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Provides comprehensive GitHub operations using gh CLI and GitHub API. Activates when working with pull requests, issues, repositories, workflows, or GitHub API operations including creating/viewing/merging PRs, managing issues, querying API endpoints, and handling GitHub workflows in enterprise or public GitHub environments.

87

1.11x
Quality

82%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

95%

1.11x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

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Quality

Content

64%

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 with excellent actionability—every section provides real, executable gh CLI commands. Its main weaknesses are moderate verbosity (duplicate quick reference section, redundant resource descriptions, unnecessary 'When to Use' section) and lack of multi-step workflow sequences with validation checkpoints. The progressive disclosure structure is well-intentioned but redundant in its reference descriptions.

Suggestions

Remove the 'When to Use This Skill' section entirely—this duplicates the YAML description and is metadata, not instruction.

Eliminate the 'Quick Reference' section which duplicates commands already shown in the Core Operations sections, or consolidate by removing the inline examples and keeping only the quick reference.

Add at least one multi-step workflow with validation (e.g., 'Create PR → verify checks pass → request review → merge' with explicit checkpoint steps like `gh pr checks 123 --watch`).

Consolidate the 'Resources' section to just the reference links without re-describing contents—the inline 📚 links already provide sufficient context.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill includes some unnecessary sections like 'When to Use This Skill' (which repeats the description) and the 'Resources' section that re-describes what each reference file contains after already linking to them inline. The 'Quick Reference' section also largely duplicates commands already shown above. However, the core content is reasonably efficient with executable examples.

2 / 3

Actionability

All guidance is concrete with copy-paste ready bash commands. PR creation, issue management, API calls, authentication, and output formatting all have executable examples with real flags and arguments. The PR title convention is specific and actionable.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Individual commands are clear, but there are no multi-step workflows with validation checkpoints. For example, the PR creation flow doesn't include verifying the PR was created, checking CI status, then merging. Operations are presented as isolated commands rather than sequenced workflows with feedback loops.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references five separate reference files with clear signaling (📚 icons and a detailed Resources section), which is good structure. However, since no bundle files are provided, we cannot verify these references exist. Additionally, the Resources section at the bottom redundantly describes each reference file's contents in detail after already linking them inline, and the main body itself is somewhat long with content that could be pushed to references.

2 / 3

Total

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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 strong skill description that clearly communicates its purpose, lists concrete actions, includes natural trigger terms, and explicitly states when it should activate. It uses proper third-person voice and covers both the tools and operations comprehensively. The description is well-structured with an 'Activates when' clause that provides clear selection guidance.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: creating/viewing/merging PRs, managing issues, querying API endpoints, handling GitHub workflows. Covers both the tools (gh CLI, GitHub API) and the operations performed.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both what ('comprehensive GitHub operations using gh CLI and GitHub API' with specific actions listed) and when ('Activates when working with pull requests, issues, repositories, workflows, or GitHub API operations'). The 'Activates when' clause serves as an explicit trigger guidance.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes strong natural keywords users would say: 'pull requests', 'PRs', 'issues', 'repositories', 'workflows', 'GitHub API', 'gh CLI', 'merging PRs', 'creating PRs'. These cover common variations of how users would phrase GitHub-related requests.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clearly scoped to GitHub-specific operations with distinct triggers like 'gh CLI', 'GitHub API', 'PRs', 'GitHub workflows'. Unlikely to conflict with generic code or document skills. The mention of 'enterprise or public GitHub environments' further narrows the niche.

3 / 3

Total

12

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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.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
daymade/claude-code-skills
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