Produce a weekly synthesis of authored commits with highlights by bugfix, tech debt, and net-new work
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Discovery
40%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 identifies a clear and distinctive niche—weekly commit synthesis with categorized highlights—but lacks explicit trigger guidance ('Use when...') and misses common user-facing keywords that would help Claude select it appropriately. The specificity of the task categories (bugfix, tech debt, net-new) is a strength, but the description needs a 'when' clause and broader trigger terms to be effective in a multi-skill selection context.
Suggestions
Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks for a weekly summary, status report, or recap of their git commits.'
Include natural trigger terms users would say, such as 'weekly report', 'status update', 'what did I work on this week', 'git log summary', 'changelog', or 'standup notes'.
Consider listing additional concrete actions like 'categorizes commits by type', 'summarizes code changes', 'generates highlights for team updates' to improve specificity.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (weekly commit synthesis) and describes some actions (produce synthesis, highlights by category), but doesn't list multiple concrete actions beyond the single synthesis task. The categorization into bugfix, tech debt, and net-new work adds some specificity. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Describes what it does (produce a weekly synthesis of commits with categorized highlights) but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance for when Claude should select this skill. Per rubric guidelines, missing 'Use when' caps completeness at 2, and the 'when' is entirely absent, warranting a 1. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes some relevant keywords like 'commits', 'weekly', 'bugfix', 'tech debt', but misses common user variations like 'git log', 'weekly report', 'standup', 'status update', 'changelog', or 'what did I work on'. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The combination of weekly cadence, commit synthesis, and specific categorization (bugfix, tech debt, net-new work) creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with other skills. This is quite distinctive. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
57%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill is well-structured and concise, with clear sections and no unnecessary verbosity. However, it critically lacks actionable, executable guidance—there are no git commands, no example output format, and no code snippets that Claude could directly use. The workflow reads more like a high-level description than an operational instruction set.
Suggestions
Add concrete git commands for each workflow step, e.g., `git log --author="$(git config user.email)" --since='7 days ago' --no-merges --pretty=format:'%h %s'`
Include an example of the expected output format showing the 2-5 bullet summary and classification paragraph so Claude knows exactly what to produce
Add a validation step or fallback for when the commit history is empty or the date range yields no results
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is lean and efficient. Every section serves a purpose, there's no explanation of what git is or how commits work, and it respects Claude's intelligence throughout. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides only abstract descriptions of steps ('collect authored commits', 'group meaningful changes') without any concrete git commands, code snippets, or examples of expected output format. There's no executable guidance. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are listed in a logical sequence, but there are no concrete commands (e.g., `git log --author=... --since=...`), no validation checkpoints, and no guidance on how to handle edge cases like repos with no commits in the period. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | For a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines with no need for external references, the content is well-organized into clear sections (Trigger, Workflow, Guardrails, Output) that are easy to navigate. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 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.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
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