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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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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/all-skills/skills/todoist-automation/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
Quality
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Security

Quality

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 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 language variations for task management.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about Todoist tasks, to-do lists, task organization, or managing projects and deadlines in Todoist.'

List more specific concrete actions such as 'create tasks, update due dates, assign priorities, move tasks between projects, apply labels, and perform bulk edits'.

Include natural user language variations like 'to-do list', 'tasks', 'due dates', 'reminders', 'labels', and 'priorities' to improve trigger term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (Todoist task management) and lists several 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, 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 via Rube MCP (Composio), which creates a very distinct niche. It's unlikely to conflict with other skills given the specific tool and integration mentioned.

3 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Implementation

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 document for Todoist automation via Rube MCP with good coverage of tools, parameters, and pitfalls. Its main weaknesses are redundancy across sections (pitfalls repeated in both per-workflow and consolidated sections), lack of concrete executable examples showing actual tool invocations, and missing validation/verification steps for destructive operations. The content would benefit from being split across multiple files with the SKILL.md serving as a concise overview.

Suggestions

Add concrete tool invocation examples showing actual MCP call format (e.g., an example RUBE_SEARCH_TOOLS call and a TODOIST_CREATE_TASK call with real parameters) to improve actionability.

Add explicit validation steps after destructive/batch operations (e.g., 'After BULK_CREATE_TASKS, call GET_ALL_TASKS with project filter to verify all tasks were created') to improve workflow clarity.

Consolidate pitfalls into a single section or keep them only in per-workflow sections to eliminate redundancy — the priority inversion, ID format, and filter syntax warnings each appear twice.

Extract the detailed parameter lists and quick reference table into a separate REFERENCE.md file, keeping SKILL.md as a concise overview with links to details.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill is fairly comprehensive but includes some redundancy — the 'Known Pitfalls' section repeats information already stated 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 filter syntax examples, which is good. However, it lacks executable code/command examples — there are no actual MCP tool call examples showing the exact JSON or invocation format. The guidance is concrete in naming tools and parameters but stops short of copy-paste-ready tool invocations.

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 step to verify tasks were created correctly, and destructive operations like DELETE_TASK and DELETE_SECTION lack confirmation/verification steps.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is well-structured with clear sections and headers, but it's a monolithic document (~200+ lines) with no references to supporting files. The detailed parameter lists, pitfalls repeated in multiple places, and the full quick reference table could be split into separate reference files. For a skill of this complexity, having everything inline makes it harder to navigate.

2 / 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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