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Research a documentation topic — locate affected files, understand the problem, identify what to change. Use when investigating an issue, a question, or a topic before writing a fix. Triggers on: "research issue 1234", "investigate what needs changing for #500", "what files are affected by #200", "where is X documented", "is our docs page about Y accurate", "look into how we document Z".

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Quality

96%

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Discovery

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 defines its scope as the research/investigation phase of documentation work, distinct from the writing phase. It provides concrete actions, explicit 'Use when' guidance, and rich trigger examples that closely match natural user language. The description is concise yet comprehensive, making it easy for Claude to select appropriately from a large skill set.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions: 'locate affected files', 'understand the problem', 'identify what to change'. These are specific, actionable steps that clearly describe what the skill does.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (research a documentation topic, locate files, understand the problem, identify changes) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when investigating an issue, a question, or a topic before writing a fix' plus detailed trigger examples). Both dimensions are well-covered.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms including issue numbers ('issue 1234', '#500', '#200'), natural phrases ('what files are affected', 'where is X documented', 'is our docs page about Y accurate', 'look into how we document Z'), and action verbs ('research', 'investigate'). These closely match how users would naturally phrase requests.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clearly scoped to the research/investigation phase of documentation work, distinct from the actual writing/fixing phase. The triggers are specific to documentation research contexts ('docs page', 'how we document', 'what files are affected') and unlikely to conflict with general code research or documentation writing skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Implementation

92%

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

This is a high-quality research workflow skill that is concise, actionable, and well-sequenced. It provides domain-specific knowledge (Docker docs repo structure, vendor paths, URL mapping) without over-explaining, and includes strong validation checkpoints (editability check, fact verification, specific-vs-vague reporting examples). The only minor weakness is that progressive disclosure is adequate but not exceptional, with all content inline and only one external reference.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Every section earns its place. No unnecessary explanations of what GitHub issues are, what Hugo is, or how search works. The content is lean and assumes Claude knows how to use tools like `gh` and file search — it only specifies the domain-specific knowledge (vendor paths, URL-to-filepath mapping, Docker docs structure).

3 / 3

Actionability

Provides a concrete `gh issue view` command with exact flags and JSON fields, lists specific read-only directory paths to check, gives a concrete example of what a specific finding looks like vs. a vague one, and includes the live site URL pattern. The guidance is directly executable.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 7-step sequence is clearly ordered and logically builds from gathering context → locating files → checking editability → finding related content → verifying facts → checking live site → reporting. Step 3 acts as a validation checkpoint (is the file even editable?), step 5 is an explicit verification gate (don't plan fixes on unverified claims), and the reporting step includes a concrete good-vs-bad example as a quality check.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references CLAUDE.md for the vendored content table, which is appropriate one-level-deep referencing. However, with no bundle files provided and only a single reference, the structure is adequate but not exemplary. The content is well-organized with clear sections but everything is inline in one file — for a skill of this length (~80 lines of content) this is borderline acceptable but could benefit from separating the vendor path rules into a reference file.

2 / 3

Total

11

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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.

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docker/docs
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