shop

Shop catalog search, checkout, order tracking, returns.

Quality

81%

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Medium

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Quality

Content

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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 content is well-structured, executable, and uses clear progressive disclosure with verified reference files. Its only weakness is minor verbosity in a few explanatory sections.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean and command-driven with no padding about what e-commerce is, though a few sections (catalog flag gloss, repeated budget tip) could be tightened further.	4 / 5
Actionability	Copy-paste-ready commands with concrete flags cover the common cases (search, checkout create/update/complete, orders search, auth), giving fully executable guidance.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The numbered shopping flow has explicit STOP points and validation checkpoints (verify sign-in, confirm purchase details before --confirm, fresh idempotency keys), with feedback loops for the money-moving checkout step.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is a clear overview with four well-signaled one-level-deep references (catalog-mcp, direct-api, safety, legal), all verified to exist, with bulk detail appropriately offloaded to those files.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

71%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 concise and lists concrete actions but omits any 'when to use' trigger guidance, which caps its completeness. Trigger-term coverage is good but lacks common synonyms.

Suggestions

Append a 'Use when...' clause naming trigger phrases (e.g. 'Use when the user wants to shop, search for products, buy, checkout, track orders, or return items').

Add natural synonyms users say, such as 'buy', 'shopping', 'find products', and 'reorder', to broaden trigger-term coverage.

Keep the existing concise action list but pair each trigger phrase with the matching action so 'what' and 'when' are both explicit.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Four concrete, enumerated actions ('catalog search, checkout, order tracking, returns') give comprehensive coverage of the shopping skill's capabilities with no vague filler.	5 / 5
Completeness	A clear 'what' is stated via the four actions, but there is no 'Use when...' clause or explicit trigger guidance, capping completeness at 3 per the rubric.	3 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural phrases like 'catalog search', 'checkout', and 'returns' are present, but common synonyms users say ('buy', 'shopping', 'find products', 'reorder') are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The 'Shop' framing plus specific actions (checkout, returns, order tracking) carve a mostly-distinct niche, with only minor overlap risk against a closely related shopify skill.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Validation

75%

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 — 12 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning
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
relative_links	Relative link issues: 1 missing	Warning

	Total	12 / 16 Passed

Repository: NousResearch/hermes-agent
Path: optional-skills/productivity/shop/SKILL.md
Commit: 6327930

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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