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pr-review-loop

Enforce the Basic Machines GitHub PR review loop before merging. Use whenever Codex is preparing to merge, squash-merge, auto-merge, declare a PR ready, monitor Codex comments, address review feedback, or wait for Codex approval on a GitHub PR, especially when the user says "approved", "merge", "ship", "PR is ready", "monitor Codex comments", or "address Codex feedback".

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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.

Highly actionable and clearly sequenced with strong validation feedback loops, but the monolithic inline structure and somewhat verbose, partially repeated shell logic leave room for tighter token economy and file separation.

Suggestions

Extract the repeated reaction-state jq into a single shared script under scripts/ (or one parameterized snippet) to remove duplication between the PR-body and comment reaction blocks.

Move the long GraphQL review-thread query and REST reviews query into reference files, leaving concise invocations in SKILL.md so the overview stays lean.

Tighten the 'Signals' list by merging near-duplicate approval cases (e.g. thumbs-up on PR body vs. on a comment) into a single rule with a sub-bullet.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Assumes Claude's competence (no basic GitHub/gh explanations) and covers non-obvious domain detail, but the ~300-line body with lengthy repeated jq blocks could be tightened; some reaction-state logic appears near-duplicated across surfaces.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable gh/jq commands with explicit placeholders and concrete examples — reaction queries, review fetches, and the GraphQL thread query are copy-paste ready.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 9-step loop with explicit validation checkpoints (head-change abort, restart after every push, gate checklist) and feedback loops; the gate-report format and merge condition are unambiguous.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into sections (Hard Rule, Signals, Loop Workflow, Failure Mode) but everything lives inline in one ~300-line file with no bundle files; the long query templates are content that could be split into references.

2 / 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 description: third-person voice, concrete actions, explicit 'Use whenever...' trigger guidance, and quoted natural user phrases. It clearly delineates a niche unlikely to conflict with other skills.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'preparing to merge, squash-merge, auto-merge, declare a PR ready, monitor Codex comments, address review feedback, or wait for Codex approval' — each tied to enforcement of the review loop before merging.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly states what it does ('Enforce the Basic Machines GitHub PR review loop before merging') and when to use it via an explicit 'Use whenever...' clause with concrete triggers, satisfying both halves.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Quotes natural user phrases verbatim — "approved", "merge", "ship", "PR is ready", "monitor Codex comments", "address Codex feedback" — covering the terms a user would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A narrow niche (Basic Machines GitHub PR / Codex approval gate) with distinct, brand-specific triggers that would not plausibly fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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basicmachines-co/basic-memory
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