and 'Getting Started'.	4 / 5
Actionability	Gives concrete, executable direction for an index skill ('Load the specific skill you need after identifying it here'), an explicit 'Start with' column naming exact starting skills, and a final instruction to present applicable skills and recommend a starting skill; not a 5 because there is no copy-paste-style worked example of the handoff, though code is appropriately absent for an instruction-only skill.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The single orientation action is unambiguous and well sequenced (identify role via the cumulative-skills table -> present applicable skills -> recommend the starting skill), with exact starting-skill names; the simple-skill exception applies and no destructive/batch operations are present to cap the score.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files are provided (references/scripts/assets absent) and the skill is itself a well-organized one-level overview that deliberately points out to other skills rather than inlining their detail, satisfying the no-external-references exception with clear section structure.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 a strong, complete orientation trigger with clear what/when coverage and distinct, natural keywords. Its only soft spot is specificity, where it describes 1-2 actions rather than a comprehensive enumeration, which is acceptable for an index skill.

Suggestions

To raise specificity, briefly enumerate the concrete actions the guide performs (e.g., 'lists available skills, maps tasks to skills, and recommends a starting skill per role') rather than relying on a single summarizing sentence.

Consider adding a couple more granular natural trigger phrases (e.g., 'which skill should I use', 'NemoClaw skill list') to push trigger-term coverage toward comprehensive.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (NemoClaw skills) and 1-2 concrete actions ('Introduces what NemoClaw is, what agent skills are available, and which skill to use for a given task') but does not list multiple specific actions, matching anchor 3; not a 4 because it lacks a fuller enumeration of specific capabilities.	3 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Introduces what NemoClaw is, what agent skills are available, and which skill to use') and when ('Use when discovering NemoClaw capabilities, choosing the right skill, or orienting in the project') with concrete trigger phrases, matching anchor 5.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Provides an explicit trigger keyword list ('skills, capabilities, what can I do, help, guide, index, overview, start here') with good natural-phrase coverage including synonyms; not a 5 because it lacks file-extension-style or highly specific triggers appropriate to a 5-level comprehensive list.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear index/orientation niche with distinct triggers ('start here', 'orienting in the project', 'which skill to use') that would not fire for any other skill, matching anchor 5.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

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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 — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: NVIDIA/NemoClaw
Path: .agents/skills/nemoclaw-skills-guide/SKILL.md
Commit: e987b00

Reviewed: about 4 hours ago

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