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computer-use-agents

The fundamental architecture of computer use agents: observe screen, reason about next action, execute action, repeat. This loop integrates vision models with action execution through an iterative pipeline.

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tessl review fix ./plugins/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills/skills/computer-use-agents/SKILL.md

The canonical home for this skill is computer-use-agents in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

46%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 offers substantive concrete material but is undermined by truncated, non-executable code samples, a broken placeholder 'Sharp Edges' table, dated version claims, and a monolithic structure that inlines content which should live in reference files. Validation steps for risky automation are absent.

Suggestions

Complete or remove the truncated Python code blocks so every example is copy-paste executable.

Move the Dockerfile, docker-compose, and full agent implementations into reference files under references/ and link to them one level deep from SKILL.md.

Replace the placeholder 'Sharp Edges' table with real issue names and add explicit validation/verification checkpoints (e.g., confirm sandbox isolation before running, verify action results before proceeding).

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Conciseness

Mostly structured but padded with a large inline Dockerfile and docker-compose, explains the perception-reasoning-action loop Claude already knows, and embeds time-sensitive version strings ('claude-sonnet-4-20250514', 'computer_20251124', 'Opus 4.5 is now the best') outside any deprecated section.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides real concrete guidance (a complete Dockerfile and docker-compose), but the Python examples are truncated mid-line ('scrolled {dir', 'from dataclasses im', an unfinished _handle_computer_action), so they are not executable as written.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The loop and isolation requirements are sequenced, but this is destructive/risky desktop automation with no validation checkpoints, and the 'Sharp Edges' table uses placeholder 'Issue' labels with no real problems, so workflow clarity is capped at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist; large artifacts (Dockerfile, docker-compose, full agent classes) that belong in separate reference files are inlined into SKILL.md with no one-level-deep references, and at ~320 lines the simple-skill exception does not apply.

2 / 5

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Description

53%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 states the architectural pattern of computer use agents but omits any explicit 'when to use' trigger guidance and relies on limited natural keywords. It is a competent but incomplete description that would benefit from trigger phrases.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause listing concrete trigger scenarios (e.g., building desktop automation, controlling a GUI, driving a browser/OS).

Broaden natural trigger terms with synonyms users actually say, such as 'desktop automation', 'GUI control', or 'screen interaction'.

Reframe the 'what' around deliverables (e.g., 'drives mouse/keyboard to operate a desktop') rather than only the abstract loop.

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Specificity

Names the domain ('computer use agents') and concrete loop phases ('observe screen, reason about next action, execute action, repeat'), but these describe architecture rather than user-facing deliverable actions, matching the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions' anchor.

3 / 5

Completeness

Provides a clear 'what' (the perception-reasoning-action loop) but no 'Use when...' trigger clause, so per the rubric completeness is capped at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Only natural term is 'computer use agents'; the rest ('vision models', 'iterative pipeline') is technical jargon, and common user phrases like 'control my computer' or 'automate desktop' are missing.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Computer use agents' is a fairly distinct niche with minor overlap risk against general agent skills, fitting the 'mostly distinct' anchor; not a 5 because the description frames a generic agent loop.

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

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