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preprint-surveillance-finder

Tracks the latest preprints and emerging research topics related to your topic across bioRxiv, medRxiv, and arXiv. Use when a user wants to discover what is being published right now before it reaches journals, monitor competitor directions, spot new methodology trends, or get an early-warning scan of a research area. Triggers on phrases like "what's new in X", "latest preprints on Y", "emerging topics in Z", "monitor bioRxiv for", or "what are people working on in this field".

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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 content is a well-structured, mostly lean overview with concrete endpoints and a clear two-mode workflow backed by hard-rule guardrails. Its main weakness is that the scan workflow is procedural rather than fully executable inline, and validation is expressed as rules rather than as explicit verify-fix-retry loops.

Suggestions

Tighten the scan workflow into concrete, runnable commands or a thin script invocation (e.g. show calling the bundled main.py with example arguments) so the core scan is copy-paste ready, not just procedural steps.

Convert the 'Hard Rules' into explicit in-flow validation checkpoints with a verify-fix-retry loop (e.g. after retrieval, verify live access succeeded; if blocked, switch to synthesis mode and re-label) to strengthen feedback loops for the batch/automated operation.

Move the inline Manual Search Templates into references/README.md (or a dedicated templates file) and link to it from SKILL.md, keeping the overview leaner and improving progressive disclosure.

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Conciseness

The body is largely lean — workflow steps, hard rules, and search templates are token-efficient and assume Claude's competence without explaining what a preprint or RSS feed is. A few phrasings (the quoted scope sentence, some restated hard rules) could be trimmed. Not 5 because of minor redundant restatement; not 3 because padding is minimal rather than a noticeable problem.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, runnable URLs and search templates (e.g. 'https://www.biorxiv.org/search/[keywords]%20numresults%3A25%20sort%3Arelevance-rank', the arXiv RSS/API URLs) and points to references/README.md and scripts. It is mostly executable, but the scan steps themselves stay at a procedural/cluster level rather than copy-paste ready code. Not 5 because the core scan is not fully executable inline; not 3 because concrete tools and endpoints are given.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear 4-step sequence (clarify → scan in two modes → organize/report → hard rules) with mode-branching and an explicit reporting template; Hard Rules act as validation guardrails (e.g. 'Never fabricate...', 'always label...'). Not 5 because validation checkpoints are framed as rules rather than as explicit verify-fix-retry feedback loops within the workflow; not 3 because the sequence and guardrails are present and mostly complete.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md is a well-organized overview that signals a single one-level-deep reference (references/README.md, which exists) and a scripts/ bundle; sections are clearly headed and the bulk detail is deferred to the README. Not 5 because only one reference is linked and the body still carries the full search-template/reference list inline rather than pointing out to multiple split files; not 3 because structure and signaling are good and the referenced file is real.

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.

This is an exemplary description: it concisely states what the skill does, when to use it, and lists natural trigger phrases users would actually say. It is third-person, specific, and free of vague fluff or over-claims.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Tracks the latest preprints', 'discover what is being published right now', 'monitor competitor directions', 'spot new methodology trends', 'get an early-warning scan' — across named sources (bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv), giving comprehensive coverage. Not a 4 because the action set is broad and specific rather than having only minor gaps.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (tracks preprints/emerging topics across three named servers) and 'when' (a 'Use when...' clause plus explicit trigger phrases). This mirrors the 5 anchor exactly; not a 4 because both halves are concrete and explicit rather than merely adequate.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural user phrases verbatim — "what's new in X", "latest preprints on Y", "emerging topics in Z", "monitor bioRxiv for", "what are people working on in this field" — covering synonyms and the named servers. Comprehensive natural-term coverage matches the 5 anchor; not a 4 because no common variations are clearly missing.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche — preprint surveillance across bioRxiv/medRxiv/arXiv with distinct trigger phrases — making overlap with unrelated skills minimal. Matches the 5 'clear niche with distinct triggers' anchor; not a 4 because the triggers and domain are tightly scoped rather than having minor overlap risk.

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

Validation for skill structure

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