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bmad-agent-dev

Senior software engineer who implements stories and code changes. Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer agent

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

75%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.

The content is a well-structured, actionable activation workflow with concrete commands, an error-recovery fallback, and clear sequencing, slightly held back by minor verbosity and template-variable indirection.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean directive prose with executable commands and assumes Claude's competence, but contains minor padded phrases like 'Greet the user warmly' and 'so the user gets the best experience' that could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, executable commands (e.g. the resolve_customization.py invocation) and explicit fallback merge rules; template variables require resolution and the merge logic is complex, leaving minor gaps versus copy-paste-ready.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

An explicit 8-step sequence with an error-recovery feedback loop ('If the script fails...') and checkpoints ('Stop and wait for input', 'confirm every entry was executed in order'); not a destructive/batch operation so no cap applies, but lacks a true checklist.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into clear sections (Overview, Conventions, On Activation) with no nested references; no bundle files exist so the structure is self-contained and appropriately scoped, with only minor organization gaps.

4 / 5

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Description

62%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.

The description clearly states both capability and trigger conditions with a distinctive persona hook, but the capability phrasing is somewhat generic and the trigger terms have limited variation.

Suggestions

Replace the generic 'implements stories and code changes' with more specific concrete actions (e.g. 'implements approved stories with test-first discipline, ships code meeting acceptance criteria').

Broaden trigger terms with synonyms users might naturally say (e.g. 'write code', 'implement a story', 'developer persona').

Consider third-person voice consistency — current phrasing is fine, but ensure trigger clauses stay user-need oriented.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('Senior software engineer') and 1-2 concrete actions ('implements stories and code changes') but the actions are generic and coverage is not comprehensive, matching the 3-anchor.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('implements stories and code changes') and when ('Use when the user asks to talk to Amelia or requests the developer agent'); the 'what' could be more specific, so it sits at 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant natural phrases ('talk to Amelia', 'requests the developer agent') but offers only two trigger phrasings with no synonyms or common variations, fitting between 3 and 4.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The Amelia persona and 'developer agent' trigger give it a clear, distinct niche with minimal conflict risk, though 'implements stories and code changes' could mildly overlap with general coding skills.

4 / 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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Referenced path issues: 1 missing

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Total

15

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16

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Repository
bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD
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