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nx-workspace-patterns

Configure and optimize Nx monorepo workspaces. Use when setting up Nx, configuring project boundaries, optimizing build caching, or implementing affected commands.

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Quality

Content

58%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 highly actionable with excellent executable templates and commands, but it reads as a reference dump rather than a guided skill: no ordered workflow or verification steps, filler instruction sections, and a dangling reference to a missing resources/implementation-playbook.md file.

Suggestions

Replace the generic Instructions and Use/Do-not-use sections with a numbered setup workflow (init workspace -> tag projects -> configure boundaries -> enable caching -> CI) ending with verification steps such as running `nx graph` or `nx affected -t lint` to confirm the configuration works.

Move the six large templates into files under references/ (e.g., references/templates.md) and keep short inline snippets in SKILL.md, fixing the broken pointer to resources/implementation-playbook.md so it targets a file that actually exists.

Delete the boilerplate filler ("Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs", "Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes") to tighten token efficiency.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The templates are dense and valuable, but generic filler like "Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs. Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes" plus boilerplate "Do not use this skill when"/"Use this skill when" sections add tokens without teaching anything Nx-specific.

3 / 5

Actionability

Six complete, copy-paste-ready templates (nx.json, project.json, ESLint boundary rules, custom generator, CI workflow, remote caching) plus a concrete command list fully cover the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

No sequenced process exists (e.g., init workspace -> configure boundaries -> enable caching -> wire CI) and no validation checkpoints appear anywhere; the only nod is the vague "Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes", fitting the anchor for poorly defined steps with validation absent.

2 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Section headers organize the material well, but roughly 300 lines of templates that belong in reference files are inlined, and the sole reference ("open resources/implementation-playbook.md") points to a nonexistent directory since no resources/ or references/ files exist in the bundle.

3 / 5

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13

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20

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Description

82%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 description with a clear what, an explicit and concrete Use-when clause, and a well-defined niche. Minor room to broaden trigger-term coverage (Nx Cloud, remote caching, migration) and enumerate more capabilities in the what-clause.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ("Nx monorepo workspaces") and 1-2 concrete actions ("Configure and optimize"), matching the anchor for domain-plus-limited-actions rather than the several-specific-actions coverage of a 4.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers what ("Configure and optimize Nx monorepo workspaces") and when ("Use when setting up Nx, configuring project boundaries, optimizing build caching, or implementing affected commands") with four concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural phrases users would say ("setting up Nx", "project boundaries", "build caching", "affected commands") but misses common variations like "Nx Cloud", "remote caching", "migrate to Nx", and "nx graph".

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Nx monorepo workspaces" is a clear niche with distinct triggers (boundaries, caching, affected commands); virtually no overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

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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.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills

Path

skills/nx-workspace-patterns/SKILL.md

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