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Multi-source deep research using firecrawl and exa MCPs. Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution. Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations.

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Quality

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The canonical home for this skill is deep-research in affaan-m/ECC

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

82%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.

A well-structured research workflow with concrete, executable MCP calls and a complete report template. The main improvement is trimming the explanatory prose and drift warning to tighten token efficiency.

Suggestions

Tighten conciseness by condensing the drift-warning blockquote into a one-line caveat and removing the rationale behind the clarifying questions.

Add an explicit verification checkpoint after search (e.g. 'confirm N unique sources before drafting') to strengthen the workflow's feedback loop.

Consider extracting the full report markdown template into a reference file once the skill grows, keeping SKILL.md as an overview.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly lean workflow with concrete tool calls, but the drift-warning blockquote and a few explanatory sentences (e.g. clarifying-question rationale) could be trimmed slightly.

4 / 5

Actionability

Copy-ready tool invocations with parameters (firecrawl_search limit, web_search_advanced_exa startPublishedDate) plus a full executable report template cover the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear six-step sequence with explicit quality rules, but lacks explicit validation feedback loops; acceptable here as research is not a destructive or batch operation, so no cap applies.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Single well-sectioned file with no bundle files needed; structure is clear and navigable, though a few dense blocks (the report template) could be split out if the skill grew.

4 / 5

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20

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Description

87%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, third-person description that covers both capability and explicit activation triggers while naming the specific tooling that defines its niche. Minor gains possible from tightening 'synthesizes findings' and adding more colloquial synonyms.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists several concrete actions ('Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports with source attribution') with only minor abstraction in 'synthesizes findings'.

4 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers both what ('Searches the web, synthesizes findings, and delivers cited reports') and when ('Use when the user wants thorough research on any topic with evidence and citations') with explicit triggers.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms like 'thorough research' and 'evidence and citations' are present, though the phrasing 'any topic' is broad and a few common synonyms are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Names specific MCPs (firecrawl, exa) and a clear 'cited reports with source attribution' niche, giving minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

relative_links

Relative link issues: 3 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
affaan-m/ECC
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