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autopilot

Use when you want to iteratively build a feature using a PRD as source of truth, with progress tracking and fresh-context iterations - the Autopilot technique for autonomous development.

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Quality

Content

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

A strongly actionable, well-sequenced autonomous-development workflow with real validation and error-recovery loops. Its weaknesses are redundancy (the progress-file format appears twice) and progressive disclosure: the skill is a 280-line monolith whose only external references (autopilot.sh, templates README) are missing from the bundle.

Suggestions

Remove the duplicate progress-file template — keep the full worked example in 'Progress File Format' and have Step 2 reference it instead of restating a skeleton.

Ship the referenced bundle files (scripts/autopilot.sh and templates/autopilot/README.md) or remove/inline those sections so Script Mode is not dead-ended by dangling references.

Move the Anti-Rationalization table and the Output template into a references/ file (e.g., PATTERNS.md) to cut inline tokens while keeping the main loop lean.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly procedural with no explanations of concepts Claude already knows, but the progress-file format is fully duplicated (the Step 2 template plus the ~40-line 'Progress File Format' section), and checkpoint/retry guidance repeats in Step 3, the Rules, and the Anti-Rationalization table. This matches 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' rather than anchor 4's 'minor instances'.

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, executable guidance dominates: bash commands for progress checks and git tagging, a complete progress.md template, and a full Agent-call template with retry policy. The gap keeping it from anchor 5 is that Script Mode ('Maximum Performance') hinges on ./scripts/autopilot.sh, which does not exist in the bundle, and the Agent call is a placeholder template rather than copy-paste ready.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The four-step workflow is clearly sequenced (PRD resolution with a BLOCKED gate, task extraction, iteration loop 3a-3f, completion) with explicit validation (git log check, tests, tsc --noEmit), feedback loops (max 2 retries then BLOCKED), checkpoints per task, and an eight-rule checklist. This matches the anchor-5 pattern of explicit validation, error-recovery loops, and checklists for a complex batch process.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-organized, but the bundle contains no scripts/, references/, or assets/ directories while the body references ./scripts/autopilot.sh and templates/autopilot/README.md — dangling pointers that cannot be followed. Content that belongs in separate files (the full progress-format spec, Script Mode docs) is inlined, matching 'some structure but could be better organized' rather than anchor 4.

3 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Description

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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 has an explicit 'Use when' trigger and a distinct PRD-driven niche, but the when-clause mirrors the what instead of adding trigger scenarios, and it uses second-person voice. Keyword coverage omits the natural terms (overnight, unattended, migration, MVP) that the body itself identifies as use cases.

Suggestions

Convert to third-person voice and diversify the when-clause, e.g.: 'Iteratively implements a feature from a PRD with progress tracking and fresh-context subagent iterations. Use when autonomously building multi-task features, running overnight/unattended execution, or performing migrations from a PRD.'

Surface the body's natural trigger terms (overnight builds, unattended batch execution, migrations, building an MVP) into the description so users' phrasing matches without opening the skill.

Tighten the what-statement from 'iteratively build a feature' to concrete capabilities like 'extracts tasks from a PRD, executes each in a fresh-context subagent, and tracks completion in a progress file with git checkpoints'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists several concrete elements ('iteratively build a feature', 'PRD as source of truth', 'progress tracking', 'fresh-context iterations') that would anchor at 4, but 'Use when you want' is second-person voice, which the rubric penalizes by one point. The main action 'build a feature' also stays generic compared to anchor-4 examples like 'fills forms, converts pages to images'.

3 / 5

Completeness

Both what ('iteratively build a feature using a PRD as source of truth, with progress tracking and fresh-context iterations') and when ('Use when you want to...') are explicitly present. It falls short of anchor 5 because the when-clause restates the what rather than adding distinct concrete trigger scenarios (e.g., overnight builds, migrations).

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords are present ('PRD', 'iteratively build a feature', 'autonomous development'), but common natural variations a user would say — overnight runs, unattended execution, migrations, building an MVP — appear only in the body's 'When to Use' and are missing from the description. This matches 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms' rather than anchor 4's 'good keyword coverage'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The PRD-driven, fresh-context Autopilot framing carves a clear niche with minor overlap risk against generic feature-builder skills. It is not anchor 5 because 'iteratively build a feature' is broad enough to compete with general build/implement skills.

4 / 5

Total

14

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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allowed_tools_field

'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository

fernandezbaptiste/specialist-agent

Path

skills/autopilot/SKILL.md

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