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ask-gemini

Consult Gemini as an independent expert with deep web research. Sends a question or task to Gemini CLI and returns a research-backed response.

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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.

The content is well-organized, highly actionable with copy-paste commands and an exit-code table, and concisely written with only minor redundancy. It is a simple single-purpose skill whose structure earns the progressive-disclosure ceiling.

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Conciseness

The body is largely lean and assumes Claude's competence (e.g. 'Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted' with the unsafe form contrasted), with only minor over-explanation such as restating 'Gemini is always instructed to perform Google Search' already present in the description.

4 / 5

Actionability

It provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands for both the default and flag-supplied cases, an explicit unsafe form to avoid, and a concrete example covering the common case, meeting the 'fully executable' anchor.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The sequence is clear (parse arguments, choose quoted form, run, interpret stdout/stderr, handle exit codes) with an exit-code table as checkpoints and error-recovery guidance; it is not quite a 5 because the input-parsing branch is described in prose rather than as explicit sequenced steps.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

This is a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines with no external references needed and well-organized sections (How to Use, Interpreting Output, Error Handling, Notes), qualifying for a 5 under the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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18

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20

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Description

53%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 clear and third-person with a concrete action, but it lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, leaving the 'when' only implied and capping completeness at 3. Trigger-term coverage is decent but missing natural synonyms.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when you need deep-research answers backed by current web sources, a second-opinion from an independent model, or up-to-date information Claude may lack.'

Broaden trigger terms with natural user phrasings and synonyms such as 'web search', 'fact-check', 'ask Gemini', and 'second opinion' alongside 'deep-research tasks'.

Consider naming one or two more concrete capabilities (e.g. comparing Gemini's findings, citing web sources) to lift specificity above a single send/return action.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain (consult Gemini) and one concrete action ('Sends a question or task to Gemini CLI and returns a research-backed response'), but coverage is limited to a single send/return action rather than a comprehensive list of actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

It clearly states 'what' this does (consult Gemini, send a question, get a research-backed response), but the 'when' is only weakly implied ('making this ideal for deep-research tasks') rather than an explicit 'Use when...' clause, which caps completeness at 3 per the guidelines.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It surfaces relevant terms like 'Gemini', 'web research', 'deep-research tasks', and 'up-to-date', but lacks common natural variations users might say (e.g. 'search the web', 'ask another model', 'fact-check') and any synonym coverage.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Consult Gemini as an independent expert' carves a fairly distinct niche tied to a specific external model and web research, with only minor overlap risk against generic web-search or research skills.

4 / 5

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13

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20

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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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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