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versioning-policy

Semver versioning rules for Squad SDK and CLI — prevents prerelease version incidents

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SKILL.md
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Quality

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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.

The body is a well-structured, actionable versioning policy with concrete file/env/label references and a clear lifecycle, plus valuable non-obvious semver footgun explanation. Its main weakness is redundancy from retelling the PR #640 incident in two sections, which hurts conciseness.

Suggestions

Consolidate the PR #640 narrative into one section (either section 4 or section 8) and have the other cross-reference it, removing the duplicated retelling to improve conciseness.

Turn the CI-gate failure path into an explicit validate→fix→retry loop (e.g., 'gate fails → revert to clean version → re-run gate → only merge when green') to push workflow_clarity toward 5.

Add one or two concrete commands (e.g., the exact bump-build.mjs invocation and the gate's workflow filename) so the guidance is copy-paste ready and actionability reaches 5.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient and the semver workspace footgun is genuinely non-obvious knowledge that earns its tokens, but the PR #640 incident is retold in both section 4 and section 8 with overlapping detail, which is padding that could be tightened; matches 3 ('mostly efficient, some unnecessary explanation') rather than 4.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, executable guidance — named files (bump-build.mjs, three package.json paths), env var toggles (CI=true, SKIP_BUILD_BUMP=1), the prerelease-version-guard gate, the skip-version-check label, and an explicit 'reject the PR' trigger; minor gaps (no sample commands) keep it at 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The version-bump lifecycle diagram (section 6) sequences development → pre-release → release → post-release phases, and the CI gate is an explicit validation checkpoint with a clean-and-remerge feedback loop; not a 5 because recovery steps after a gate failure are described generically rather than as an explicit validate→fix→retry loop.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and the skill is self-contained with well-organized numbered sections plus a Quick Reference summary table and no nested references; this is good structure matching 4, but at ~110 lines it exceeds the 'under 50 lines' simple-skill exception that would allow a 5, and some incident detail could live in a separate reference.

4 / 5

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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.

The description is clear and well-scoped about what the skill governs, but it omits any explicit 'Use when...' trigger guidance, which caps its completeness and trigger-term quality. Specificity is limited by the policy nature of the skill, which describes rules rather than discrete actions.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming concrete triggers (e.g., 'Use when bumping versions, publishing @bradygaster/squad-sdk or squad-cli, or reviewing a PR that touches package.json version fields').

Include natural synonyms users might say — 'npm publish', 'version bump', 'prerelease leak' — to broaden trigger coverage.

Consider listing 1-2 concrete actions the skill performs (e.g., 'enforces SDK/CLI version sync and rejects -build.N prereleases on dev/main') to lift specificity above 3.

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Specificity

Names the domain ('Semver versioning rules for Squad SDK and CLI') and one concrete outcome ('prevents prerelease version incidents'), but the actions are abstract policy statements rather than a list of concrete capabilities — fitting a 3 ('names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, not comprehensive') and not a 4 which requires several specific actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers 'what' (codifies semver versioning rules for the SDK and CLI) but provides no 'when'/'Use when...' clause, and the guideline caps completeness at 3 for a missing explicit trigger guidance; not a 2 because the 'what' is clear rather than vague.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Contains natural terms a developer would say ('versioning', 'semver', 'prerelease version') but lacks common synonyms and explicit trigger phrasing, matching the 3 anchor ('some relevant keywords but missing common variations'); not a 4 because coverage is thin and no 'Use when...' framing is present.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Scoped to specific packages (@bradygaster/squad-sdk/cli) and a narrow prerelease-incident niche, giving a clear distinct trigger with only minor overlap risk against a generic 'versioning' skill; not a 5 because 'versioning' is still a broadly shared term.

4 / 5

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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.

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