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competitor-alternatives

When the user wants to create competitor comparison or alternative pages for SEO and sales enablement. Also use when the user mentions 'alternative page,' 'vs page,' 'competitor comparison,' 'comparison page,' '[Product] vs [Product],' '[Product] alternative,' or 'competitive landing pages.' Covers four formats: singular alternative, plural alternatives, you vs competitor, and competitor vs competitor. Emphasizes deep research, modular content architecture, and varied section types beyond feature tables.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

68%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.

A well-structured, actionable instruction-only skill that delegates detail to two real reference files. Weakest on workflow clarity, where the format-catalog structure and absence of output validation/checkpoints leave the process more implicit than explicit.

Suggestions

Add an explicit end-to-end workflow section (assess → research → select format → draft → verify → publish) with a final verification checklist so the process is linear rather than a format catalog.

Trim the 'Core Principles' section's philosophical bullets (e.g., 'Show, don't just tell', 'Readers are comparing—they'll verify claims') to reduce padding.

Move the per-format page-structure lists and keyword table into references/templates.md, keeping SKILL.md as a tighter overview that signals where the detail lives.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient bullet-point structure that assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining basic SEO concepts, though the 'Core Principles' section contains some philosophical padding ('Show, don't just tell', 'Readers are comparing—they'll verify claims') that could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, executable guidance—specific URL patterns, target keywords, numbered page-section structures, and a sequenced research process—with detailed templates offloaded to references; minor gaps remain in inline examples.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A sequenced flow exists (Initial Assessment → Research → Format selection → Sections → SEO → Output) with a numbered research process, but it reads more as a format catalog than a linear workflow and lacks explicit validation or verification checkpoints on the output.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized overview with clearly signaled one-level-deep references to real files (references/templates.md, references/content-architecture.md); minor gaps because substantial structural detail such as full keyword tables and per-format section lists remain inline.

4 / 5

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20

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Description

91%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 strong description with comprehensive trigger terms and explicit what/when guidance using third-person voice. Slightly below top marks on specificity and distinctiveness due to overlap with adjacent SEO/copywriting skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists several concrete capabilities—creating competitor comparison/alternative pages for SEO and sales enablement across four named formats with emphasis on deep research and modular architecture—but stops short of enumerating many distinct atomic actions like a 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (create comparison/alternative pages covering four formats with research and modular architecture) and when ('When the user wants to create...' and 'Also use when the user mentions...') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger coverage including 'alternative page,' 'vs page,' 'competitor comparison,' 'comparison page,' '[Product] vs [Product],' '[Product] alternative,' and 'competitive landing pages,' covering synonyms and phrasings users actually say.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (competitor/alternative SEO pages) with specific triggers, but has minor overlap risk with closely related skills like programmatic-seo and copywriting that are named as related skills.

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
TheCraigHewitt/seomachine
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