customs-trade-compliance

Codified expertise for customs documentation, tariff classification, duty optimization, restricted party screening, and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Informed by trade compliance specialists with 15+ years experience. Includes HS classification logic, Incoterms application, FTA utilization, and penalty mitigation. Use when handling customs clearance, tariff classification, trade compliance, import/export documentation, or duty optimization.

Quality

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Quality

Content

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

A richly detailed, well-structured knowledge skill with concrete decision frameworks and worked examples. Its main weaknesses are token weight (a long monolithic body) and the absence of progressive disclosure via reference files.

Suggestions

Move the exhaustive GRI rule list, US penalty-tier breakdowns, and regional specialties into separate reference files (e.g., references/gri-rules.md, references/regional-specialties.md) and link to them from the body to improve both conciseness and progressive disclosure.

Extract the communication templates and escalation table into a references/templates.md file, keeping only a brief pointer inline in SKILL.md.

Add explicit validation feedback loops to the classification and FTA workflows (e.g., 'if the binding-ruling search returns a conflicting classification, re-apply GRI 3 and document the deviation') to push workflow clarity to the top anchor.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is dense and assumes Claude's intelligence (no basic-concept padding), but at 244 lines it could be tightened by moving exhaustive enumerations (full GRI list, all penalty tiers, regional specialties) into reference files rather than keeping them inline.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, specific guidance — worked examples (HS dispute, FTA qualification, screening hit), step-by-step decision frameworks, and templates — that is actionable for an advisory/knowledge skill, with only minor gaps since it offers no executable commands by nature.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step processes (classification logic, FTA qualification, valuation method hierarchy, screening protocol) are clearly sequenced with validation checkpoints (verify identity, check binding rulings, document rationale) and an escalation table with timelines; a few feedback loops could be more explicit.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Sections are well-organized with clear headers, but no bundle files exist and everything is inlined in SKILL.md; clearly separable sub-domains (regional specialties, templates, detailed GRI/penalty enumerations) remain inline rather than being split into one-level-deep references.	3 / 5
	Total	14 / 20 Passed

Description

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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, specific description with an explicit 'Use when' clause covering natural trigger terms and a well-defined niche. The only minor weakness is noun-phrase rather than verb-phrase framing of capabilities and a few missing synonyms in the trigger list.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete capabilities (customs documentation, tariff classification, duty optimization, restricted party screening, FTA utilization, penalty mitigation), but they are noun-phrased domains rather than verb-form actions, so it sits just below the fully comprehensive anchor 5.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (codified expertise for the listed customs/trade tasks) and 'when' ('Use when handling customs clearance, tariff classification, trade compliance, import/export documentation, or duty optimization') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	The 'Use when' clause covers natural phrases a user would say (customs clearance, tariff classification, trade compliance, import/export documentation, duty optimization), missing a few common synonyms such as 'HS codes' or 'Incoterms' that appear only in the body.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear, narrow niche (customs & trade compliance across jurisdictions) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: affaan-m/ECC
Path: skills/customs-trade-compliance/SKILL.md
Commit: 06c5e11

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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