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wp-plugin-development

Use when developing WordPress plugins: architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, admin UI and Settings API, data storage, cron/tasks, security (nonces/capabilities/sanitization/escaping), and release packaging.

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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 content is well-structured and action-oriented, with a clean sequenced procedure, verification checklist, debugging feedback, and a real, well-organized reference bundle. Scores sit at 4 due to minor redundancy and end-loaded rather than inline validation.

Suggestions

Remove or compress the "When to use" list since it duplicates the frontmatter description, freeing token budget.

Fold a one-line validation checkpoint into the destructive steps (e.g., after uninstall/lifecycle changes) rather than only in the end Verification section.

Add one inline copy-pasteable code snippet in the body (e.g., a minimal register_setting + nonce example) so the common case is executable without opening a reference.

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Conciseness

The body is efficient and assumes Claude's competence (no WordPress primer), but the "When to use" list duplicates the frontmatter description and a few procedure bullets restate reference content, leaving minor trimming opportunities.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete executable commands (the two node triage scripts) and specific API function names, with most full code examples deferred to verified reference files; minor gaps remain in the body itself.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly numbered 0-5 procedure is followed by a Verification checklist and a Failure-modes/debugging section with error-to-cause feedback, but validation is a separate end section rather than inline checkpoints within steps.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a concise overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references (structure.md, lifecycle.md, settings-api.md, security.md, data-and-cron.md, debugging.md), all of which exist in references/, giving easy navigation.

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.

The description is specific, complete, and well-scoped to WordPress plugin development with an explicit Use-when trigger. Its only gap is the absence of synonyms/file extensions, which keeps trigger term quality just short of full marks.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete capability areas across the full plugin lifecycle (architecture and hooks, activation/deactivation/uninstall, Settings API, data storage/cron, security primitives, release packaging), matching the comprehensive-coverage anchor.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (the enumerated capability areas) and when ("Use when developing WordPress plugins") with concrete trigger phrasing.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong natural keywords ("WordPress plugins", "hooks", "Settings API", "nonces", "activation") but lacks synonyms and file extensions, so it sits just below the comprehensive anchor.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear WordPress-plugin-development niche with specific sub-triggers; minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

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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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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WordPress/agent-skills
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