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Send a request to a CCB agent with `ask`.

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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 a dense but effective routing guide: an explicit decision checklist, concrete command forms, and specific failure-handling guidance make it highly actionable. Its main weaknesses are repetition of chain/silence rules across the guardrails and the unspecified $TARGET syntax, plus a monolithic guardrail block that would navigate better as a reference file.

Suggestions

Consolidate the overlapping `--chain`/`--silence` guardrail bullets into a single decision table keyed by (dependency? result needed?) to remove repetition and shrink token cost.

Specify the exact $TARGET syntax (agent identifier format) next to the heredoc examples so the command is fully copy-paste ready.

Move the long edge-case guardrails (nested-ask lineage, followup correction channels, diagnostics-only commands) into a references file and keep only the top routing rules in SKILL.md.

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Conciseness

There is no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows, but the Guardrails section restates `--chain`/`--silence` routing across many overlapping bullets (e.g., chain rules appear in items 2, and at least five guardrail bullets), which could be consolidated. This matches 'Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened' rather than level 4's 'minor instances of over-explanation'.

3 / 5

Actionability

The heredoc command templates are executable, flag semantics are concretely defined per case, and error recovery is specific ('If CCB says `ask --chain requires an active parent job`, retry once with plain ask'). Not level 5 because $TARGET's format (agent name, ID, address?) is never specified, leaving a gap in copy-paste readiness for the core command.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Decision Card gives a clear, ordered pre-send checklist (delegation need → dependency gate → result intent → request fidelity), followed by the exact command form and explicit post-send behavior ('end the turn... do not poll'). Not level 5 because the dense interleaving of routing rules between Decision Card and Guardrails leaves minor ambiguity about which rule wins in edge cases, and there is no step verifying the submission was accepted.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, and the body is well organized into clearly signaled sections (Decision Card, Guardrails, command forms, post-send rules) that fit a single-purpose routing skill. Not level 5 because the ~85-line body exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill exception and the 25-bullet Guardrails section is a dense block that could be split into a reference file for easier navigation.

4 / 5

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Description

48%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 accurate and terse but undersized: it conveys only a single generic action and omits any 'use when' trigger guidance from the frontmatter. The distinct niche ('CCB', 'ask') keeps it from being generic fluff, but it reads more like a title expansion than a triggerable description.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause to the description, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to delegate, hand off, or send a task to a CCB agent, or when project memory says to use CCB `ask` for collaboration.'

Enumerate the core capabilities the skill governs — flag selection (`--chain`, `--silence`, `--compact`, `--artifact-*`), routing decisions, and the mandatory heredoc form — so the 'what' is more than one generic action.

Include natural synonyms users would say (delegate, dispatch, message, handoff) alongside 'CCB agent' and 'ask' to broaden trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain ('a CCB agent') and exactly one action ('Send a request ... with `ask`'), which is generic — analogous to the anchor 'Processes PDF files'. It approaches level 3 ('1-2 concrete actions') but 'send a request' is a single minimal action with no coverage of what the skill actually governs (flag selection, chaining, silence/compact modes).

2 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear ('Send a request to a CCB agent with `ask`') but there is no 'when' clause in the frontmatter description — the trigger guidance ('Use this skill when the user asks you to delegate with CCB...') lives only in the body. Per the judging guideline, a missing 'Use when...' clause caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It contains relevant keywords ('request', 'CCB agent', 'ask') and the natural command word 'ask', but misses common variations users would say such as 'delegate', 'message', 'handoff', or 'collaborate' — matching 'Some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'. Not level 4 because coverage is three words with no synonyms; not level 2 because 'CCB agent' and 'ask' are genuine natural terms, not generic filler.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'CCB agent' plus the `ask` command names a clear niche with minimal conflict risk against generic delegation or messaging skills. Not level 5 because the description states no distinct triggers, only the action, so a sibling CCB skill (e.g., 'reply' or 'followup') would overlap on the same keywords.

4 / 5

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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.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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16

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SeemSeam/claude_codex_bridge
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