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engineering-advanced-skills

Index of 37 advanced engineering agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenClaw. Use when browsing or choosing among the POWERFUL-tier engineering skills: agent design, RAG, MCP servers, CI/CD, database design, observability, security auditing, changelog/release automation, reliability (SLO/chaos/flags/operators), platform ops.

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86%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.

The body is an exemplary lean index: token-efficient table, executable quick-start commands, and clean one-level-deep navigation to the individual skills. The only gaps are platform coverage in the quick start (2 of 5 advertised CLIs) and a single non-generalized path example.

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Conciseness

The body is a lean index: a one-line summary, two copy-paste quick-start commands, a compact 37-row table (the most token-efficient way to present that many entries), one merge note, and two rules. It matches anchor 5 ('lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence; every token earns its place') with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows and no padding.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete executable commands are provided ('/read engineering/skills/agent-designer/SKILL.md' and 'npx agent-skills-cli add alirezarezvani/claude-skills/engineering'), and the table maps each skill to a concrete folder path. This fits anchor 4 ('mostly executable guidance; concrete code or commands with minor gaps') rather than 5 because quick-start commands are shown for only 2 of the 5 platforms the description names (Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenClaw are missing).

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The workflow is clear for a simple index skill: choose a skill from the overview table (folder column), load only that SKILL.md ('Load only the specific skill SKILL.md you need'), with the quick-start path serving as the concrete example. It matches anchor 4's 'clear sequence with most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps' — it falls short of 5 because the loading pattern is shown only once for one platform and there is no guidance for handling a missing or renamed folder.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is itself an index: the body is a clear overview whose table points one level deep to each skill's own folder/SKILL.md, with well-organized sections (Quick Start, Skills Overview, Rules) and no inlined detail that belongs in separate files. This matches anchor 5's 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references; content appropriately split; easy navigation'; there are no nested multi-level reference chains.

5 / 5

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Description

75%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 solid index-style description that explicitly covers what it does, when to use it, and a broad list of domain areas in third person. Its main weakness is relying on the bundle-internal 'POWERFUL-tier' label in the trigger clause and missing a few natural synonym terms, which keeps each dimension just below top marks.

Suggestions

Replace or supplement the 'POWERFUL-tier' label in the 'Use when...' clause with natural user phrasing, e.g. 'Use when picking, browsing, or asking about advanced engineering skills for agents, CI/CD, RAG, MCP, or observability.'

Add common synonyms and variations users would say, such as 'DevOps', 'SRE', 'platform engineering', and 'automation', to broaden trigger coverage.

Clarify the index role to reduce overlap risk with the individual skills, e.g. 'Route to the specific skill folder listed below rather than loading this index for hands-on work.'

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Specificity

The description names its function concretely ('Index of 37 advanced engineering agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, OpenClaw') and enumerates several specific capability areas ('agent design, RAG, MCP servers, CI/CD, database design, observability, security auditing'), matching anchor 4's 'lists several specific actions; minor gaps in coverage'. It falls short of anchor 5 because the actual action is a single one (indexing/browsing/choosing) rather than multiple concrete operations, and above anchor 3 because far more than 1-2 domains are named.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both 'what' ('Index of 37 advanced engineering agent skills...') and 'when' ('Use when browsing or choosing among the POWERFUL-tier engineering skills') are explicitly present, matching anchor 4. It does not reach anchor 5 because the 'when' clause leans on the internal jargon label 'POWERFUL-tier' rather than concrete natural trigger phrases a user would actually say.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It includes many natural terms users would say when needing this skill ('engineering skills', 'RAG', 'MCP servers', 'CI/CD', 'observability', 'security auditing', plus tool names like Claude Code and Cursor), fitting anchor 4's 'good keyword coverage; a few natural terms missing'. Not anchor 5 because common variations like 'DevOps', 'SRE', or 'platform engineering' are absent; not anchor 3 because coverage goes well beyond 'some relevant keywords'.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description carves a distinct niche (an index for browsing/choosing among engineering skills, with a specific platform list) so it is 'mostly distinct; minor overlap risk', per anchor 4. It stays below anchor 5 because mentions of any engineering task (RAG, CI/CD, observability) could plausibly trigger this index skill instead of the specific skill it points to; it is well above anchor 3's broad overlap risk.

4 / 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.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Repository

alirezarezvani/claude-skills

Path

engineering/skills/engineering-advanced-skills/SKILL.md

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