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dithered

Dot-pattern rendering technique that simulates shades with a limited palette for nostalgic, retro, high-contrast visuals.

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Quality

57%

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Quality

Content

57%

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

The content is well-structured and self-contained with concrete foundations, but it stays somewhat abstract for an authoring skill and lacks validation checkpoints and a worked example. Tightening redundant meta-sections and adding a sample output would raise the score.

Suggestions

Consolidate the overlapping meta-sections (Expected Behavior, Quality Gates, Example Constraint Language) into a single guidance block to reduce redundancy.

Add one short worked example showing a component guideline produced with the required output structure.

Insert an explicit validation/feedback step (e.g. 'verify each rule against a token or threshold before finalizing') into the authoring workflow.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean and bulleted, but the Brand section restates the frontmatter description and several meta-sections (Expected Behavior, Quality Gates, Example Constraint Language) overlap, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Concrete tokens, typography/spacing scales, required states, and an output structure are provided, but no sample generated guideline demonstrates the structure in use, leaving key details implicit.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A numbered authoring workflow and a QA checklist are present, but there are no interleaved validate→fix→retry checkpoints within the steps; validation lives only at the end.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A single well-organized file with clear section headers and no external references needed, which is appropriate for a self-contained skill of this size.

3 / 3

Total

9

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12

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Description

57%

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 clearly defines a distinct niche but reads as a technique definition rather than actionable capability guidance. Adding an explicit "Use when..." trigger clause and concrete actions would lift the weaker dimensions.

Suggestions

Append a 'Use when...' clause naming concrete user triggers (e.g. retro/dithered effects, limited-palette shading).

Lead with concrete actions or outcomes (e.g. 'Generates dot-pattern shading...') instead of a pure technique definition.

Add common natural trigger terms like 'dithering' and 'dot pattern effect' alongside 'retro' and 'nostalgic'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and a concrete behavior ("simulates shades with a limited palette") but offers no list of specific actions, so it falls short of the multi-action anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

It answers what the technique does but lacks any "Use when..." clause or explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 2 per the rubric.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms like "nostalgic," "retro," and "high-contrast" appear, but common variations a user might say (e.g. "dithering," "dot pattern effect") are only partially covered.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The dithered dot-pattern rendering niche is narrow and specific, making it unlikely to trigger for the wrong skill.

3 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

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