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inventory-demand-planning

Codified expertise for demand forecasting, safety stock optimization, replenishment planning, and promotional lift estimation at multi-location retailers. Informed by demand planners with 15+ years experience managing hundreds of SKUs. Includes forecasting method selection, ABC/XYZ analysis, seasonal transition management, and vendor negotiation frameworks. Use when forecasting demand, setting safety stock, planning replenishment, managing promotions, or optimizing inventory levels.

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Quality

82%

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The canonical home for this skill is tdg-personal/inventory-demand-planning

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

65%

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

A dense, genuinely expert reference with strong actionability via formulas and decision tables, but it is a long monolith with no progressive disclosure and a workflow section that lacks explicit validation/feedback checkpoints.

Suggestions

Split the large Core Knowledge and Decision Frameworks sections into reference files (e.g., FORECASTING.md, SAFETY-STOCK.md, PROMO-PLAYBOOK.md) and keep SKILL.md as an overview pointing one level deep.

Add explicit validation checkpoints to 'How It Works' — e.g., 'Validate forecast against holdout WMAPE before generating POs' and 'Reconcile post-promo actuals vs forecast before next cycle'.

Externalize the Communication Patterns templates and Performance Indicators tables into a reference file to reduce SKILL.md token load.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is expert-level with little concept padding, but at ~248 lines it is long; several sections (e.g., Communication Patterns templates, Performance Indicators) could be trimmed or externalized to tighten token use.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete formulas (SS = Z × σ_d × √(LT + RP), EOQ = √(2DS/H)), numeric decision tables with explicit thresholds, and copy-ready communication templates — fully actionable guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

'How It Works' lists a clear 6-step sequence, but there are no explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops (e.g., 'validate forecast before committing PO, re-check after promo'), which the rubric expects for multi-step processes.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single 248-line monolithic SKILL.md with no references/, scripts/, or assets/ bundle files and no offloaded detail; it is well-organized internally but nothing is split out for one-level-deep navigation.

2 / 3

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Description

100%

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, third-person description with concrete capabilities and an explicit Use-when trigger clause covering natural user terms. The only blemish is mild credentialing fluff ('Informed by demand planners with 15+ years experience') that adds no actionable information.

Suggestions

Drop the credentialing line 'Informed by demand planners with 15+ years experience managing hundreds of SKUs' — it is unverifiable padding that does not help Claude decide when to invoke the skill.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'demand forecasting, safety stock optimization, replenishment planning, and promotional lift estimation' — plus specific capabilities (ABC/XYZ analysis, seasonal transition management, vendor negotiation frameworks), matching the top anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (the enumerated capabilities) and when (a dedicated 'Use when...' clause), satisfying the top anchor for both dimensions.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The 'Use when forecasting demand, setting safety stock, planning replenishment, managing promotions, or optimizing inventory levels' clause gives good coverage of natural terms a planner would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The multi-location retail demand-planning niche with its specific triggers is clearly distinguishable and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

81%

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

Validation13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

13

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16

Passed

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