xai-auth

xAI Grok API authentication and setup. Use when configuring xAI API access, setting up API keys, or troubleshooting authentication issues.

Quality

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Content

82%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 thorough, actionable authentication guide with executable examples and clear sections. Its main weaknesses are mild redundancy in the compatibility section and an unreferenced bundle script.

Suggestions

Reference scripts/xai_client.py from the body if it is intended for use, or remove it from the bundle so progressive disclosure is coherent.

Consolidate the OpenAI client setup so the API Compatibility section does not repeat Method 1 verbatim.

Add an explicit validate->fix->retry loop for the connection test so auth failures have a clear recovery workflow.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient with executable code and compact tables, but the API Compatibility section repeats the OpenAI client setup already shown in Method 1 and has minor over-explanation.	4 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable curl and Python snippets, .env config, and an error-handling example covering the common cases are copy-paste ready.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Quick Start gives a clear 3-step sequence with a connection test checkpoint, and an error table supplies fixes, but there is no explicit validate-then-retry feedback loop for auth failures.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Single well-organized file with clear section headers and one-level external references, though the bundled scripts/xai_client.py is never referenced and some tabular reference content is inlined.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

87%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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A concise, well-structured description that clearly states both capability and trigger conditions. It is specific and distinct, with only minor gaps in keyword synonym coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain plus several concrete actions ("configuring xAI API access, setting up API keys, troubleshooting authentication issues"), with only minor coverage gaps.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("xAI Grok API authentication and setup") and when ("Use when configuring xAI API access, setting up API keys, or troubleshooting authentication issues").	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural keyword coverage (xAI API access, API keys, authentication) but missing common synonyms and file-extension/prefix terms like xai- or .env.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	xAI/Grok API authentication is a clear niche with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: fernandezbaptiste/Skrillz
Path: skills/xai-auth/SKILL.md
Commit: 93ed392

Reviewed: 1 day ago

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