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Control tmux sessions/panes for interactive CLIs: list, capture output, send keys, paste text, monitor prompts.

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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 an efficient, fully executable tmux reference with clean section structure and real bundled helper scripts. The only gap is the lack of an explicit validation/feedback loop around the prompt-approval workflow.

Suggestions

Add a short validate->retry loop to the 'Prompt checks' section (e.g. capture again after sending keys to confirm the prompt was accepted).

Clarify when to prefer scripts/wait-for-text.sh over the inline capture|grep pattern to guide the helper-vs-inline choice.

Optionally note how to recover from a wrong key sent (e.g. C-c / Escape) to strengthen error-recovery guidance.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and command-driven with minimal prose; it assumes Claude's knowledge of tmux and avoids explaining basic concepts, with every line earning its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Commands are copy-paste-ready and executable (tmux ls, capture-pane, send-keys with -l --, new-session, etc.), covering the common cases with concrete flags and target formats.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sections are clearly sequenced and the 'Prompt checks' flow includes a checkpoint ('Approve/select only when the prompt is understood'), but there is no explicit validate->fix->retry feedback loop, leaving minor validation gaps.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A simple, well-organized sub-50-line skill with clearly signaled one-level references to real helper scripts (scripts/find-sessions.sh, scripts/wait-for-text.sh) that exist in the bundle, matching the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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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 specific and distinctive, naming concrete tmux actions with natural trigger terms. Its main weakness is the absence of an explicit 'Use when...' clause, leaving the invocation context only implicit.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause such as 'Use when working with existing interactive tmux sessions or pane-based CLIs' to make the 'when' unambiguous.

Include a common synonym or file/CLI hint (e.g. 'interactive shells, REPLs, TUIs') to broaden natural trigger coverage.

Keep the action list but consider pairing each action with a brief scenario cue to strengthen completeness without adding verbosity.

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Specificity

Lists five concrete actions ('list, capture output, send keys, paste text, monitor prompts') targeting tmux sessions/panes, giving comprehensive coverage of what the skill does.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear and concrete, but there is no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause; the 'when' is only weakly implied by 'for interactive CLIs', so per the guideline this caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user-facing terms ('tmux sessions/panes', 'send keys', 'paste text', 'monitor prompts') are present and would be said by users, though a couple of synonyms or explicit invocation phrasings are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The tmux/session/pane niche is highly specific with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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