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manage-file-operations

Use this skill when the user asks to "safely move files", "rename folder", "copy directory", "archive files", "resolve destination collision", or "resume interrupted file operation". Covers safe filesystem operations, reference repair, and non-destructive moves. Do NOT use this skill for PARA vault classification (use `para-vault`) or drafting text (use `write-like-me`).

Quality

90%

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The canonical home for this skill is manage-file-operations in NyssaAI/agent-skills

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%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 exemplar of lean, well-sequenced instruction for a safety-critical file-operation skill, with strong verification loops and an end checklist. Its main defect is bundle hygiene: it points to a missing core.md and fails to reference two of its four bundled reference files.

Suggestions

Fix the core.md reference: either add the file-management foundation file to the bundle or remove/correct the directive "If the host has not loaded the [file-management foundation](core.md), read it before acting" so it doesn't point at a nonexistent file.

Reference document-maturity.md and intermediate-work.md from the relevant body sections (e.g., intermediate-work.md from the perform/verify phases) or remove them, so all bundled references are discoverable from SKILL.md.

Add a brief worked example of a common case (e.g., a destination collision resolved as filename-2.md, or a repaired relative link after a move) to make the abstract guidance in phases 3-4 fully concrete.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean, imperative, and assumes Claude's competence throughout ("Inspect the sources, intended destinations, affected references, and existing folder indexes or registers before changing anything"); no section explains concepts Claude already knows. Not 4: there is no padded or over-explained passage to trim; each section adds non-obvious operational constraints.

5 / 5

Actionability

The five phases give concrete, executable directives for an instruction-only skill (verify destination against source, repair incoming and relative links, update indexes, add the copy to the destination's index), with key details like collision suffixes correctly delegated to safe-operations.md. Not 5: some guidance stays abstract without examples (e.g., "Keep recoverable history for substantive revisions" gives no concrete mechanism, and no worked example of a collision rename or link repair appears).

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Five clearly sequenced phases (establish → inspect → perform → verify → report) include a dedicated verification section, an explicit feedback loop on failure ("If content diverges or verification fails, preserve recoverable copies and report the unresolved difference; do not claim completion"), and a closing checklist. This matches the anchor for clear sequence with explicit validation, error-recovery loops, and checklists; the destructive-operation cap does not apply since validation is present.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Existing references are well signaled with descriptive links and anchors ([naming guidance](references/naming.md), [identity and collisions](references/safe-operations.md#identity-and-collisions)), but the body directs the reader to a nonexistent core.md ("read the [file-management foundation](core.md)" — not present in the bundle), and two of the four reference files (document-maturity.md, intermediate-work.md) are never referenced from the body, making them undiscoverable. Not 4: a broken primary reference plus 50% of the bundle orphaned is more than a minor organization gap.

3 / 5

Total

17

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20

Passed

Description

92%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.

A strong description: it pairs natural, quoted trigger phrases with a concrete capability summary and explicit negative triggers against sibling skills. Its only notable gap is incomplete synonym coverage (e.g., "rename file", "move folder", "import") among trigger terms.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Six concrete quoted actions ("safely move files", "rename folder", "copy directory", "archive files", "resolve destination collision", "resume interrupted file operation") plus "reference repair, and non-destructive moves" give comprehensive, concrete coverage of the skill's operation set. Not 4: the action list spans the full operation vocabulary (move, rename, copy, archive, collision, recovery) with only negligible omissions like "import".

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers "when" with concrete trigger phrases ("Use this skill when the user asks to...") and "what" with the capability summary ("Covers safe filesystem operations, reference repair, and non-destructive moves"). This matches the anchor requiring both what and when with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural phrases like "safely move files", "rename folder", "copy directory", and "resume interrupted file operation" match what users would actually say, with several natural variants. Not 5: common variations are missing ("move folder", "rename file", "copy files", "import files"), leaving a few likely user phrasings uncovered.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (safe filesystem operations with collision and recovery handling) is paired with explicit negative triggers ("Do NOT use this skill for PARA vault classification (use `para-vault`) or drafting text (use `write-like-me`)"), actively disambiguating from sibling skills. Not 4: the do-not-use clause plus operation-specific triggers leave minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

CriteriaDescriptionResult

relative_links

Relative link issues: 1 missing, 4 suspicious

Warning

Total

15

/

16

Passed

Repository

NyssaAI/agent-skills

Path

.hermes/plugins/agent-skills/skills/manage-file-operations/SKILL.md

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