make-skill

Create new Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot. Use when asked to create, scaffold, or add a skill. Generates SKILL.md with frontmatter, directory structure, and optional resources.

Quality

81%

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Passed

No findings from the security scan

Quality

Content

85%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The content is well-structured and actionable, with a clear multi-step workflow featuring explicit validation checkpoints and feedback loops, and effective progressive disclosure via real, clearly-signaled reference files. Only minor conciseness and high-level-step improvements remain.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Efficient body of principles, numbered steps, checklists, and a pitfalls table with little padding; minor meta-advice ('Concise is key') and a light intro sentence could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete YAML frontmatter template, directory tree, named fields, validation checklists, and a pitfalls table; a few steps like 'Build deep understanding' remain high-level.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear 8-step numbered sequence with explicit validation (Step 7 checklist, naming rules) and a feedback loop in Step 8 (fix errors then A/B re-run), plus checklists for the process.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Body is a concise overview with detailed testing and anti-pattern content correctly split into one-level-deep, inline-linked reference files (references/testing-patterns.md, references/anti-patterns.md) that both exist.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

78%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 strong, clearly stating both what the skill does and when to use it with concrete actions and natural trigger terms. It occupies a distinct niche with low conflict risk, with only minor room to broaden trigger synonyms and artifact coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete actions ('Create new Agent Skills', 'Generates SKILL.md with frontmatter, directory structure, and optional resources') with minor gaps in coverage.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (create skills, generate SKILL.md + structure + resources) and when ('Use when asked to create, scaffold, or add a skill'), with the 'when' clause explicit but moderately narrow.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural trigger verbs users say ('create, scaffold, or add a skill') with good keyword coverage, though a few synonyms like 'build/make a skill' are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (skill scaffolding for GitHub Copilot) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 2 suspicious	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: dotnet/efcore
Path: .agents/skills/make-skill/SKILL.md
Commit: 92b26f9

Reviewed: about 1 hour ago

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