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changelog-scan

Scan recent merges and commits since last release for changelog content.

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Quality

52%

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Quality

Content

51%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 admirably lean but provides almost no executable guidance: it defers to an unspecified "reference implementation" and offers only high-level directives with no concrete steps, commands, or validation. A multi-step batch task like this needs a sequenced workflow.

Suggestions

Replace the reference to "the reference implementation" with an inline concrete example of the per-item + summary output format.

Add an explicit numbered workflow with the git commands to list merges/commits since the last release/tag.

Include a validation checkpoint (e.g. confirm coverage against the merge range, verify breaking/security signals are captured) given this is a batch operation.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is three lean sentences with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

It points to "the same structured per-item + summary format as the reference implementation" and lists abstract directives ("Focus on user-facing changes", "Explicitly list breaking and security signals") with no concrete code, commands, or defined reference implementation.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Only a rough implied sequence (scan → produce → focus) is present with major gaps and no validation checkpoints, despite this being a batch operation over many commits.

2 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The content is short and needs no external files, but it has no section headers or organization to aid navigation, so it sits between minimal and well-structured.

3 / 5

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20

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Description

53%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 states a clear, specific purpose but omits any explicit "Use when..." trigger guidance, leaving the when-to-invoke signal implicit. Trigger-term coverage is reasonable but lacks common synonyms.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when preparing release notes or drafting a changelog after a release."

Broaden trigger terms with natural synonyms users say ("release notes", "git log", "git history", "since the last tag").

Name the concrete output action more fully, e.g. produce a structured per-item list and summary.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the changelog domain and one concrete action ("Scan recent merges and commits since last release"), but coverage is not comprehensive — only a single scan action is described.

3 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is clear (scan merges/commits since last release for changelog content) but there is no "Use when..." trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the rubric.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant natural terms appear ("merges", "commits", "changelog", "release") but common synonyms a user might say ("release notes", "git log", "git history") are missing.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The changelog-from-git-history niche is mostly distinct from general skills, with only minor overlap risk against broad git helpers.

4 / 5

Total

13

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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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frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
cobusgreyling/loop-engineering
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