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cron-scheduler

Use this skill when the user wants to schedule recurring tasks, convert natural language schedules to cron expressions, or manage APScheduler jobs.

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Quality

Content

76%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.

Executable, well-structured content that earns high marks for actionability and organization. The main weakness is workflow clarity: the scheduling workflow omits validation before adding jobs and embeds a time-sensitive model id ('claude-opus-4-6') without a deprecation note.

Suggestions

Add a validation checkpoint in add_cron_job: verify the cron expression is well-formed (e.g., 5 fields, CronTrigger.from_crontab) before calling scheduler.add_job, and surface a clear error if parsing fails.

Replace the hardcoded 'claude-opus-4-6' model id with a variable or a current-model reference, or move version-specific guidance to a 'Deprecated/old patterns' section to avoid time-sensitive decay.

Add a brief post-scheduling verification step (e.g., confirm the job exists via scheduler.get_job(job_id) and log its next_run_time) to close the feedback loop for batch scheduling.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly lean and code-driven with minimal prose, but the overview restates the description ('proper error handling and logging') and a couple of inline comments slightly pad the otherwise tight examples.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready code for parsing, job management, and listing, plus a Quick Reference table covering common cron patterns.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

add_cron_job is a batch/scheduling operation but lacks validation checkpoints (e.g., verifying the cron expression before scheduling, confirming the job was added); the batch cap and missing validation prevent scoring above 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into focused sections (Overview, NL→cron, APScheduler, Examples, Quick Reference) with no bundle files needed and content appropriately scoped to the single-purpose skill.

5 / 5

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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 well-crafted description with an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause, three concrete capabilities, and a distinct scheduling niche. Minor gap: lacks synonyms like 'recurring jobs' or 'recurring reminders' for full trigger-term coverage.

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Specificity

Lists three concrete actions — 'schedule recurring tasks', 'convert natural language schedules to cron expressions', and 'manage APScheduler jobs' — covering the skill's capabilities comprehensively.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (convert NL to cron, manage APScheduler jobs) and when ('Use this skill when the user wants to schedule recurring tasks...') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms users would say ('recurring tasks', 'natural language schedules', 'cron expressions', 'APScheduler jobs') with good coverage, though some synonyms like 'recurring jobs' or 'recurring reminders' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clear niche — cron/APScheduler scheduling — with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated 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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