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cross-machine-coordination

Enables squad agents on different machines to share work via git-based task queuing

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Quality

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SKILL.md
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Security

Quality

Content

63%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 thorough, actionable specification with clear workflows and validation, but it is verbose with redundant examples and monolithically inlines material that would benefit from separate reference files. Tightening repetition and splitting detail into referenced files would improve it.

Suggestions

Remove the duplicated task YAML and git commands in Example 1, or replace with a brief cross-reference to the Usage section.

Move the file-format schemas, security model, and threat-mitigation table into reference files (e.g. references/FORMATS.md, references/SECURITY.md) linked from the overview.

Trim or relocate the Migration and Future Enhancements sections, which do not advance immediate execution.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly purposeful but noticeably long (~440 lines) with redundant content, notably Example 1 fully re-listing the task YAML and git commands already shown in Usage, plus padding sections like Migration and Future Enhancements.

3 / 5

Actionability

It provides copy-paste-ready bash commands, complete YAML/JSON schemas, and concrete config; the only gap is the executor loop being explicitly labeled pseudo-code rather than executable code.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Multi-step sequences (assign, pull, validate, execute, write result, push) are clearly numbered with an explicit 5-stage validation pipeline and error-recovery feedback loops for failures, stalls, and network issues.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Section headers are well organized, but no bundle files exist and nearly all detail (file formats, security model, full examples, config) is inlined in one ~440-line SKILL.md rather than split into reference files; the single research-report pointer is buried at the end.

3 / 5

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Description

53%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 conveys a clear purpose and a reasonably distinct niche, but it omits any 'when to use' trigger guidance and relies on somewhat generic action language. Adding an explicit trigger clause would substantially improve it.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when ...' clause naming concrete trigger situations, e.g. 'Use when coordinating work across laptop, DevBox, or Azure VM squad agents via git task queues.'

Replace the generic verb 'share work' with specific actions like 'queue, dispatch, and return results for tasks'.

Include natural user phrasings and synonyms (e.g. 'cross-machine tasks', 'remote squad execution') to improve trigger-term coverage.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ('squad agents on different machines') and one concrete mechanism ('git-based task queuing'), but the action verb 'share work' is generic and coverage is not comprehensive.

3 / 5

Completeness

It clearly states what the skill does, but provides no explicit 'when to use it' guidance; per the rubric, a missing 'Use when...' clause caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Terms like 'squad agents', 'different machines', and 'git-based task queuing' are relevant but lack natural user-spoken trigger phrases and common synonyms; no 'Use when...' style triggers are present.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The cross-machine squad coordination via git-based task queuing niche is fairly distinct with limited overlap risk, though the absence of explicit triggers leaves minor ambiguity.

4 / 5

Total

13

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 7 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
bradygaster/squad
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