a0-create-plugin

Build, improve, review or publish Agent Zero plugins; local or community, with focused references.

Quality

81%

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Low

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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.

The body is an efficient, well-structured overview that delegates detail to verified one-level-deep references and includes explicit runtime verification. The only minor gap is that executable specifics live in the referenced files rather than inline.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence (lifecycle contract, paths, and a reference table) with no padded concept explanations, matching the 'every token earns its place' anchor.	5 / 5
Actionability	Concrete guidance is present (specific `skills_tool` invocation, named lifecycle functions install/pre_update/uninstall, exact paths like `/a0/usr/plugins/<name>/`), but it relies on references rather than inline code, matching 'mostly executable guidance; minor gaps'.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The 'Working Flow' is a clear five-step sequence with an explicit validation checkpoint (verify the real runtime, read references/review.md before declaring complete, report actual checks), matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	A well-signaled reference table maps each work type to a one-level-deep file, all four referenced files exist, and detail is appropriately split out, matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific and clearly distinct, but lacks an explicit 'when to use' clause, which caps completeness at 3. Adding a 'Use when...' sentence with synonyms would push it toward the top anchors.

Suggestions

Append an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming the situations that should trigger this skill (e.g. 'Use when building, improving, reviewing, or publishing Agent Zero plugins').

Add natural synonyms and concrete artifacts to the description (e.g. 'plugin.yaml', 'hooks.py', 'plugin hub') to improve trigger term coverage.

Mention the debug/troubleshoot scope in the description body so the 'what' matches the tag list.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	"Build, improve, review or publish Agent Zero plugins" lists four concrete actions on a named domain, matching the 'several specific actions; minor gaps' anchor; not 5 because debug/contribute actions appear only in tags, not the description.	4 / 5
Completeness	The 'what' is clear but there is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, so completeness is capped at 3 per the rubric guideline.	3 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural terms (build, improve, review, publish, plugins) are present, matching 'good keyword coverage; a few natural terms missing'; not 5 because no synonyms or file extensions are included.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	"Agent Zero plugins" carves out a clear niche with distinct triggers and minimal conflict risk, matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: agent0ai/agent-zero
Path: skills/a0-create-plugin/SKILL.md
Commit: b1cbd1f

Reviewed: 7 days ago

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