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arc-region-switch

Answers questions about Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch including architecture, plans, execution blocks, workflows, triggers, active/active vs active/passive, cross-account support, recovery time, dashboards, and customer positioning. Applicable when users ask about ARC Region switch adoption, design, or troubleshooting.

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78%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.

A well-built knowledge-skill body: appropriately concise domain knowledge Claude lacks, concrete API/IAM/doc specifics, a clear answering workflow with validation, and exemplary reference structure with real one-level-deep bundle files. The main weaknesses are repeated content across sections and the absence of literal command syntax and error-recovery loops.

Suggestions

Deduplicate the cross-account IAM guidance: state the condition keys (aws:SourceArn, aws:SourceAccount, sts:ExternalId) and least-privilege scoping once, in Security Considerations, and have the Cross-Account Support and Troubleshooting sections reference it rather than repeat it.

Add one concrete command example for the critical regional-endpoint rule, e.g. an aws arc-region-switch start-plan-execution call showing the correct Region endpoint, so the most safety-critical instruction is copy-paste ready.

Add a feedback loop to the Workflow: specify what to do when embedded knowledge and the live AWS documentation conflict (prefer the docs) and what to do when the doc search is inconclusive, so step 3 has explicit error handling.

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Conciseness

The body is dense, well-tabled domain knowledge that Claude genuinely lacks (ARC Region switch specifics like "call start-plan-execution from the healthy Region" or per-Region data-plane endpoints), with no padding explaining basics. It falls short of the lean anchor because content is duplicated across sections: the cross-account condition-key guidance appears nearly verbatim in "Cross-Account Support" and "Security Considerations", and the endpoint/trigger/plan-evaluation warnings are repeated between "Critical Warnings" and "Troubleshooting".

4 / 5

Actionability

Guidance is mostly executable and specific: named APIs ("call start-plan-execution from the healthy Region"), exact IAM condition keys (aws:SourceArn, aws:SourceAccount, sts:ExternalId), concrete troubleshooting verification lists, and live doc URLs for the current execution-block set. It misses the top anchor because no literal command/API syntax example is shown (e.g., an aws arc-region-switch start-plan-execution invocation) and workflow step 3 ("search official AWS documentation") is high-level direction.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Workflow section gives a clear 4-step sequence (classify → answer from embedded knowledge → search docs → format for audience) followed by an explicit "Always validate" checklist covering terminology, doc links, and positioning language — checkpoints are present. It is not a 5 because there is no feedback loop for error recovery, e.g., what to do when embedded knowledge conflicts with or is superseded by the doc lookup, or when the doc search is inconclusive.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a well-organized overview that keeps core always-needed knowledge inline and clearly signals two one-level-deep, verified reference files — "[Positioning](references/positioning.md)" and "[Documentation Links](references/doc-links.md)" — each with explicit "Load that reference for..." triggering guidance; both files exist, are self-contained, and contain no further nested references. This matches the anchor for a clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references and easy navigation.

5 / 5

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Description

92%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 strong description: third-person voice, explicit what-and-when structure, and a comprehensive topic enumeration tied to a uniquely named AWS product. The only gap is missing common synonyms (routing controls, failover, disaster recovery) in the trigger phrasing.

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Specificity

"Answers questions about Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch including architecture, plans, execution blocks, workflows, triggers, active/active vs active/passive, cross-account support, recovery time, dashboards, and customer positioning" names the domain and enumerates a comprehensive, concrete list of the exact topic areas the skill covers. This matches the anchor for multiple specific concrete items with comprehensive coverage; nothing significant in the skill's scope is unlisted.

5 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is explicit ("Answers questions about ARC Region switch including architecture, plans, execution blocks...") and the "when" is explicit with concrete trigger phrases ("Applicable when users ask about ARC Region switch adoption, design, or troubleshooting"). Both are clearly and explicitly answered, matching the top anchor; it is not the level below, where the "when" would be merely present but less specific.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Triggers like "ARC Region switch", "adoption, design, or troubleshooting" are natural phrasings a user with this need would say. However, common synonyms users actually use are missing — "routing controls", "cross-Region failover", "DR", "disaster recovery", "multi-Region recovery" — so keyword coverage is good but not comprehensive, matching the anchor for good coverage with a few natural terms missing rather than the comprehensive-synonyms anchor.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) Region switch" is a distinctly named product with a clear niche; no generic skill would trigger on this description. Minimal conflict risk, matching the anchor for a clear niche with distinct triggers.

5 / 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

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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