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laravel-security

Laravel security best practices — authentication, authorization, Eloquent safety, CSRF, XSS prevention, API security, and secure deployment configurations.

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Quality

73%

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Security

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 highly actionable, code-rich security reference whose main weaknesses are some cross-section redundancy and a monolithic single-file structure with no progressive disclosure. Adding validation checkpoints and splitting detailed references into bundle files would lift the lower dimensions.

Suggestions

De-duplicate recurring guidance (e.g., consolidate the two Sanctum config blocks and the duplicate password-strength rules) and let the Quick Security Checklist point to the relevant sections instead of restating them.

For deployment and migration sections, add explicit validation checkpoints (e.g., "run `composer audit`, verify APP_DEBUG=false, then proceed") with fix-and-retry feedback loops.

Move large reference blocks (full policy/middleware listings, API security details) into reference files under references/ and link to them one level deep to improve progressive disclosure.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly lean executable code assuming competence, but Sanctum config and password rules each recur across sections and the Quick Security Checklist restates inlined content, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Pervasive concrete, copy-paste-ready code (config files, controllers, policies, middleware, FormRequests, rate limiters) with specific values rather than pseudocode.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Well-organized by topic with a trigger list, but deployment/migration/mass-assignment sections lack explicit validation checkpoints or fix-and-retry feedback loops, leaving sequence checkpoints implicit.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No references/scripts/assets bundle exists; ~940 lines live in a single monolithic SKILL.md with good section headers but no one-level-deep reference split, so content that could be externalized is inline.

2 / 3

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12

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Description

82%

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 specific, well-triggered, clearly-niched description that is weakened only by the absence of an explicit "Use when…" clause. Adding a trigger sentence would raise completeness to full marks.

Suggestions

Append an explicit "Use when…" clause listing concrete activation scenarios (e.g., "Use when setting up Laravel auth, hardening a production deployment, or auditing a Laravel app for vulnerabilities") to satisfy the completeness dimension.

Consider adding common natural variations users say, such as "Laravel hardening" or "secure Laravel app", to broaden trigger coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists seven concrete capability areas ("authentication, authorization, Eloquent safety, CSRF, XSS prevention, API security, and secure deployment configurations"), matching the multi-specific-action anchor rather than the domain-plus-some-actions level.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers "what" via the enumerated capabilities but has no explicit "Use when…" trigger clause, so per the guidelines completeness is capped at 2 with the "when" only implied.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms a Laravel developer would actually say are well covered — "Laravel security", "authentication", "authorization", "CSRF", "XSS", "API security" — not merely technical jargon.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Tightly scoped to Laravel security with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

11

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12

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

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (949 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
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