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dd-checklist

Generate and track comprehensive due diligence checklists tailored to the target company's sector, deal type, and complexity. Covers all major workstreams with request lists, status tracking, and red flag escalation. Use when kicking off diligence, organizing a data room review, or tracking outstanding items. Triggers on "dd checklist", "due diligence tracker", "diligence request list", "what do we still need", or "data room review".

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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 body is a well-structured, mostly concise diligence checklist with strong actionable content and clear sectioning. Its main weakness is the absence of explicit validation/verification checkpoints in a batch-tracking workflow, which limits workflow clarity.

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Add an explicit validation checkpoint in the workflow, e.g., 'Before LOI: verify every P0 item has a status of Received or Complete, and any Red Flag has a documented mitigant.'

Specify the output format more concretely — a defined Excel tab structure or a template reference — rather than just stating 'Excel workbook with tabs per workstream'.

Consider whether the per-workstream item lists belong in a separate reference file (e.g., workstreams.md) to keep SKILL.md a leaner overview, since the full enumeration is fairly long.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient checklist content assuming Claude's knowledge (no padding explaining what EBITDA or QoE is), though the full enumeration of every workstream item is somewhat lengthy and could be partially referenced.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, actionable structure — specific workstream item lists, a status tracking table with defined status options, and red flag fields — with only minor gaps (no explicit output format/template details beyond 'Excel workbook').

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 5-step workflow is clearly sequenced and status tracking is defined, but there are no explicit validation checkpoints (e.g., 'verify data room covers all P0 items before LOI') for a batch-tracking operation, which the rubric caps at 3 for batch operations lacking validation.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into clearly headed sections (Workflow, Sector-Specific Additions, Important Notes) with content appropriately inline for a self-contained skill; no bundle files exist so there are no nested references, and the structure is navigable.

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.

The description is strong across all dimensions: third-person voice, concrete capabilities, explicit 'Use when' guidance, and niche-specific trigger phrases. It reads cleanly without fluff or over-claims.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Generate and track comprehensive due diligence checklists', 'request lists, status tracking, and red flag escalation' — tailored to sector, deal type, and complexity, giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (generate/track checklists across workstreams with requests, status, red flags) and 'when' ('Use when kicking off diligence, organizing a data room review, or tracking outstanding items') with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Provides explicit natural trigger phrases users would say — 'dd checklist', 'due diligence tracker', 'diligence request list', 'what do we still need', and 'data room review' — with strong synonym and phrase coverage.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear M&A diligence niche with domain-specific triggers ('dd checklist', 'data room review', 'diligence request list') unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, minimizing conflict risk.

5 / 5

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Validation

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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