skill-simplify
SKILL.md simplification with functional integrity verification. Analyze redundancy, optimize content, check no functionality lost. Triggers on "simplify skill", "optimize skill", "skill-simplify".
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Quality
Discovery
89%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a solid description that clearly identifies its niche (SKILL.md simplification), lists relevant actions, and provides explicit trigger terms. The main weakness is that some of the capability descriptions are slightly vague ('optimize content', 'check no functionality lost') and could benefit from more concrete action verbs. Overall it performs well for skill selection purposes.
Suggestions
Make capabilities more concrete—e.g., replace 'optimize content' with specific actions like 'remove duplicate instructions, consolidate overlapping sections, reduce verbosity while preserving all documented behaviors'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (SKILL.md simplification) and some actions (analyze redundancy, optimize content, check no functionality lost), but the actions are somewhat vague and not fully concrete—'optimize content' and 'check no functionality lost' lack specificity about how these are accomplished. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (simplification with functional integrity verification, analyze redundancy, optimize content) and 'when' (explicit triggers: 'simplify skill', 'optimize skill', 'skill-simplify'). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes natural trigger terms users would say: 'simplify skill', 'optimize skill', 'skill-simplify'. These are realistic phrases a user would type when wanting this functionality, and the domain term 'SKILL.md' is clearly stated. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Very specific niche—SKILL.md file simplification with integrity verification. The trigger terms are distinct and unlikely to conflict with other skills since they specifically reference 'skill' simplification/optimization. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured skill that efficiently communicates a three-phase simplification pipeline. Its strengths are concise presentation, clear workflow sequencing with validation checkpoints, and good error handling. The main weakness is that the core logic is delegated to phase documents that aren't provided in the bundle, making the skill's actionability dependent on external files that can't be verified.
Suggestions
Provide the referenced phase documents (phases/01-analysis.md, phases/02-optimize.md, phases/03-check.md) in the bundle to make the skill fully functional and verifiable.
Consider adding a brief concrete example showing a before/after of a simplified skill section to make the core rules more actionable without the phase documents.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is lean and efficient. It avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows, uses tables for structured data, and every section serves a clear purpose. No unnecessary padding or explanations of basic concepts. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides concrete JavaScript code for input processing and TodoWrite patterns, plus specific rules and error handling. However, the actual optimization logic is deferred to phase documents that aren't provided, and the core rules are descriptive guidelines rather than fully executable procedures. The pseudo-code is illustrative but not complete enough to execute the full pipeline standalone. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The three-phase pipeline is clearly sequenced with explicit validation in Phase 3. The error handling table provides concrete feedback loops — particularly the 'Check FAIL' case which specifies reverting to original and reporting lost elements. The TodoWrite pattern shows explicit status tracking across phases. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references three phase documents via a well-organized table with clear purposes, which is good structure. However, no bundle files are provided, so the referenced phase documents (phases/01-analysis.md, phases/02-optimize.md, phases/03-check.md) cannot be verified to exist. The SKILL.md itself is appropriately sized as an overview, but the missing bundle makes it impossible to confirm the references are functional. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
allowed_tools_field | 'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s) | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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