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Root pointer for the binary reversing lane. Covers triage, Radare2 fallback, string extraction, packer unpacking, virtualized protectors, symbol risk, ROP, Ghidra deep analysis, and firmware extraction.

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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 a well-structured routing skill: concise, navigable, and action-oriented with a clear conditional workflow. The main gap is the absence of explicit validation/verification checkpoints in the workflow and exact tool invocation syntax.

Suggestions

Add an explicit verification checkpoint in the workflow (e.g., after unpacking, confirm the re-identified binary is the real entry point before deep analysis).

Show one concrete invocation example for the key MCP tools (e.g., a sample ghidra_analyze or bin_strings call) to make the guidance copy-paste ready.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean — a routing table and a 10-step workflow — with no padding and no over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete named operations (ghidra_status, bin_identify, bin_packer, bin_strings, ghidra_decompile, ghidra_xrefs, cve_lookup) and a routing table to specific skills give mostly executable guidance, though exact invocation syntax is not shown.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced 10-step workflow with an explicit conditional branch ('If packed → follow the packer-unpacking skill, re-identify after unpack'); minor validation gaps but no destructive/batch cap applies to read-only analysis.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A clean catalog overview with a well-signaled, one-level-deep routing table to nine sub-skills, making navigation easy with no nested references.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

75%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 specific and distinctive with strong domain trigger terms, but it lacks an explicit 'Use when...' clause, which caps completeness. Adding concrete trigger guidance would raise the score.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming the user phrasings that should activate this skill (e.g., 'Use when the user asks to triage or reverse an unknown binary, unpack a packer, or perform Ghidra/Radare2 analysis').

Include a few natural-language synonyms users say beyond the technical jargon (e.g., 'reverse engineer', 'disassemble', 'decompile') to broaden trigger coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists many concrete actions — 'triage, Radare2 fallback, string extraction, packer unpacking, virtualized protectors, symbol risk, ROP, Ghidra deep analysis, and firmware extraction' — giving comprehensive coverage of the lane's capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clearly stated (root pointer covering the listed capabilities), but there is no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, so per the rubric completeness is capped at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong domain keywords a reversing practitioner would naturally say (triage, strings, packer, unpack, ROP, ghidra, firmware, VMProtect, Themida), but a few natural synonyms/variations are absent, keeping it just below comprehensive.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear, specialized niche (binary reversing) with distinct technical triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

Warning

metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

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