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windows-compatibility

Cross-platform path handling and command patterns

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Quality

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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 body is a well-structured, actionable reference of Windows/cross-platform pitfalls with concrete code and a validated git workflow. It is efficient and free of concept over-explanation, with only minor verbosity and reference-organization gaps.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean bullet imperatives that assume Claude's competence (no explanation of git or Windows), with only minor trimming opportunities such as inline comments in the PowerShell block restating the Patterns section.

4 / 5

Actionability

It provides concrete, executable guidance (safeTimestamp() one-liner, git diff --cached --quiet, git commit -F $msgFile, a working PowerShell staging snippet) with minor gaps since the runnable example centers on one git-commit workflow.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The git commit workflow is clearly sequenced with an explicit validation checkpoint (git diff --cached --quiet and $LASTEXITCODE), satisfying the destructive/batch validation requirement; the surrounding patterns are reference-style rather than a single linear flow, so it is not a full 5.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The single self-contained file is well-organized under clear headers (Context, Patterns, Examples, Anti-Patterns) with no nested references; it sits just over 50 lines and has no external bundle to link, so it does not fully demonstrate one-level-deep reference signaling.

4 / 5

Total

16

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20

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Description

28%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 is a terse noun phrase that identifies the skill's niche but omits concrete actions and any explicit "when to use" trigger guidance. It is third-person and free of fluff, yet too generic to surface reliably.

Suggestions

Replace generic verbs with concrete capabilities, e.g. "Detects and rewrites Windows-unsafe paths, normalizes timestamps, and replaces fragile git -C calls with cd-based equivalents."

Add an explicit trigger clause such as "Use when writing shell/git commands or file paths that must run on Windows, macOS, and Linux."

Include natural trigger terms users would say ("Windows paths", "colons in filenames", "git -C", "cross-platform commands") to improve distinctiveness and recall.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Cross-platform path handling and command patterns" names the domain (paths, commands) but uses generic action words ("handling", "patterns") with no concrete capabilities, matching the score-2 anchor.

2 / 5

Completeness

It offers a vague "what" (path handling and command patterns) with no "Use when..." clause or equivalent trigger guidance, so it lands at the score-2 anchor (vague what, no when).

2 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Terms like "cross-platform", "path handling", and "command patterns" are generic/technical and lack the natural phrases a user would actually say when needing this skill; only one or two generic keywords are present.

2 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The platform-compatibility framing gives it a recognizable niche, but "command patterns" is broad enough to overlap with general git or shell skills, placing it at the score-3 anchor (somewhat specific but overlap risk remains).

3 / 5

Total

9

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20

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

Validation for skill structure

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

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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