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agent-terminal

Terminal and TUI automation CLI for AI agents. Use when the user needs to create a terminal session, run a command in a terminal, automate an interactive CLI or TUI, wait for terminal output, capture a TUI screenshot, export a terminal recording, or test a CLI workflow with reviewable artifacts.

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Content

92%Scale 1-3

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

This is a high-quality skill that provides clear, actionable, and well-structured guidance for terminal automation with agent-terminal. The content is concise, assumes Claude's competence, and provides fully executable examples with proper workflow sequencing and validation steps. The only minor weakness is some redundancy between the core workflow example and the common patterns section, and the lack of progressive disclosure to separate reference material from instructional content.

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Conciseness

The content is lean and efficient. It doesn't explain what terminals, TUIs, or CLIs are. Every section serves a purpose—workflow, commands, patterns, anti-patterns—with no padding or unnecessary exposition. The anti-patterns section is slightly verbose but each point is genuinely useful guidance.

3 / 3

Actionability

Every command is fully executable and copy-paste ready with concrete bash examples. The patterns section provides complete, runnable workflows for common scenarios including session creation, TUI interaction, and artifact export. No pseudocode or vague instructions.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The core workflow is clearly sequenced with 8 numbered steps, each with a specific command. It includes validation checkpoints (doctor --json before work, wait instead of blind sleeps, snapshot for inspection). The anti-patterns section reinforces correct workflow by explicitly calling out common mistakes like blind sleeps and leaving sessions running.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is well-organized with clear sections (Core Workflow, Essential Commands, Common Patterns, Anti-Patterns), but everything is inline in a single file. For a skill of this length (~90 lines of content), this is acceptable, but the Essential Commands reference section could potentially be split out. No bundle files are provided, and no external references are made, which is fine for this scope but the patterns section adds some redundancy with the core workflow.

2 / 3

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Description

100%Scale 1-3

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 strong skill description that clearly communicates its purpose, lists specific capabilities, and provides explicit trigger guidance via a comprehensive 'Use when...' clause. It uses proper third-person voice and covers a distinctive niche with natural trigger terms that users would actually use.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: create a terminal session, run a command, automate an interactive CLI/TUI, wait for terminal output, capture a TUI screenshot, export a terminal recording, and test a CLI workflow with reviewable artifacts.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (terminal and TUI automation CLI for AI agents) and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when...' clause listing seven distinct trigger scenarios.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes strong natural keywords users would say: 'terminal session', 'run a command', 'interactive CLI', 'TUI', 'terminal output', 'screenshot', 'terminal recording', 'CLI workflow'. Good coverage of variations across terminal/CLI/TUI terminology.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche around terminal/TUI automation specifically for AI agents. The combination of TUI screenshots, terminal recordings, and interactive CLI automation is distinctive and unlikely to conflict with general shell or coding skills.

3 / 3

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Validation

90%

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Validation10 / 11 Passed

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