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literatureimages-interpretation

Interpret figures in academic papers and their captions when the input is a PDF-to-Markdown document with page markers and image links, producing a structured Markdown report for extracting variables, trends, and conclusions.

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tessl review fix ./scientific-skills/Other/literatureimages-interpretation/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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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 well-structured with real bundle references and a clear workflow, but it is hurt by repetition of the core rules across multiple sections and generic boilerplate that inflates length without adding skill-specific value.

Suggestions

Consolidate the repeated rules (full image pass, chart-only interpretation, no image-list export) into a single authoritative section and remove the duplications across Key Features, Implementation Details, and Output rules.

Replace the generic boilerplate ('Required Inputs', 'Output Contract', 'Failure Handling', 'User Checkpoints') with skill-specific content or trim it to only the clauses that add non-obvious guidance for figure interpretation.

Add an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop for the batch image pass (e.g., re-classify ambiguous images and re-check the output against guide.md before finalizing) rather than delegating all validation to the reference file.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly procedural but repeats the same rules across 'Key Features', 'Implementation Details', and 'Output rules' (e.g., 'open every image without skipping', 'only chart-type', 'do not export the image list'), and appends generic templated boilerplate ('Required Inputs', 'Output Contract', 'Failure Handling') that could be tightened.

3 / 5

Actionability

Gives concrete guidance — a real pdf-extract command, exact file layout, specific output path, classification categories, and template usage — but the alignment step ('Use captions and in-text citations to assign figure identifiers') remains somewhat abstract with minor gaps.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear numbered 'Run (conceptual workflow)' sequence exists with checkpoints ('User Checkpoints', 'Quick Validation', 'Quality checks' in guide.md), though validation is delegated to the reference file rather than expressed as an explicit validate→fix→retry loop.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md acts as an overview with one-level-deep, clearly signaled references to real bundle files (assets/figure_interpretation_template.md and references/guide.md), but the body inlines considerable content that overlaps with guide.md rather than fully deferring to it.

4 / 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 is specific, distinct, and answers both what and when, but its when-clause is an input-format precondition rather than a natural user-trigger phrase, and it lacks synonyms like charts/plots.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete actions ('Interpret figures... and their captions', 'producing a structured Markdown report', 'extracting variables, trends, and conclusions') but omits classification, image-folder alignment, and non-figure filtering that the body covers, so it is not fully comprehensive.

4 / 5

Completeness

Clearly states what it does (interpret figures/captions, produce a structured Markdown report) and gives a when-condition ('when the input is a PDF-to-Markdown document with page markers and image links'), but the when is framed as an input-format precondition rather than an explicit 'Use when the user wants...' trigger.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage ('figures in academic papers', 'captions', 'PDF-to-Markdown document', 'page markers', 'image links'), but misses common synonyms users might say such as 'charts', 'plots', or 'graphs'.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The narrow niche of interpreting figures in PDF-to-Markdown academic papers with page markers gives it distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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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

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