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latency-critical-systems

Use for latency-sensitive systems such as realtime dashboards, market data, streaming agents, execution gateways, queues, caches, or HFT-like infrastructure where freshness and p95 latency matter.

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Quality

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%

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

A concise, well-organized methodology skill with a clear workflow and verification checkpoint, weakened only by abstract, non-executable optimization directives.

Suggestions

Add one concrete example or runnable snippet for the optimization steps (e.g. a sample p95 measurement command or a hot-path tracing snippet) to lift actionability.

Tighten abstract directives like 'Move compute closer to the data or the user' with a specific tactic (e.g. 'co-locate the ingest worker with the cache, or push aggregation to the edge').

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean bullet-driven guidance that assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining basic concepts; every section earns its tokens, including the terse guardrails.

3 / 3

Actionability

Names concrete metrics and verification checks (p50/p95/p99, queue depth, HTTP timing, orderbook age), but several optimization directives are abstract ('Move compute closer to the data', 'Split hot and cold paths') with no executable code or commands.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear measure-map-optimize-verify sequence is present, with an ordered Optimization list, an explicit Verification checklist, and Guardrails acting as approval gates for risky operations.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A compact, single-file skill with no external references needed and clearly organized ## sections; no bundle files exist, so the section structure is sufficient.

3 / 3

Total

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12

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Description

72%

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 well-targeted, trigger-rich description for a specialized latency-engineering niche, but it describes when to use the skill rather than what the skill concretely does.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'what' clause naming the concrete actions the skill performs (e.g. 'Map hot paths, split latency metrics, and order optimizations for ...').

Lead with the capability before the trigger so the description answers 'what' as clearly as it answers 'when'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names a concrete domain and many specific system types ('realtime dashboards, market data, streaming agents, execution gateways, queues, caches, or HFT-like infrastructure') but lists no concrete actions the skill performs, so it stops short of the top anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

An explicit 'Use for ...' trigger clearly answers 'when', but 'what this skill does' is only implied (latency engineering/optimization) rather than stated as concrete actions, so it does not reach the both-answered top anchor.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Strong, natural trigger coverage ('latency-sensitive systems', 'realtime dashboards', 'market data', 'streaming agents', 'HFT-like', 'p95 latency', 'freshness') that practitioners would actually say when they need this skill.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The HFT/market-data/execution-gateway/p95-latency niche is specific and distinct from general performance skills, making false-triggering unlikely.

3 / 3

Total

10

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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

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Total

14

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16

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Repository
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