django-patterns

Django architecture patterns, REST API design with DRF, ORM best practices, caching, signals, middleware, and production-grade Django apps. Use when building or reviewing Django apps, DRF APIs, ORM queries, or caching.

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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 rich, actionable Django pattern catalog with strong executable examples, but it is a monolithic inlined reference with no progressive disclosure and no validation feedback loops for its batch/destructive operations.

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Split the large reference blocks (split settings, model/QuerySet patterns, DRF serializers/viewsets, caching, signals, middleware) into separate files under references/ and keep SKILL.md as an overview with one-level-deep pointers, e.g. '**Settings patterns**: See [references/settings.md](references/settings.md)'.

Add validation/verification checkpoints to the destructive and batch operations, e.g. wrap bulk_update/.delete() examples with a confirm step or a post-condition check, and present a short end-to-end workflow (model -> serializer -> viewset -> test) with an explicit verify step.

Complete the code examples' imports (env/slugify/Count/timezone/logger/generic) or note the assumed module so examples are copy-paste runnable as written.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Per-line prose is lean and avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows, but ~21KB of pattern code is inlined into a single SKILL.md, which is heavy on the token budget and could be trimmed by offloading reference material; not quite the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Actionability	Extensive, concrete, mostly copy-paste-ready code across settings, models, serializers, viewsets, services, caching, signals, and middleware; minor gaps (undefined env(), slugify, Count, timezone, logger, generic imports) prevent fully-executable 5.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	This is a patterns catalog rather than a sequenced workflow, and the bulk/destructive operations section (bulk_create, bulk_update, .delete()) shows no validation or verification checkpoints; the batch/destructive cap holds it at 3.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ absent) and all ~735 lines of reference-grade content are inlined in SKILL.md with no file splitting or navigation pointers; section headers exist but content that clearly belongs in separate files is inlined, matching the 2 anchor more than the 3.	2 / 5
	Total	13 / 20 Passed

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, well-targeted description that clearly states what the skill covers and when to use it with natural trigger phrases. Minor room for broader trigger synonyms, but it is distinct and complete.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names concrete Django areas ("REST API design with DRF", "ORM best practices", "caching, signals, middleware") rather than vague abstractions, but lists domains/areas rather than discrete verb-actions, keeping it just below the comprehensive 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (the capability list) and when ("Use when building or reviewing Django apps, DRF APIs, ORM queries, or caching") with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor; third-person voice is maintained.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural phrases users say ("building or reviewing Django apps", "DRF APIs", "ORM queries", "caching") with good coverage; a few common variants (e.g. "models", "serializers", "views") are missing, so it stops short of the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A clearly Django-specific niche (DRF, ORM, signals, middleware) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills, matching the 5 anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

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Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
skill_md_line_count	SKILL.md is long (736 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking	Warning
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: affaan-m/ECC
Path: skills/django-patterns/SKILL.md
Commit: d8409a4

Reviewed: 1 day ago

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