Automate Monday.com work management including boards, items, columns, groups, subitems, and updates via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
91%
3.03xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Advisory
Suggest reviewing before use
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Discovery
67%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 does a good job specifying the platform (Monday.com) and listing concrete entities it manages, making it distinctive and specific. Its main weakness is the lack of an explicit 'Use when...' clause, which would help Claude know exactly when to select this skill. Adding common user-facing trigger terms beyond Monday.com's internal vocabulary would also improve discoverability.
Suggestions
Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about Monday.com, project boards, task management in Monday, or automating Monday.com workflows.'
Include natural user-facing trigger terms like 'project management', 'task tracking', 'Monday board', or 'work management tool' to improve matching when users don't use Monday.com's exact terminology.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete entities and actions: 'boards, items, columns, groups, subitems, and updates' along with the platform (Monday.com) and integration method (Rube MCP/Composio). Also includes a concrete procedural instruction to 'search tools first for current schemas.' | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | The 'what' is well-covered (automate Monday.com work management across multiple entity types). However, there is no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance telling Claude when to select this skill, which caps this at 2 per the rubric guidelines. | 2 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes 'Monday.com', 'boards', 'items', 'columns', 'groups', 'subitems', and 'updates' which are relevant domain terms. However, it misses common user phrasings like 'project management', 'task tracking', 'Monday board', or 'work items' that users might naturally say. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The description is clearly scoped to Monday.com specifically, with distinct platform-specific terminology (boards, subitems, groups) and the specific integration method (Rube MCP/Composio). This is unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
62%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid reference skill for Monday.com automation with well-structured workflows, clear tool sequences, and useful parameter documentation. Its main weaknesses are redundancy across sections (pitfalls repeated in both workflow-specific and general sections) and the lack of concrete, copy-paste-ready invocation examples showing actual tool calls with full parameter payloads. The workflow clarity is the strongest dimension, with clear sequencing and prerequisite annotations.
Suggestions
Add 1-2 complete tool invocation examples showing exact parameter payloads (e.g., a full MONDAY_CREATE_ITEM call with column_values JSON) to improve actionability.
Consolidate pitfalls into the 'Known Pitfalls' section only, removing duplicates from individual workflow sections to reduce redundancy and improve conciseness.
Consider splitting the column value formatting reference and quick reference table into a separate REFERENCE.md file to improve progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is fairly comprehensive but includes some redundancy—pitfalls are repeated across sections (e.g., column_type snake_case, ID formats mentioned multiple times), and the 'Known Pitfalls' section largely restates what was already covered in individual workflow pitfalls. The quick reference table adds value but the overall document could be tightened significantly. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides concrete tool names, parameter lists, and value format examples, which is good. However, it lacks executable code examples or copy-paste ready sequences—there are no actual tool invocation examples showing exact parameter payloads. The column value formatting section is helpful but would benefit from complete invocation examples. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Each workflow has a clearly numbered tool sequence with prerequisite/required/optional annotations, making the order of operations unambiguous. The ID resolution pattern serves as a validation checkpoint, and the pagination section provides clear guidance on cursor handling. The workflows are well-structured with when-to-use context. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is well-organized with clear sections and a useful quick reference table, but it's a monolithic document (~250 lines) with no references to supporting files. The detailed pitfalls and column value formatting could be split into separate reference files. However, since no bundle files exist, this is somewhat expected—the single-file organization is reasonable but could benefit from splitting. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 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.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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