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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. Use when reading, writing, or reviewing Cisco IOS / IOS-XE configuration or planning a change window.

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Content

88%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 a highly actionable, well-structured reference: concrete commands, an explicit validated change workflow, and safety guardrails throughout. Minor improvements are trimming a couple of lines that explain IOS basics Claude already knows and splitting the command catalog into a reference file.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and pattern-focused, but a few lines restate basics Claude already knows ('running-config is active memory. startup-config is what survives reload', 'Every ACL has the implicit deny at the end') and could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable throughout: a catalog of exact read-only show commands with section filters, complete config blocks (ACL, interface hygiene), and copy-paste before/after verification commands covering the common review cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Operating Rules workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit validation ('Re-read state, compare to the baseline, then save only after validation'), plus a rollback/out-of-band-access checklist and anti-patterns for a change class that could lock out management.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized single-file layout with clear section headers and no nested references, but all ~155 lines are inline with no external reference files (e.g., the show-command catalog could be split out), and the under-50-line simple-skill exception does not apply.

4 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

88%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: it uses third person, enumerates concrete capabilities, and pairs them with an explicit 'Use when' clause covering the main trigger scenarios. The only gaps are a few missing natural synonyms (router, switch) and slight overlap risk with sibling network-review skills.

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Specificity

The description enumerates six concrete capability areas — 'show commands, config hierarchy, wildcard masks, ACL placement, interface hygiene, and safe change-window verification' — providing comprehensive, non-vague coverage of the skill's actions.

5 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what (review patterns for the enumerated topics) and when ('Use when reading, writing, or reviewing Cisco IOS / IOS-XE configuration or planning a change window') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural trigger phrases like 'Cisco IOS / IOS-XE configuration', 'planning a change window', and 'ACL' are present with platform synonyms (IOS / IOS-XE), but common user phrasings such as 'router', 'switch', or 'running-config' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Cisco IOS and IOS-XE' carves a clear niche with distinct triggers, but the skill body's See Also section reveals closely related network review/validation skills, creating minor overlap risk.

4 / 5

Total

18

/

20

Passed

Validation

93%

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Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

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Repository

affaan-m/ECC

Path

skills/cisco-ios-patterns/SKILL.md

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