Name: pulse
Rating: 75.2 (1 reviews)
Author: alirezarezvani

pulse

Multi-source recency research skill that takes the pulse of any topic across Reddit, Hacker News, the open web, and optionally X/Twitter within a configurable recent window (default 30 days). Forcing intake clarifies topic specificity, angle (trend/sentiment/problems/opportunities/comparison), time window, and platform scope before searching. Returns a synthesized briefing with citations, engagement metrics, and cross-platform pattern analysis. Use when the user requests multi-source recency intelligence on a topic (e.g., 'pulse on [topic]', 'what's happening with [topic]', 'what are people saying about [topic]', 'current conversation about [topic]', 'take the pulse of [topic]', 'trending: [topic]', 'find me info on [topic]'), and for competitor research, trend discovery, tool comparisons, and audience sentiment analysis.

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The canonical home for this skill is pulse in alirezarezvani/claude-skills

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 a well-sequenced, highly actionable multi-phase research workflow with strong validation and error handling. Its main weakness is that the progressively-disclosed bundle files (references/ and scripts/) it points to are not present in the bundle.

Suggestions

Ship the referenced references/*.md and scripts/*.py files (research_pack_conventions.md, cross_platform_synthesis.md, parallel_execution_discipline.md, citation_tracker.py, time_window_calculator.py, topic_slug_generator.py) so the one-level-deep navigation actually resolves.

De-duplicate the platform-dominance rationale (Reddit=sentiment, HN=technical/builder, Web=breadth, X=breaking) — state it once and reference it from the per-phase sections instead of repeating it.

Tighten the 'why I'm asking' intake blocks to one line each; the forcing-question value is already evident from the question itself.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is directive and mostly lean, but the platform-dominance rationale (Reddit=sentiment, HN=technical, etc.) recurs in Q4 and the phase sections, and the repeated 'why I'm asking' blocks add length that could be trimmed — efficient with minor over-explanation rather than fully tight.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides real endpoints (reddit.com/search.json, hn.algolia.com/api/v1/), concrete query parameters, full script-invocation syntax (citation_tracker.py --action record_sent ...), and a copy-paste-ready X export import command, covering the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Phases 0–4 are clearly sequenced with parallel/sequential discipline, explicit validation checkpoints (confirm response before next call, retry policy, 3-consecutive-failure stop), feedback loops, and a full error-handling table — satisfying the batch-operation validation requirement.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Clear section structure with well-signaled one-level-deep references to references/.md and scripts/.py, but the referenced references/ and scripts/ bundle directories are absent from the skill bundle, so the disclosed detail is not actually present to navigate to.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 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.

The description is exemplary: third-person, concrete, comprehensive in trigger coverage, and fully answers both what and when. It is dense but every clause earns its place and none is pure fluff.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions in third person — 'takes the pulse', 'forcing intake clarifies topic specificity, angle...time window, and platform scope', and 'returns a synthesized briefing with citations, engagement metrics, and cross-platform pattern analysis' — covering the workflow comprehensively rather than with vague language.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (multi-source recency research producing a synthesized briefing with citations, metrics, and pattern analysis) and when (a 'Use when...' clause with concrete trigger phrases and named use cases), matching the top anchor.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Comprehensive natural-language triggers with synonym variations — 'pulse on [topic]', 'what's happening with', 'what are people saying about', 'current conversation about', 'take the pulse of', 'trending:', 'find me info on' — plus use-case synonyms like competitor research and sentiment analysis, which a user would naturally say.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche — cross-platform recency intelligence over a configurable window with specific platform list and distinctive 'pulse' trigger phrasing — making conflict with other skills minimal.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 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
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 14 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: alirezarezvani/claude-skills
Path: .gemini/skills/pulse/SKILL.md
Commit: 19392f7

Reviewed: ~12 hours ago

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