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cancel-ralph

Cancel an active Ralph Loop. Use when the user wants to stop, cancel, or abort a running ralph loop.

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93%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.

Lean, fully executable single-purpose skill with a clear branching workflow and well-organized sections. The only gap is the lack of an explicit verification step after the destructive removal, though the existence pre-check mitigates the risk.

Suggestions

Add a post-deletion verification step (e.g., confirm `.cursor/ralph` no longer exists) before reporting cancellation, since `rm -rf` is destructive.

Consider capturing and reporting the iteration count read in step 3 inside the final report message to make the output deterministic rather than templated as "iteration N".

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is ~25 lines with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section (Trigger, Workflow, Output) earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

It gives a copy-paste-ready command (`rm -rf .cursor/ralph`), a concrete file path, a specific field to read (`iteration:`), and exact report messages for both branches.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear sequenced workflow with an explicit existence-check branching checkpoint; the destructive `rm -rf` is guarded by the pre-check, but there is no explicit post-deletion verification step, leaving a minor validation gap.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A simple skill under 50 lines with no need for external references, organized into clear Trigger/Workflow/Output sections, which satisfies the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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19

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20

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Description

82%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.

A concise, well-targeted description that clearly answers both what and when with multiple natural trigger synonyms. Its only limitation is single-action specificity, which is appropriate for this narrow task.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Cancel an active Ralph Loop" names the domain and one concrete action (cancel), but covers only a single action rather than several specific capabilities, matching the 1-2-concrete-actions anchor.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly states what it does ("Cancel an active Ralph Loop") and when to use it ("Use when the user wants to stop, cancel, or abort a running ralph loop") with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"stop, cancel, or abort a running ralph loop" provides three natural synonyms users would say, giving good keyword coverage, though a few natural variants (e.g. "end", "kill", "halt") are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Ralph Loop" is a specific named construct with distinct cancellation triggers, giving a clear niche with minimal overlap risk against other skills.

5 / 5

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17

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20

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

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No warnings or errors.

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