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68%Weight 40%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A well-organized, largely executable reference: real copy-paste code for the main XML-RPC path, specific best practices, and honest limitations. The main gaps are missing validation/verification steps around database-mutating calls, and a curl example that cannot run as written because it lacks the session authentication /web/dataset/call_kw requires.
Suggestions
Add validation checkpoints around mutating calls: check that authenticate() returns a non-False uid, verify create() returns a valid record ID, and show one error-handling/retry snippet instead of only recommending it in prose.
Fix Example 3: include an authentication step for the JSON-RPC path (e.g., /web/session/authenticate to obtain a session cookie) and correct the contradictory comment that names /web/dataset/call_kw twice — the intended alternative endpoint is presumably /web/dataset/call.
Make Example 2 self-contained (or explicitly note it continues Example 1) so each snippet is independently copy-paste ready, and consider moving extended examples to a references/ file to keep SKILL.md leaner.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is efficient: it assumes knowledge of Python/curl, uses compact Do/Don't bullets, and skips library tutorials. Minor trimmables keep it at anchor 4 rather than 5: the "How It Works" meta-section ("Mention @odoo-rpc-api...") and the self-contradictory comment in Example 3 ("Odoo 16+ also supports the /web/dataset/call_kw endpoint but prefer /web/dataset/call_kw" names the same endpoint twice). It is well above anchor 3's "several unnecessary explanations". | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Example 1 is fully executable copy-paste Python (authenticate then search_read), the curl example is concrete, and best practices are specific (API keys, search_read, batching). It stays at anchor 4 rather than 5 because the curl JSON-RPC example omits the authentication step /web/dataset/call_kw requires, Example 2 reuses variables only defined in Example 1, and the Example 3 comment is contradictory — concrete code with minor gaps, not missing key details at every step. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The authenticate-then-call sequence is shown ("Step 1: Authenticate", "Step 2: Call models"), but there are no validation checkpoints: nothing checks that the returned uid is not False, verifies created record IDs, or demonstrates the error-handling/retry loop the best practices merely mention. Per the rubric's scoring note, record CRUD against a database without feedback loops caps workflow_clarity at 3. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist and the single ~95-line body is well organized with clear headers (Overview, When to Use, How It Works, Examples, Best Practices, Limitations) and scannable code blocks. At this length, with three full examples, some content could be split into reference files, so it fits anchor 4's "good structure, minor organization gaps" rather than anchor 5. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |