auto-capture

Automatically capture ACT NOW items and a session summary to Open Brain when a work session is ending. Use when wrapping a brainstorm, parking a project, finishing a Panning for Gold run, or otherwise closing a session with decisions worth remembering. Use the Open Brain capture tool available in the current client (often named `capture_thought`; prefixes vary by connector). This is a behavioral protocol, not a background hook.

Quality

92%

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Quality

Content

100%

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

A tight, actionable protocol body that sequences a multi-step process with validation and failure handling while keeping the context footprint small. Progressive disclosure is appropriate for a single-file behavioral skill.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean and well-organized; assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows, with every section earning its place.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete, specific guidance — exact fields to include per capture (idea, why it matters, 2-3 next actions, provenance), a skip list, and failure handling — fully actionable for an instruction-only skill.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Six clearly sequenced steps with an explicit validation checkpoint (dedup search before capture, step 3) and an error-recovery/feedback path ("If the capture tool fails, do not invent success").	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Single concise file with clearly organized sections and one well-signaled one-level-deep reference to the Auto-Capture recipe; no unnecessary nesting.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

85%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A well-constructed description with explicit what/when guidance, concrete actions, and a distinct niche. The only weakness is reliance on domain-specific terms rather than plain user-facing phrasing for triggers.

Suggestions

Add a few plain-language trigger variations alongside the jargon (e.g. "finishing a work session", "before I close out") so users who don't use 'ACT NOW' or 'Panning for Gold' phrasing still match it.

Consider briefly defining 'ACT NOW item' or 'Open Brain' in the description so the trigger terms are self-explanatory at a glance.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — "capture ACT NOW items and a session summary to Open Brain", dedup "check for an obvious existing match" via search, and explicit skip list — matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("Automatically capture ACT NOW items and a session summary") and when ("Use when wrapping a brainstorm, parking a project..."), with a clear 'Use when' clause.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Provides natural triggers like "wrapping a brainstorm, parking a project, finishing a Panning for Gold run", but leans on domain jargon (ACT NOW, Open Brain, Panning for Gold) and lacks plain common variations, so it sits at 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche — end-of-session Open Brain capture — with distinctive triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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 — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning
relative_links	Relative link issues: 1 suspicious	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: NateBJones-Projects/OB1
Path: skills/auto-capture/SKILL.md
Commit: 6779106

Reviewed: about 18 hours ago

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