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professor-synapse

Use when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise. Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents.

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SKILL.md
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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 body is well-structured with strong progressive disclosure via a resources table and concrete routing commands. Its main weaknesses are mild verbosity in persona/placeholder sections and the absence of an explicit error-recovery loop in the workflow.

Suggestions

Trim the Core Values list and remove the empty Effective/Anti-Pattern placeholder bullets (or move them to a writable data file) to improve conciseness.

Add a short validate/retry note for agent creation or file writes so the workflow has an explicit feedback loop.

Drop or relocate the trailing 'Version / Last Updated' line, since time-sensitive stamps pad tokens without aiding routing.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient and free of concepts Claude already knows, but the Core Values list, empty Global Learned Patterns placeholders, and a trailing version/date stamp could be tightened or trimmed.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete runnable commands (summon.py, --list, _pluginpaths.py, rebuild-index.sh) and backtick-cited reference paths, with only minor gaps around the abstract 'become the agent' step.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear six-step sequence with explicit branching in 'Choose Path' and a noted read-before-write validation gate; lacks an explicit error-recovery feedback loop but the skill is a non-destructive router so no cap applies.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A clear overview with a 'Your Resources' table mapping when-to-load to one-level-deep reference and script paths; all cited bundle files (references/*.md, scripts/*.py) exist and are clearly signaled.

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 strong on completeness and trigger-term quality, clearly stating both what the skill does and when to use it with natural user phrases. It is weaker on distinctiveness because several triggers are generic, and on specificity because the stated actions are broad.

Suggestions

Tighten the 'what' to more specific actions (e.g., 'routes requests to specialist agents, creates new agents, orchestrates multi-perspective debates') to lift specificity above 3.

Narrow the generic triggers ('help me with', 'I need guidance') or pair them with the more distinctive 'summon a specialist' framing to reduce overlap with other help skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (expert agents) and two concrete actions ('Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents'), but the actions are fairly generic and coverage is not comprehensive, matching the anchor that names domain plus 1-2 actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents') and when ('Use when user needs expert help...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger phrases users actually say, including quoted forms ('help me with', 'I need guidance') plus synonyms ('expert help', 'summon a specialist', 'domain expertise').

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'summon a specialist / expert agents' framing is a distinct niche, but triggers like 'help me with' and 'I need guidance' are generic and could overlap with many help-oriented skills.

3 / 5

Total

16

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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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 1 missing

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse
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