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todoist-automation

Automate Todoist task management, projects, sections, filtering, and bulk operations via Rube MCP (Composio). Always search tools first for current schemas.

62

1.56x
Quality

45%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

94%

1.56x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Quality

Content

50%

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-style skill that covers Todoist operations comprehensively with good structural organization and useful pitfall documentation. Its main weaknesses are redundancy between sections (pitfalls repeated, quick reference duplicating workflow content), lack of concrete executable examples showing actual MCP tool invocations, and missing validation/confirmation steps for destructive operations. The content would benefit from being split across multiple files and including copy-paste-ready invocation patterns.

Suggestions

Add concrete, copy-paste-ready MCP tool invocation examples (e.g., a complete TODOIST_CREATE_TASK call with actual parameter values) rather than just listing parameter names and descriptions.

Add explicit validation/confirmation steps after destructive operations (DELETE_TASK, DELETE_SECTION, CLOSE_TASK) and after bulk operations (BULK_CREATE_TASKS) — e.g., 'Verify by calling GET_ALL_TASKS to confirm creation'.

Consolidate the duplicated pitfall information — remove per-workflow pitfalls that are repeated verbatim in the 'Known Pitfalls' section, or vice versa, to reduce token usage.

Consider splitting the quick reference table and detailed parameter documentation into a separate REFERENCE.md file to reduce the main skill's token footprint.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill is fairly comprehensive but includes some redundancy — the 'Known Pitfalls' section repeats information already covered in per-workflow pitfall sections (priority inversion, ID formats, filter syntax). The quick reference table at the end also largely duplicates information from the workflow sections. However, it generally avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides specific tool names, parameter names, and concrete values (e.g., date formats, filter syntax examples), which is good. However, it lacks executable code examples or copy-paste-ready tool invocation examples showing actual MCP call patterns with real parameter structures. The guidance is detailed but remains at the 'describe the parameters' level rather than showing complete invocation examples.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Workflows are clearly sequenced with numbered steps and labeled as Required/Optional/Prerequisite, which is helpful. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints or error recovery feedback loops — for example, after bulk task creation there's no 'verify tasks were created' step, and after delete operations there's no confirmation step. Given that delete/close operations are destructive, this is a notable gap.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is well-organized with clear sections and headers, but it's a monolithic ~200-line document with no bundle files to offload detailed reference material. The quick reference table, detailed pitfalls, and per-workflow parameter documentation could be split into separate files. For a skill of this complexity, the single-file approach makes it harder to navigate and consumes significant context window.

2 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Description

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 niche (Todoist via Rube MCP/Composio) which makes it distinctive, but it lacks an explicit 'Use when...' clause and could be more specific about the concrete actions it performs. The trigger terms are adequate but miss common user phrasings for task management needs.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks to create, update, complete, or organize tasks in Todoist, or mentions Todoist by name.'

List more specific concrete actions such as 'create tasks, complete tasks, move tasks between projects, apply labels, set due dates, and perform bulk updates.'

Include natural trigger term variations users might say, such as 'to-do list', 'tasks', 'due dates', 'reminders', 'labels', or 'priorities'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (Todoist task management) and lists some actions (projects, sections, filtering, bulk operations), but these are more like categories than concrete specific actions. It doesn't detail what specific operations are performed (e.g., 'create tasks', 'move tasks between projects', 'set due dates').

2 / 3

Completeness

Describes what it does (automate Todoist task management) but has no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance. The rubric states a missing 'Use when...' clause should cap completeness at 2, and since the 'when' is entirely absent and the 'what' is only moderately detailed, this scores a 1.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant keywords like 'Todoist', 'task management', 'projects', 'sections', 'filtering', and 'bulk operations', which are natural terms. However, it misses common variations users might say like 'to-do list', 'tasks', 'due dates', 'reminders', 'labels', or 'priorities'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is clearly scoped to Todoist specifically and mentions the specific integration mechanism (Rube MCP / Composio), making it highly distinctive and unlikely to conflict with other task management or productivity skills.

3 / 3

Total

8

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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

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

10

/

11

Passed

Repository
davepoon/buildwithclaude
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