patent-assistant

Assists R&D teams with patent technical disclosure drafting and patent/novelty search analysis; use when users ask to write a patent disclosure, structure an invention description, search related patents, or assess novelty.

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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 well-structured and actionable, with executable search commands and a concrete disclosure template backed by real bundle scripts. The main weaknesses are mild verbosity from the long example and section overlap, and an unsurfaced bundle script plus a missing output-validation checkpoint.

Suggestions

Tighten conciseness by trimming the ~50-line full disclosure example to a condensed skeleton and removing the overlap between 'Key Features' and 'Implementation Details'.

Surface scripts/generate_disclosure.py with an executable usage example (as done for patent_search.py) so Claude knows the scripted disclosure-generation path exists.

Add an explicit validation/review checkpoint to the disclosure-generation workflow (e.g. 'review the generated disclosure against the information checklist before delivering') to lift workflow clarity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body does not over-explain concepts Claude already knows and relies on actionable templates/commands, but the ~50-line full example disclosure and overlap between the 'Key Features' and 'Implementation Details' sections could be tightened; it sits above the verbose 2 anchor yet short of the lean 4.	3 / 5
Actionability	CLI examples are copy-paste ready and reference the real scripts/patent_search.py with concrete flags (--limit, -s all -p -a), and a full disclosure template is given; the gap keeping it from 5 is that scripts/generate_disclosure.py exists in the bundle but is never invoked or shown.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Both the disclosure-generation and patent-search workflows are laid out as numbered sequences, and the disclosure workflow includes an 'ask if missing' information-collection checkpoint; it is not a 5 because there is no explicit validate-output checkpoint before delivering the generated disclosure.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Sections are well-organized with clear headers and the search script is properly referenced, but scripts/generate_disclosure.py is present in the bundle yet never surfaced or linked from the body, a minor organization gap that keeps it from 5.	4 / 5
	Total	15 / 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.

A strong, well-formed description: third-person voice, a clear statement of capability, and an explicit 'use when' clause with concrete natural triggers tied to a distinct patent niche. The only minor weakness is slightly narrower trigger-term/synonym coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the patent domain and several concrete actions ('patent technical disclosure drafting', 'patent/novelty search analysis', 'write a patent disclosure', 'structure an invention description', 'search related patents', 'assess novelty'), with only minor coverage gaps; not a 5 because some actions are near-duplicates across the two clauses rather than a comprehensive, distinct set.	4 / 5
Completeness	It explicitly states what it does ('Assists R&D teams with patent technical disclosure drafting and patent/novelty search analysis') and when to use it with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor that requires both an explicit 'what' and an explicit 'use when'.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	The 'use when users ask to write a patent disclosure, structure an invention description, search related patents, or assess novelty' clause supplies natural phrases a user would actually say; a few common synonyms (e.g. 'invention disclosure', 'prior art search', 'patent application') are missing, so it falls short of the comprehensive 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Patent disclosure drafting and novelty search is a clear, narrow niche with triggers specific to patent work, giving minimal overlap risk with other skills; this fits the 'clear niche with distinct triggers; minimal conflict risk' anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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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: aipoch/medical-research-skills
Path: scientific-skills/Academic Writing/patent-assistant/SKILL.md
Commit: 63c61d3

Reviewed: 12 hours ago

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