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convert-pdf-to-markdown

This skill should be used when the user asks to "convert a PDF to markdown", "extract text from PDF", or mentions PDF to markdown conversion.

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Quality

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90%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.

A tight, actionable skill body with clear sections and an executable command; its weaknesses are the absence of error-handling checkpoints in the workflow and a script reference that points to a file not bundled with the skill.

Suggestions

Add a brief error-handling step (e.g. what to do if the script exits non-zero or returns JSON without a content field) to give the workflow an explicit validation checkpoint.

Bundle the referenced pdf-to-markdown.sh under scripts/ (or clarify where it lives) so the path ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/pdf-to-markdown.sh actually resolves.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean (about 15 lines), never explains concepts Claude already knows, and every section (filename prompting, usage, response format) earns its place with no padding, matching the lean-and-efficient anchor.

5 / 5

Actionability

It gives a concrete, copy-paste-ready command (${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/pdf-to-markdown.sh <filename.pdf>) plus explicit guidance to extract and display the JSON content field, covering the common single-conversion case fully.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The sequence (prompt for filename -> run script -> display content) is clearly laid out across sections and the single action is unambiguous, but there is no error-handling guidance for script failure or malformed/empty JSON, leaving a minor validation gap below the anchor with explicit checkpoints.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is well-organized into clear sections and keeps a single one-level reference (the script path), but the referenced script (scripts/pdf-to-markdown.sh) is not present in the bundle (no scripts/ directory exists), so the reference cannot be resolved within the skill.

4 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

73%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.

A focused, third-person description with explicit natural-language triggers and a clear niche; its main limitation is that capabilities are conveyed only through trigger phrases rather than a standalone capability statement, and synonym/extension coverage is incomplete.

Suggestions

Lead with a concise capability sentence (e.g. "Converts PDF files to markdown text.") before the trigger clause so the 'what' is stated directly rather than only implied by quoted phrases.

Add common synonyms and the file extension to the trigger list (e.g. "PDFs", "PDF files", ".pdf") for broader keyword coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the PDF-to-markdown domain and two concrete actions ("convert a PDF to markdown", "extract text from PDF"), but these appear only as trigger phrases rather than a comprehensive capability list, matching the anchor that names the domain with 1-2 concrete actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

It has both a what (convert/extract from PDF) and an explicit when ("should be used when the user asks to..."), but the what is embedded in quoted trigger phrases rather than a standalone capability statement, so it falls just below the fully explicit anchor 5.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It surfaces natural phrases a user would actually say ("convert a PDF to markdown", "extract text from PDF", "PDF to markdown conversion"), but omits synonyms and file extensions like "PDFs" or ".pdf", leaving a few natural terms missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The narrow PDF-to-markdown niche with distinct, specific trigger phrases makes it clearly distinguishable from other skills with minimal conflict risk, matching the clear-niche anchor.

5 / 5

Total

16

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20

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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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dwmkerr/ai26
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