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abstract-trimmer

Precision editing tool that reduces abstract word count through intelligent compression techniques, maintaining scientific rigor while meeting strict journal and conference requirements.

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SKILL.md
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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.

The body is highly actionable with concrete commands and parameter docs, but it is padded with templated boilerplate and duplicated sections, and its workflow lacks an explicit validation checkpoint for batch trimming. Progressive disclosure is undercut by references that do not contain what the body claims.

Suggestions

Remove the 'See ##X above' placeholder lines and merge the duplicated Key Features / Features and Example Usage / Usage sections to reduce padding.

Add an explicit validate-then-proceed step to the Workflow (e.g. run --check-only and confirm key statistics are preserved before returning the trimmed abstract).

Either populate references/guidelines.md with the three documents the body claims (compression strategies, protected elements, journal word limits) or correct the body's reference list to match the actual file.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Noticeably verbose: templated 'See ##X above' placeholders, the description repeated verbatim as a trigger, duplicated Key Features vs Features sections, and a stale past 'Next Review Date' not placed in a deprecated section, matching anchor 2.

2 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete executable commands with real example text, a full parameter table, a strategy table, and output-format examples, leaving only minor gaps such as unsupplied input files, matching anchor 4.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A five-step sequence is present but lacks an explicit output-validation checkpoint, and batch operations are featured, so the batch/destructive guideline caps workflow clarity at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The bundle is one level deep and signaled (references/guidelines.md, scripts/main.py), but the body over-claims reference contents and inlines material that belongs in references, matching anchor 3.

3 / 5

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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 clearly states what the tool does within a well-bounded niche, but relies on generic phrasing ('intelligent compression techniques') and lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause. Trigger-term coverage misses the natural verbs users would actually say.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming concrete triggers, e.g. 'Use when trimming an abstract to a journal or conference word limit.'

Replace 'intelligent compression techniques' with the specific strategies exposed (conservative/balanced/aggressive) to lift specificity.

Include natural user verbs and synonyms such as 'trim', 'shorten', and 'word limit' to improve trigger-term quality.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (abstract word-count reduction) and one concrete action (compression), but 'intelligent compression techniques' is generic and coverage is not comprehensive, matching anchor 3.

3 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear, but the 'when' is only weakly implied via 'meeting strict journal and conference requirements' with no explicit 'Use when...' clause, which caps completeness at 3 per the guideline.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes 'abstract word count' and 'journal and conference requirements' but omits natural user phrases like 'trim', 'shorten', and 'word limit', leaving common synonyms missing per anchor 3.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche (scientific abstracts, journal/conference limits) is specific with low overlap risk, but absence of explicit distinct trigger phrases keeps it at anchor 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

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13

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Validation

93%

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

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

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15

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16

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aipoch/medical-research-skills
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