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Prepare and publish a Fallow release with version, changelog, generated contracts, companion repositories, registry publication, and post-release verification.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

72%

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 concise, well-sequenced release checklist with explicit validation checkpoints and clear references to detail docs, but it stops short of concrete executable commands and explicit error-recovery feedback loops.

Suggestions

Add concrete executable commands for the key steps (e.g., the version-bump, signed tag, and registry publish commands) or explicitly point to the exact section of the referenced docs that contains them.

Spell out a validate→fix→retry feedback loop for failed publication/registry workflows and for endpoint verification failures (what to do when step 7 or 8 fails).

Clarify the rollback path when a release step fails after signed commits/tags have been created, since these are destructive/hard-to-reverse operations.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient: a terse numbered checklist with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows, where every line is an action and earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

Gives direction and references specific doc paths and artifacts (dry-runs, signed commits/tags) but provides no concrete executable commands (e.g., git tag, version-bump, publish commands), so guidance is incomplete rather than copy-paste ready.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 8-step sequence with explicit checkpoints (main green, changelog verification, dry-runs, verify from real endpoints, a completion gate), but it lacks explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loops for destructive/batch publication operations, which the rubric caps at 2.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Short, well-organized overview that delegates detailed procedure to one-level-deep references signaled by explicit paths ('docs/development/quality-gates.md' and 'docs/development/task-context-map.md') in step 1.

3 / 3

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Description

67%

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 concrete and distinctive, listing specific release artifacts and actions, but it omits an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause and natural-term variations, capping trigger quality and completeness at 2.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause stating when to invoke the skill (e.g., 'Use when preparing or publishing a Fallow release, bumping versions, or cutting a release tag').

Include natural-term variations users might say, such as 'release', 'cut a release', 'version bump', 'publish to the registry', and 'changelog'.

Keep the concrete artifact list but pair it with the trigger guidance so both 'what' and 'when' are explicitly answered.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions and artifacts — 'version, changelog, generated contracts, companion repositories, registry publication, and post-release verification' — rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers 'what' (prepare and publish a release with the listed artifacts) but provides no explicit 'when to use it' guidance; per the rubric, a missing 'Use when...' clause caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Contains some relevant natural terms ('release', 'version', 'changelog', 'registry publication') but lacks common variations and an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, so coverage is partial.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a distinct niche ('Fallow release' with companion repos and registry publication) unlikely to be confused with or trigger for other skills.

3 / 3

Total

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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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fallow-rs/fallow
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