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cisco-ios-patterns

Cisco IOS and IOS-XE review patterns for show commands, config hierarchy, wildcard masks, ACL placement, interface hygiene, and safe change-window verification.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

100%

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 concise, actionable reference with executable show commands and config patterns, a clear validated workflow for risky changes, and well-organized sections that need no external bundle files. It is a strong, token-efficient skill body.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence — e.g., 'running-config is active memory. startup-config is what survives reload.' — with no padding explaining basic networking concepts, so every token earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

It provides concrete, copy-paste-ready read-only show commands, a wildcard-mask conversion table, and specific config snippets, giving executable guidance rather than vague direction.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 'Prefer this workflow' sequence (capture → review → confirm access → apply smallest change → re-read and validate before save) includes explicit validation checkpoints, and the Change-Window Verification section adds before/after checks for a risky change operation.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files are needed; the body is well-organized into clearly labeled sections (When to Use, Operating Rules, Mode Reference, Read-Only Collection, Wildcard Masks, ACL Placement, Interface Hygiene, Change-Window Verification, Anti-Patterns, See Also) with one-level cross-references to related skills/agents.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Description

60%

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 lists concrete, domain-specific capabilities clearly but lacks an explicit 'Use when…' trigger clause and overlaps somewhat with sibling network-review skills. It is specific and distinctive but not optimally triggered.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when…' clause (e.g., 'Use when reviewing Cisco IOS/IOS-XE configs, planning a change window, or troubleshooting router/switch behavior') to fully answer when Claude should invoke the skill.

Broaden trigger terms with natural user phrasings like 'router config review', 'switch ACL troubleshooting', or 'IOS change window'.

Sharpen distinctiveness from sibling network skills by foregrounding IOS/IOS-XE-specific concerns (wildcard masks, IOS config modes) in the opening phrase.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Enumerates multiple concrete capability areas — 'show commands, config hierarchy, wildcard masks, ACL placement, interface hygiene, and safe change-window verification' — matching the anchor for listing several specific actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

The 'what' is clearly stated, but there is no explicit 'Use when…' trigger clause, so the 'when' is only implied — the rubric caps completeness at 2 for missing explicit trigger guidance.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant technical terms ('Cisco IOS', 'IOS-XE', 'wildcard masks', 'ACL placement') are present, but common natural phrasings a user might say ('router config review', 'ACL troubleshooting') are absent, leaving some keyword variations uncovered.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The Cisco IOS/IOS-XE niche is fairly distinct, but it overlaps with sibling network skills referenced in the body (network-config-reviewer, network-interface-health), so conflict risk is not fully eliminated.

2 / 3

Total

9

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12

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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