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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.

75

Quality

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is well-structured and highly actionable with a clear validated workflow and clean progressive disclosure to real reference files. Its only weakness is mild verbosity — some overview prose and the inline Context Economics material could be tightened or offloaded to references.

Suggestions

Trim the Overview and "Key advantages" bullets to avoid restating the description, keeping only what adds new information.

Move the Include/Exclude table and Context Economics explanation into references/context_economics.md and replace the inline block with a one-line pointer, since that file already exists.

Consider shortening Step 4's framing prose; the checklist reference already carries the detail.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient but includes some tightening opportunities — the Overview and "Key advantages" bullets restate ideas, and the Include/Exclude table plus Context Economics explanation inline add tokens that could live in references. It does not reach the lean, every-token-earns-its-place anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides executable bash commands with exact paths, concrete naming conventions, a final validation checklist, and copy-ready example output, matching the fully-executable anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear seven-step sequence with explicit validation in Step 6 (YAML validation, glob verification, rule-specificity checks), a final checklist, and an iteration/refine feedback loop for error recovery.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md is a concise overview pointing to one-level-deep references, all of which exist as real bundle files (scope_analysis_checklist.md, pattern_construction.md, rule_discovery_checklist.md, context_economics.md, template_examples.md) plus a real scripts/test_glob_pattern.py, with clean navigation in the Resources section.

3 / 3

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12

Passed

Description

100%

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 specific, trigger-rich, complete, and clearly niched, hitting the top anchor on every dimension. It names concrete actions, includes an explicit "Use when" trigger, and is unlikely to conflict with sibling skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "Generates path-specific instruction files", "Performs LLM-driven repository analysis to discover file patterns and extract scope-specific rules" — matching the highest anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (generates scoped instruction files with JIT glob loading and rule extraction) and when (an explicit "Use when..." clause), so it is not capped at 2.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Provides natural trigger phrasing a user would say — "scoped, framework-specific, or directory-specific rules for testing, components, docs, config files, or language-specific files" — covering common variations.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a clear niche — path-specific JIT instructions — and the body even redirects global-instruction users to a different skill, making mis-triggering unlikely.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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