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cloud-architect

Expert cloud architect specializing in AWS/Azure/GCP multi-cloud infrastructure design, advanced IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK), FinOps cost optimization, and modern architectural patterns.

1.00x
Quality

56%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

97%

1.00x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Passed

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The canonical home for this skill is cloud-architect in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

31%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 body is a persona/knowledge resume: nearly all content restates cloud concepts Claude already knows, with only vague generic instructions and no executable guidance. Its one progressive-disclosure reference is broken, and the inlined catalog should live in separate reference files.

Suggestions

Replace the Capabilities/Knowledge Base/Behavioral Traits catalogs with a concise operating procedure, moving any needed detail into real reference files (e.g. references/aws-patterns.md, references/finops-checklist.md).

Fix the dangling reference: 'resources/implementation-playbook.md' does not exist in the bundle — either create the file under references/ and link it correctly or remove the pointer.

Make the Instructions section concrete: specific design-review checklists, IaC module conventions, cost-estimation commands, and validation checkpoints (e.g. validate Terraform with 'terraform validate' before proposing).

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Conciseness

Roughly 100 lines are capability catalogs ('AWS: EC2, Lambda, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM...', generic definitions of microservices, serverless, event-driven) that restate knowledge Claude already has. Not 1 because it is a list-based catalog rather than explanatory prose teaching basic concepts, but it is noticeably verbose with several padded sections.

2 / 5

Actionability

The only instructions are high-level hints — 'Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs. Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.' — with no code, commands, or concrete steps anywhere in the body. Not 1 because the Response Approach sequence and Example Interactions give minimal shape beyond pure description; not 3 because nothing is executable or specific.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 'Response Approach' section provides a numbered 8-step sequence ('Analyze requirements... Recommend appropriate cloud services... Design resilient architectures...'), so a sequence is present. Not 4 because the steps are abstract and validation checkpoints are missing or only implicit ('validate outcomes').

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A ~120-line capability catalog is inlined in SKILL.md where it clearly belongs in separate reference files, and the single reference 'open resources/implementation-playbook.md' points to a file that does not exist in the bundle (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ directories are present). Not 3 because the inlined bulk and broken reference outweigh the existing section headers; not 1 because the body does have navigable section structure.

2 / 5

Total

9

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20

Passed

Description

62%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 clearly names a specific domain with concrete technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP, Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK, FinOps) but reads as a persona summary rather than an action-and-trigger statement. Its main gaps are the missing 'Use when...' trigger clause and buzzword padding ('Expert', 'advanced', 'modern').

Suggestions

Rewrite as concrete actions in third person, e.g. 'Designs AWS/Azure/GCP multi-cloud infrastructure, writes Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK, and optimizes cloud costs (FinOps)'.

Add an explicit trigger clause: 'Use when designing or reviewing cloud infrastructure, writing IaC, planning migrations, or reducing cloud spend'.

Trim buzzwords ('Expert', 'advanced', 'modern architectural patterns') in favor of specific natural keywords like 'cloud costs', 'infrastructure as code', 'serverless', 'Kubernetes'.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete capability areas with named technologies — 'multi-cloud infrastructure design', 'advanced IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK)', 'FinOps cost optimization' — going beyond a bare domain label. Not 5 because it presents areas of specialization with buzzwords ('Expert', 'advanced', 'modern') rather than concrete actions the skill performs.

4 / 5

Completeness

Has a clear and specific 'what' (multi-cloud design, IaC, FinOps cost optimization) but no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric. Not 2 because the 'what' is specific rather than vague.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms users would say: 'AWS', 'Azure', 'GCP', 'Terraform', 'OpenTofu', 'CDK', 'FinOps', 'multi-cloud'. Not 5 because common variations like 'cloud costs', 'infrastructure as code' spelled out, 'migration', 'Kubernetes', and 'serverless' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'cloud architect' persona spans three clouds plus IaC, FinOps, and all architectural patterns, creating overlap risk with Terraform, DevOps, Kubernetes, and cost-optimization skills. Not 4 because the breadth is more than minor overlap; not 2 because it is anchored to a recognizable niche.

3 / 5

Total

14

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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

plugins/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills/skills/cloud-architect/SKILL.md

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