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bullmq-specialist

BullMQ expert for Redis-backed job queues, background processing, and reliable async execution in Node.js/TypeScript applications. Use when: bullmq, bull queue, redis queue, background job, job queue.

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Quality

56%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

99%

1.01x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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SKILL.md
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Quality

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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 hollow skeleton: section headings promise expertise (patterns, anti-patterns, capabilities) but deliver almost no instructional content — no code, no commands, no sequenced workflow, and several empty or incoherent sections. A reader would learn nothing actionable about actually using BullMQ from it.

Suggestions

Replace the persona preamble and the dangling 'Your core philosophy:' line with executable code examples — e.g., a minimal Queue/Worker setup with connection config, and a FlowProducer example — under the existing Patterns headings.

Turn each anti-pattern header into concrete guidance: what 'Giant Job Payloads' / 'No Dead Letter Queue' / 'Infinite Concurrency' look like, how to detect them (e.g., `attempts`, `removeOnFail`, `limiter` options), and the fix.

Rewrite the 'When to Use' section to state actual triggering conditions (e.g., 'When adding background/async processing, scheduled or repeatable jobs, or job dependencies to a Node.js app') instead of the circular reference to a nonexistent overview.

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Conciseness

A substantial fraction of the body is padded or empty rather than instructive: persona fluff ('You are a BullMQ expert who has processed billions of jobs in production... You've debugged stuck jobs at 3am'), a dangling 'Your core philosophy:' heading with no content, three anti-pattern headers with no explanation, and a filler 'When to Use' sentence. This matches anchor 2 ('noticeably verbose; several unnecessary explanations or padded sections'); it is not a 1 only because it is short and does not explain concepts Claude already knows.

2 / 5

Actionability

There is no code, no commands, and no configuration anywhere in the body. Sections like 'Production-ready BullMQ queue with proper configuration' and 'Jobs that run at specific times or after delays' only describe rather than instruct, and the anti-patterns are bare headers ('Giant Job Payloads', 'No Dead Letter Queue') with no remediation. This squarely matches anchor 1: 'entirely vague or abstract; no concrete code or commands; only describes rather than instructs.'

1 / 5

Workflow Clarity

No multi-step process is sequenced anywhere — no setup steps, no validation, no error handling. The 'When to Use' section is incoherent, referencing 'the workflow or actions described in the overview' when no overview section exists. This matches anchor 1 ('steps missing or incoherent; no sequence; no validation for risky operations').

1 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body has recognizable sections (Capabilities, Patterns, Anti-Patterns, Related Skills), so it is not a monolithic wall, but the structure is nominal: sections are empty stubs, 'Your core philosophy:' dangles, and the content that would justify the structure (code examples, pattern details, anti-pattern remediation) is neither inline nor in any referenced bundle file (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ exist). This fits anchor 3 — some structure but could be much better organized. It is not 5 because a short no-bundle skill earns that only with well-organized, substantive sections.

3 / 5

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7

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20

Passed

Description

78%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, well-structured description: it names the library, the platform (Node.js/TypeScript), the problem domain, and provides an explicit 'Use when' clause with natural trigger phrases. Main weaknesses are modest action specificity and a few missing trigger synonyms that overlap with sibling Redis/queue skills.

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Specificity

The description names the domain and a few capability areas — 'Redis-backed job queues, background processing, and reliable async execution in Node.js/TypeScript applications' — but these are domains rather than the concrete actions of the anchor-4 example (which lists multiple specific operations like 'extracts text, fills forms, converts pages'). Coverage is not comprehensive (no mention of repeatable/delayed jobs, flows, workers, rate limiting), so it sits at anchor 3.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both questions: what ('BullMQ expert for Redis-backed job queues, background processing, and reliable async execution in Node.js/TypeScript applications') and when (a concrete 'Use when:' clause with five specific trigger phrases). Both are present and explicit, matching the anchor-5 example structure; it is not anchor 4 because the 'when' is not weakly implied — it is fully spelled out with triggers.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

'Use when: bullmq, bull queue, redis queue, background job, job queue' gives good natural keyword coverage including the library name and its spacing variant. It falls short of anchor 5 because common synonyms like 'task queue', 'queue worker', 'scheduled/delayed jobs', or 'BullMQ worker' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is clear — BullMQ is a specific library with distinct triggers ('bullmq', 'bull queue') and minimal conflict risk. It is not a 5 because the triggers 'redis queue' and 'background job' overlap with generic Redis/queue skills (the body itself lists a related 'redis-specialist' skill), which is a minor overlap risk with closely related skills.

4 / 5

Total

16

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20

Passed

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

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

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Path

skills/bullmq-specialist/SKILL.md

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