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team-brainstorm

Unified team skill for brainstorming team. Uses team-worker agent architecture with role directories for domain logic. Coordinator orchestrates pipeline, workers are team-worker agents. Triggers on "team brainstorm".

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Quality

47%

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

72%

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 orchestration skill with strong actionability through concrete spawn templates, delegation rules, and agent coordination patterns. Its main weaknesses are some redundancy in the spawn templates and a lack of an explicit end-to-end pipeline workflow with validation checkpoints between brainstorming phases—the actual pipeline sequencing is deferred entirely to specs/pipelines.md. Progressive disclosure is handled well with clear references to role specs and pipeline definitions.

Suggestions

Add a concise inline summary of the end-to-end pipeline sequence (e.g., Quick: ideator→evaluator, Full: N ideators→challenger→synthesizer→evaluator) with explicit validation/checkpoint steps between phases, rather than deferring entirely to specs/pipelines.md.

Consolidate the two nearly identical worker spawn templates (regular and parallel) into a single template with a note about the parallel naming convention (ideator-<N>), eliminating the duplicated timeout cascade instructions.

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Conciseness

The skill is fairly well-structured but includes some redundancy—the worker spawn template is shown twice (once for regular and once for parallel ideators) with nearly identical timeout cascade instructions. The delegation lock table and some explanatory sections could be tightened. However, most content is domain-specific configuration that Claude wouldn't inherently know.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides concrete spawn_agent templates with exact parameter names, a clear delegation lock table with allowed/blocked verdicts, specific timeout values, named agent targeting examples, and executable patterns for agent coordination. The guidance is copy-paste ready for orchestration tasks.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The architecture diagram and role registry clearly show the pipeline flow, and timeout cascades include explicit recovery steps (STATUS_CHECK -> FINALIZE -> close). However, the overall multi-step brainstorming pipeline (generate -> challenge -> synthesize -> evaluate) lacks an explicit sequenced workflow with validation checkpoints between phases. The actual pipeline definitions are deferred to specs/pipelines.md without inline summary of the step-by-step process.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill serves as a clear router/overview pointing to one-level-deep references: role specs in roles/<name>/role.md and pipeline definitions in specs/pipelines.md. The role registry table provides a clean navigation index. Content is appropriately split between the coordinator overview here and domain logic in role files.

3 / 3

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Description

22%

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 description focuses almost entirely on internal architecture (agent patterns, role directories, coordinator/worker structure) rather than describing what the skill does for the user. It lacks concrete actions, meaningful trigger terms beyond 'team brainstorm', and fails to explain when Claude should select this skill. The description reads more like an implementation note than a skill description.

Suggestions

Replace architectural jargon with concrete user-facing actions, e.g., 'Facilitates structured brainstorming sessions by generating ideas, organizing themes, and evaluating proposals across multiple domains.'

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger variations, e.g., 'Use when the user asks to brainstorm, generate ideas, run an ideation session, or explore creative solutions as a team.'

Remove implementation details like 'team-worker agent architecture', 'role directories', and 'coordinator orchestrates pipeline' — these are irrelevant for skill selection and add noise.

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Specificity

The description uses vague, abstract language like 'unified team skill' and 'domain logic' without listing any concrete actions the skill performs. It describes architecture ('team-worker agent architecture', 'coordinator orchestrates pipeline') rather than what the skill actually does for the user.

1 / 3

Completeness

The 'what' is extremely weak — it never explains what the skill actually does for the user beyond vague architectural descriptions. While it has a minimal 'when' via 'Triggers on team brainstorm', the lack of a meaningful 'what' makes the description fundamentally incomplete.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes the trigger phrase 'team brainstorm' which is somewhat natural, but lacks common variations users might say such as 'brainstorming session', 'generate ideas', 'ideation', or 'brainstorm ideas'. The term 'brainstorming team' in the first sentence adds slight coverage but is not framed as a trigger.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The specific trigger 'team brainstorm' provides some distinctiveness, but the description's vague framing around 'unified team skill' and 'domain logic' could overlap with other team collaboration or brainstorming skills. The architectural jargon doesn't help differentiate the skill's purpose.

2 / 3

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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.

Validation10 / 11 Passed

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