orchardcore-theme-creator

Creates new OrchardCore themes with proper structure, manifest, layouts, and assets. Use when the user needs to create a new theme, customize layouts, or set up frontend assets.

Quality

86%

Does it follow best practices?

Run evals on this skill

Adds up to 20 points to the overall score

View guide

Securityby

Passed

No findings from the security scan

Quality

Content

86%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.

A well-structured, actionable skill body with copy-paste-ready code and a clear seven-step workflow. The main improvement would be adding an explicit build-verification checkpoint, but progressive disclosure and actionability are excellent.

Suggestions

Add an explicit validation step after `dotnet build` (e.g., 'If the build fails, fix reported errors before proceeding') to strengthen the workflow's feedback loop.

Trim the opening "This skill guides you through creating new OrchardCore themes following project conventions." sentence, which restates the description.

Consider noting how to verify the theme appears in Admin → Design → Themes after activation, turning the final step into a concrete checkpoint.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly lean code blocks and tables that assume Claude's competence, with only minor padding such as the opening "This skill guides you through..." line; not a 5 because a few connector sentences could still be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready Manifest.cs, .csproj XML, Layout.cshtml, asset structure, and build commands covering the common cases, matching the anchor for fully executable guidance.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Seven steps are clearly sequenced with concrete commands and a natural build checkpoint; not a 5 because there is no explicit verify/error-recovery step after build, leaving a minor validation gap.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md is an overview that pushes detail to one-level-deep, clearly signaled references (references/assets.md, references/theme-structure.md), both of which exist as real files, matching the anchor for well-signaled one-level-deep references.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

87%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, third-person description that clearly states both what it does and when to use it with concrete trigger phrases. Minor room to broaden keyword coverage with synonyms, but it is highly specific and unlikely to trigger incorrectly.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain and four concrete deliverables ("structure, manifest, layouts, and assets"), matching the anchor listing several specific actions with minor gaps; not a 5 because the only verb is "Creates" rather than multiple distinct concrete actions.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states what it does ("Creates new OrchardCore themes with proper structure, manifest, layouts, and assets") and when to use it ("Use when the user needs to create a new theme, customize layouts, or set up frontend assets"), matching the anchor for concrete what-and-when triggers.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Trigger phrase uses natural terms users would say ("create a new theme", "customize layouts", "set up frontend assets"), giving good keyword coverage; not a 5 because synonyms and file-extension-style triggers are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (OrchardCore theme creation) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills, matching the anchor for a clear niche with distinct triggers.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

100%

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 — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: OrchardCMS/OrchardCore
Path: .agents/skills/orchardcore-theme-creator/SKILL.md
Commit: b0e1e44

Reviewed: 3 days ago

Table of Contents

Discovery Implementation Validation

Is this your skill?

If you maintain this skill, you can claim it as your own. Once claimed, you can manage eval scenarios, bundle related skills, attach documentation or rules, and ensure cross-agent compatibility.