Helps organize reviewer comments and generate a standardized Word (.docx) response letter that maps each change to its exact location (page/paragraph/line). Use when revising a manuscript, replying to peer-review feedback, or preparing internal review responses.
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./scientific-skills/Academic Writing/response-letter/SKILL.mdQuality
Discovery
100%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 a strong skill description that clearly communicates a specific, well-defined capability. It names concrete actions (organizing comments, generating response letters with location mapping), includes natural trigger terms users would use in an academic or review context, and provides explicit 'Use when' guidance with multiple relevant scenarios. The description is concise yet comprehensive.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple concrete actions: 'organize reviewer comments', 'generate a standardized Word (.docx) response letter', and 'maps each change to its exact location (page/paragraph/line)'. These are specific, actionable capabilities. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (organize comments, generate standardized response letter with location mapping) and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when...' clause covering three scenarios: revising a manuscript, replying to peer-review feedback, or preparing internal review responses. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural trigger terms users would say: 'reviewer comments', 'Word', '.docx', 'response letter', 'manuscript', 'peer-review feedback', 'review responses'. Good coverage of how users naturally describe this task. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive niche combining peer review, response letters, and location-mapped changes in Word format. Unlikely to conflict with generic document or writing skills due to the very specific academic/review workflow it targets. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
50%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill provides a solid conceptual framework for generating peer-review response letters with clear structure and workflow steps. However, it lacks executable code for the critical .docx generation step, has notable content duplication between sections, and is missing validation checkpoints for a multi-step document generation process. The skill reads more as a process description than an actionable implementation guide.
Suggestions
Add executable code examples for .docx generation (e.g., using python-docx) showing how to create the response letter structure programmatically, or specify which tool/command Claude should use to produce the Word document.
Add explicit validation steps: verify all reviewer comments are accounted for (count check), validate the generated .docx opens correctly, and cross-check the modification checklist against the response entries.
Consolidate the overlapping content between 'Key Features' and 'Implementation Details' into a single section to reduce redundancy and improve token efficiency.
Clarify what 'references/guide.md' contains and provide a brief summary of its key formatting rules inline, so the skill is more self-contained.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is reasonably organized but includes some redundancy—Key Features and Implementation Details overlap significantly (e.g., per-comment layout, location marking, and major/minor classification are described twice). The 'When to Use' section is somewhat verbose with five bullet points that could be condensed. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides a clear process outline and structural template, but lacks executable code or concrete commands for generating the .docx output. There are no code snippets for document generation (e.g., python-docx usage), and the example is descriptive text rather than executable guidance. The reference to 'references/guide.md' for formatting details pushes key actionable content elsewhere without showing what it contains. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The five-step workflow in Example Usage is clearly sequenced and logical. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints—no step to verify all comments are accounted for, no feedback loop to check the generated .docx is well-formed, and no verification that the checklist matches the actual changes made. For a document generation workflow, these validation gaps are notable. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | There is a reference to 'references/guide.md' for formatting details, which is appropriate progressive disclosure. However, the skill itself has significant content duplication between Key Features and Implementation Details that could be better organized. The reference to guide.md is mentioned but not clearly signaled with a link or description of what it contains. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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