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make-github-actions-workflow

Create GitHub Actions workflows for CI, automation, or PR management. Use when asked to create, scaffold, or add a GitHub Actions workflow (.yml file under .github/workflows/).

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Quality

Content

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

The content is strong: actionable code patterns, a clear sequenced workflow with validation checklists, and well-organized repo-specific conventions. The main gaps are minor — a few basic explanations could be trimmed and the Common Patterns gallery could be split into a reference file for tighter progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Trim basic explanations Claude already knows (e.g., the console.log/core.setFailed and github.rest vs github.graphql notes) to tighten conciseness toward the lean anchor.

Add an explicit validate-then-fix-retry loop in Step 5 (e.g., "If validation fails, fix the YAML and re-run the checks before merging") to reach the feedback-loop anchor for workflow_clarity.

Move the "Common Patterns" JavaScript gallery into a references file (e.g., references/patterns.md) and link to it from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure and reduce inline bulk.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient and repo-specific, but includes a few basics Claude already knows (e.g., "Log with console.log() for debugging; use core.setFailed() for errors", "github.rest.* for REST API calls and github.graphql() for GraphQL queries") that could be trimmed, keeping it just below the lean anchor 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

It provides copy-paste-ready JavaScript snippets (commenting, permission check, SHA-tag dedup, reading files at a ref), a concrete trigger-event table, a YAML template, and checklists — fully executable guidance covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Five clearly sequenced steps with checklists at the start (requirements) and end (validate) give a clear sequence, but there is no explicit validate-fix-retry feedback loop, which the anchor 5 calls for; creating workflow files is not destructive, so the batch-cap does not apply.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Structure is good with clearly signaled one-level-deep external reference links and well-organized sections, but the "Common Patterns" code gallery and detailed convention lists are inlined in a file over 50 lines rather than split into a reference file, a minor organization gap versus anchor 5.

4 / 5

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Description

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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 is excellent: it answers both what and when explicitly, includes natural trigger terms with file extension and path, and is highly distinct. The only minor weakness is that the listed action verbs overlap rather than broaden the capability set.

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Specificity

"Create GitHub Actions workflows" names the domain and concrete action verbs ("create, scaffold, or add") plus broad use-case coverage ("CI, automation, or PR management"), but the verbs are near-synonyms rather than distinct actions, leaving a minor coverage gap versus the comprehensive anchor 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly states what ("Create GitHub Actions workflows for CI, automation, or PR management") and when ("Use when asked to create, scaffold, or add a GitHub Actions workflow (.yml file under .github/workflows/)") with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It covers the natural domain term ("GitHub Actions workflow"), action synonyms ("create, scaffold, or add"), the file extension ".yml", and the path ".github/workflows/", giving comprehensive keyword coverage including extensions.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The highly specific trigger (a ".yml file under .github/workflows/" for GitHub Actions) carves out a clear niche with minimal overlap risk against other skills.

5 / 5

Total

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Validation

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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