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Build ultra-fast web APIs and full-stack apps with Hono — runs on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, and any WinterCG-compatible runtime.

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The canonical home for this skill is hono in administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

71%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This is a solid, highly actionable skill with excellent executable code examples covering Hono's key features from basic routing to advanced RPC typing. Its main weaknesses are verbosity — the overview, 'When to Use' section, and some explanatory text could be trimmed — and the lack of progressive disclosure via supporting bundle files for the substantial amount of inline content. The workflow is logically sequenced but could benefit from explicit verification steps between stages.

Suggestions

Trim the overview paragraph and 'When to Use This Skill' section significantly — Claude doesn't need to be told what Hono is or when to use it; focus on the how.

Extract the extended examples (JWT auth, D1 database, streaming) into a separate EXAMPLES.md file and reference it from the main skill.

Remove the list of built-in middleware names — Claude can look these up; instead just show the import pattern and one or two examples.

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Conciseness

The overview paragraph explains what Hono is and its value proposition, which is somewhat unnecessary for Claude. The 'When to Use This Skill' section adds bulk. However, the code examples themselves are lean and well-chosen. The overall document is longer than needed — the middleware list, best practices, and common pitfalls sections could be tighter.

3 / 5

Actionability

Every section provides executable, copy-paste ready code examples covering project setup, routing, middleware, validation, route composition, RPC client, JWT auth, D1 database integration, and streaming. The examples are complete and cover common use cases thoroughly.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The step-by-step progression from setup through routing, middleware, validation, composition, and RPC is logical and well-sequenced. The common pitfalls section serves as a lightweight error-recovery guide. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints (e.g., 'verify the dev server starts before proceeding'). Since this isn't a destructive/batch operation skill, the missing validation doesn't cap the score.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The document is ~250 lines with substantial inline content that could benefit from being split into separate files (e.g., examples, middleware reference, RPC guide). The 'Related Skills' section references other skills but there are no bundle files to offload detail into. The structure is reasonable with clear headers, but the monolithic nature works against progressive disclosure.

3 / 5

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Description

52%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 effectively identifies the Hono framework and its supported runtimes, providing good distinctiveness through the framework name and runtime ecosystem. However, it lacks a 'Use when...' clause, which is critical for skill selection, and the specific capabilities beyond 'build web APIs and full-stack apps' are not enumerated. The description reads more like marketing copy ('ultra-fast') than a functional skill selector.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks to build an API or web app with Hono, or mentions Cloudflare Workers edge functions, or needs a lightweight web framework.'

Enumerate specific capabilities such as routing, middleware, request/response handling, JSX templates, RPC, or OpenAPI generation to help Claude distinguish this from other web framework skills.

Remove marketing language like 'ultra-fast' which doesn't aid skill selection, and replace with actionable trigger terms like 'REST API', 'HTTP server', 'edge computing', or 'serverless functions'.

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Specificity

Names the domain (web APIs and full-stack apps with Hono) and mentions concrete actions ('Build...web APIs and full-stack apps'), but doesn't enumerate specific capabilities like routing, middleware, authentication, etc. The runtime list adds specificity to the environment but not to actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

Has a reasonable 'what' (build web APIs and full-stack apps with Hono on various runtimes) but completely lacks a 'when' clause. There is no 'Use when...' guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 3, and since the 'what' is also somewhat general, a 2 is appropriate.

2 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes strong trigger terms like 'Hono', 'web APIs', 'full-stack apps', 'Cloudflare Workers', 'Deno', 'Bun', 'Node.js', and 'WinterCG'. Missing some natural user phrases like 'REST API', 'HTTP server', 'edge functions', 'middleware', or 'web framework'.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The mention of 'Hono' specifically makes this fairly distinct from generic web framework skills. However, 'web APIs' and 'full-stack apps' are broad enough to potentially overlap with skills for Express, Fastify, Next.js, or other web frameworks. The Hono name is a strong differentiator but the broader terms create minor overlap risk.

4 / 5

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Validation

90%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation10 / 11 Passed

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