supplier-selection

How to rank and pick a supplier for a SKU. Load this whenever a task involves choosing a supplier, comparing quotes, or creating a purchase order.

1.66x

Quality

91%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

98%

1.66x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

92%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This is a strong, well-crafted skill that provides concrete, executable guidance for supplier selection with a clear scoring formula, domain-specific overrides, and explicit output format. The content is lean and assumes Claude's competence while providing only the non-obvious information needed. Minor improvement could come from linking to the referenced reorder-policy skill and potentially extracting the growing supplier overrides table into a separate reference file.

Suggestions

Add an explicit link/reference to the 'reorder-policy skill' mentioned in the Expedite override section so Claude can navigate to it.

Consider extracting the supplier overrides table into a separate file (e.g., SUPPLIER_OVERRIDES.md) as it will likely grow and change independently of the scoring methodology.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Every section earns its place: the scoring formula, supplier overrides, and warehouse adjustments are all domain-specific knowledge Claude wouldn't have. No unnecessary explanations of basic concepts like CSV parsing or normalization theory.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides a concrete scoring formula with exact weights, specific file paths, executable Python code shape, explicit tie-break rules, supplier-specific overrides with actionable adjustments, and a precise JSON output format. Claude can execute this end-to-end.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The 5-step method is clearly sequenced with explicit instructions to compute in code rather than prose. The expedite override provides a clear branching path. Supplier overrides are structured as post-score adjustments with a requirement to explain changes in rationale. For this type of task (computation + selection), the workflow is complete and unambiguous.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Content is well-organized with clear sections (Method, Code, Overrides, Warehouse adjustments, Expedite, Output), but the supplier overrides table and warehouse notes could potentially be split into reference files as the list grows. No bundle files exist to offload detail, and the skill is moderately long but not excessively so. References to 'reorder-policy skill' are mentioned but not linked.	2 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

89%

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 solid description that clearly communicates both what the skill does and when to use it, with good trigger terms from the procurement domain. Its main weakness is that the 'what' portion could be more specific about the concrete actions or methodology involved (e.g., scoring suppliers, weighting criteria, generating comparison matrices). Overall it performs well for skill selection purposes.

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions to the 'what' portion, e.g., 'Scores suppliers on cost, lead time, and quality; generates comparison matrices; drafts purchase orders for selected vendors.'

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (supplier selection for SKUs) and mentions some actions like 'rank and pick a supplier', 'comparing quotes', and 'creating a purchase order', but doesn't list concrete specific actions like scoring criteria, evaluation methods, or detailed steps.	2 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both 'what' (rank and pick a supplier for a SKU) and 'when' ('Load this whenever a task involves choosing a supplier, comparing quotes, or creating a purchase order'), with explicit trigger guidance.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural keywords users would say: 'choosing a supplier', 'comparing quotes', 'purchase order', 'SKU'. These are terms a user would naturally use when needing this skill.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The combination of supplier selection, SKU, quote comparison, and purchase orders creates a clear niche in procurement/supply chain that is unlikely to conflict with other skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: anthropics/cwc-workshops
Commit: 970b040

Reviewed: 17 days ago

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