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Orchestrate an MSBuild release: create the tracking issue, branch, configure DARC channels and subscriptions, bump version in main, final-brand the release branch, insert into VS, and publish post-GA. Covers the full monthly release lifecycle aligned with VS shipping cadence.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

88%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 body is a well-structured, highly actionable orchestration guide with strong sequencing and validation, assuming Claude's competence throughout. The main improvement would be moving the deep inline procedure detail into the already-referenced checklist to tighten progressive disclosure and conciseness.

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Conciseness

The body is dense and information-rich with no padding of concepts Claude already knows; the long PACKAGE_VALIDATION_BASELINE section and wrong-answer table are justified but could be tightened slightly, so it sits just below the lean ideal.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands throughout — 'pwsh ./scripts/Get-PackageValidationBaseline.ps1', 'git branch -r --list origin/vs*', 'git merge-base origin/main origin/vs{{...}}', darc '--configuration-branch <name> --no-pr' flags — with specific file paths and pipeline IDs covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Six phases (0–5) are clearly sequenced with an explicit trigger table, a terminal Validation checklist, an Error Recovery feedback loop, and per-phase trigger-condition verification; the batch/destructive operations are gated by the user-approval execution model plus validation, satisfying the destructive-ops checkpoint requirement.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Acts as an overview pointing one level deep to the checklist (the declared source of truth) and a well-signaled Key Files table; structure is good, though the inline PACKAGE_VALIDATION and DARC-batching detail arguably belongs in the referenced checklist rather than the body.

4 / 5

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Description

67%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 specific and clearly distinct, but it describes the workflow's mechanics rather than telling Claude when to invoke the skill. Adding an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause would lift completeness and trigger-term quality.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause such as 'Use when running or preparing an MSBuild monthly release for Visual Studio' so the 'when' is unambiguous.

Lead with the natural user-facing phrases ('MSBuild release', 'ship MSBuild for VS') before the internal jargon to improve trigger-term quality.

Consider trimming the inline step enumeration into a tighter capability summary so the description stays scannable.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions — 'create the tracking issue, branch, configure DARC channels and subscriptions, bump version in main, final-brand the release branch, insert into VS, and publish post-GA' — giving comprehensive coverage of the release lifecycle.

5 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers 'what' (the enumerated orchestration steps) but provides no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause; the 'when' is only weakly implied by 'Covers the full monthly release lifecycle', so completeness is capped at 3 per the judging guidelines.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Contains some natural keywords ('MSBuild release', 'monthly release lifecycle') but is heavily padded with internal jargon (DARC channels, subscriptions, post-GA) and misses common variations or synonyms a user might say.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear, highly specific niche (MSBuild monthly release orchestration against the VS shipping cadence) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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16

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20

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Validation

81%

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

Validation13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

relative_links

Relative link issues: 13 suspicious

Warning

referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 2 missing

Warning

Total

13

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16

Passed

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dotnet/msbuild
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