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memory-defrag

Defragment and reorganize agent memory files: split bloated files, merge duplicates, remove stale information, and restructure the memory hierarchy. Use when memory files have grown unwieldy, contain redundancies, or need reorganization. Run periodically (weekly) or on demand.

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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.

A well-structured, actionable skill body: concise, with concrete thresholds and a problem/fix table, a clear sequenced workflow that includes an explicit verification step for its destructive operations, and clean single-file organization with no unnecessary external references.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; the one metaphor ('Like filesystem defragmentation but for knowledge') is brief and every section earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

Concrete, specific guidance throughout — named operations (Split/Merge/Prune/Restructure/Update), quantitative thresholds (>300 lines, 14 days, 15-25 files), and a problem/signal/fix table; absence of code is appropriate for this instruction-only skill per the scoring notes.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced five-step process (Audit → Identify → Plan → Execute → Verify & Log) with an explicit validation checkpoint ('Verify no information was lost (compare before/after)') and a destructive-change safety rule, satisfying the feedback-loop requirement for batch/destructive operations.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and none are needed; the single file is well-organized into clear sections with no nested references and nothing that obviously warrants splitting out, so well-organized sections suffice.

3 / 3

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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.

A strong, concise description that names concrete actions, gives explicit use-when triggers in natural language, and carves out a distinctive niche. Third-person voice is used throughout with no first/second-person phrasing to penalize.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'split bloated files, merge duplicates, remove stale information, and restructure the memory hierarchy' — matching the anchor for comprehensive specific actions, not merely naming a domain.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (split/merge/remove/restructure) and when ('Use when memory files have grown unwieldy... Run periodically (weekly) or on demand'), satisfying the explicit-trigger anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural terms users would say ('memory files have grown unwieldy, contain redundancies, or need reorganization', 'on demand'); 'defragment' is a metaphor but the trigger phrasing is natural and well covered.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (agent memory file maintenance) with distinct triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills; no generic overlap.

3 / 3

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Validation

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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basicmachines-co/basic-memory
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