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supervisor-api-background-mode

Enable Supervisor API background mode for long-running agent tasks. Use when: (1) Agent needs to run tasks longer than HTTP timeout limits, (2) User says 'background mode', 'long-running', 'supervisor api', (3) Converting from streaming to background polling pattern, (4) Agent needs resilience to connection drops during execution.

65

Quality

78%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./agent-openai-agents-sdk-multiagent/.claude/skills/supervisor-api-background-mode/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

57%

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

The skill excels at actionability with complete, executable code and concrete testing commands, but suffers from being a monolithic document with all code inline rather than in bundle files. The workflow has clear sequencing but lacks explicit validation checkpoints between steps. The content would benefit significantly from splitting the large code blocks into referenced bundle files and adding verification steps.

Suggestions

Move the complete utils.py and agent.py code into bundle files and reference them from SKILL.md, keeping only key snippets inline to illustrate the important differences from the base supervisor-api skill.

Add explicit validation checkpoints between steps, e.g., 'After creating utils.py, verify imports work: `python -c "from agent_server.utils import create_supervisor_client"`'

Consider moving the comparison table and architecture diagram to a separate ARCHITECTURE.md reference file to reduce the main skill's token footprint.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill is fairly long with extensive inline code that could potentially be referenced from separate files. The architecture diagram, comparison table, and detailed logging are useful but add significant token cost. Some explanatory comments within code are redundant for Claude (e.g., explaining what 'background=True' does when the table already covers it).

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides fully executable, copy-paste ready Python code for both utils.py and agent.py, complete curl commands for testing, and concrete configuration values. The code is complete with imports, type hints, and error handling — not pseudocode.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The steps are clearly sequenced (Step 1: utils.py, Step 2: agent.py) and the polling loop has error recovery (retry on retrieve failure). However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints between steps — no 'verify the server starts' or 'confirm the polling works before proceeding' gates. The testing section is at the end rather than integrated as validation steps.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a monolithic wall of content with ~300+ lines of inline code that could be split into separate referenced files (e.g., utils.py and agent.py as actual bundle files). No bundle files are provided despite the skill being complex enough to warrant them. The architecture diagram, comparison table, gotchas, and testing could be better organized with references to supporting files.

1 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Description

100%

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 well-crafted skill description that clearly defines its purpose, lists concrete capabilities, and provides explicit trigger conditions via a numbered 'Use when' clause. The trigger terms are natural and specific enough to avoid conflicts with other skills. It follows the third-person voice convention and is concise without unnecessary padding.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: enabling background mode, handling HTTP timeout limits, converting from streaming to background polling pattern, and providing resilience to connection drops. These are concrete, actionable capabilities.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (enable Supervisor API background mode for long-running agent tasks) and 'when' with an explicit numbered 'Use when' clause covering four distinct trigger scenarios.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes strong natural trigger terms users would actually say: 'background mode', 'long-running', 'supervisor api', 'streaming', 'background polling', 'connection drops', 'HTTP timeout'. Good coverage of both technical and conversational terms.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive with a clear niche around Supervisor API background mode, polling patterns, and HTTP timeout handling. Unlikely to conflict with other skills due to the specific technical domain and explicit trigger terms.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

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

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (505 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

Total

10

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11

Passed

Repository
databricks/app-templates
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