generate-path-instructions

Generates path-specific instruction files (.github/instructions/*.md) with JIT loading via applyTo glob patterns. Performs LLM-driven repository analysis to discover file patterns and extract scope-specific rules. Use when the user requests scoped, framework-specific, or directory-specific rules for testing, components, docs, config files, or language-specific files to prevent context pollution. Works for code, documentation, configuration, and data files.

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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 JIT workflow: a sequenced 7-step process with explicit validation and iteration, concrete commands, and bulk detail offloaded to real one-level-deep reference/script bundles. Minor conciseness trimming and inlining key template specifics would push it higher.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Efficient and mostly lean with checklists, tables, and concrete commands rather than re-explaining known concepts; minor padding in the 'Key advantages' marketing bullets and repeated Output lines could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, executable commands (cat references/*, python3 scripts/test_glob_pattern.py --pattern ..., validation scripts) and a final checklist; the populated template specifics live in the referenced files rather than inline, leaving minor gaps.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear 7-step sequence with an explicit Step 6 validation checkpoint (YAML validation, glob testing, rule-specificity checks), a final checklist, and a Step 7 feedback/refinement loop for error recovery.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references (cat references/...) and a Resources section listing each reference/script with its purpose; all referenced bundle files (scope_analysis_checklist, pattern_construction, rule_discovery_checklist, template_examples, context_economics, test_glob_pattern.py) exist.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

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The description is strong: it states concrete capabilities and provides explicit 'Use when ...' triggers covering testing, components, docs, config, and language-specific files. The path-specific/JIT-glob niche is clearly distinguished from global instruction generation.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete actions ('Generates path-specific instruction files', 'Performs LLM-driven repository analysis to discover file patterns and extract scope-specific rules') with only minor coverage gaps (e.g., glob-pattern construction is implied rather than explicitly stated).	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Generates path-specific instruction files ... with JIT loading via applyTo glob patterns') and when ('Use when the user requests scoped, framework-specific, or directory-specific rules ...'), with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural-term coverage including 'scoped, framework-specific, or directory-specific rules for testing, components, docs, config files, or language-specific files', with a few common phrasings absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Mostly distinct niche (path-specific JIT instruction files via applyTo globs), with only minor overlap risk against the closely related generate-repo-instructions skill.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: canonical/copilot-collections
Path: .github/skills/generate-path-instructions/SKILL.md
Commit: e75d6ec

Reviewed: 19 days ago

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