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cover-letter-drafter

Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Use when preparing a submission package, communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors, or tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journal's scope. Also triggers on "write a cover letter for my paper", "draft a submission cover letter", "help me write to the editor", or "cover letter for [journal name]".

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Quality

Content

92%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

A well-structured, actionable skill body with a clear workflow, verification checklist, and clean one-level-deep references to existing bundle files. Only minor conciseness gains remain from consolidating the input-validation and Step 1 input lists.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence (no definitions of cover letters or journals), but the 'Input Validation' accepts/out-of-scope lists partially overlap with Step 1's mandatory/optional inputs and could be tightened.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready paragraph scaffolds (P1–P5 with quoted template text), a specific 300–450 word length target, and concrete tone/avoid/use lists that fully specify the output.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear four-step sequence (collect inputs → draft → calibrate → final check) culminates in an explicit verification checklist with checkboxes, giving a complete feedback loop.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a concise overview that points via clearly signaled, one-level-deep links to two real bundle files (assets/cover_letter_template.md and references/guide.md), both of which exist, with no nested references.

5 / 5

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20

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Description

95%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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, well-targeted description that clearly answers both 'what' and 'when' with concrete, natural trigger phrases. The only minor weakness is mild overlap among the listed actions rather than a fully comprehensive enumeration.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and several concrete actions ('Drafts journal-ready cover letters', 'communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors', 'tailoring the novelty framing'), but the actions overlap somewhat rather than being a comprehensive enumerated set.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly states both what it does ('Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission') and when to use it ('Use when preparing a submission package…') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes multiple natural phrases a user would actually say ('write a cover letter for my paper', 'draft a submission cover letter', 'help me write to the editor', 'cover letter for [journal name]'), covering synonyms and variations.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (journal submission cover letters) with distinct, domain-specific triggers that are unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

5 / 5

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19

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20

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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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16

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