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flox-builds

Building and packaging applications with Flox. Use for manifest builds, Nix expression builds, sandbox modes, multi-stage builds, and packaging assets.

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Quality

81%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

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Discovery

85%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is a well-structured skill description that clearly identifies its domain (Flox) and lists specific capabilities. The 'Use for...' clause provides explicit triggers. The main weakness is that trigger terms are quite technical and may not match how users naturally phrase requests for help with packaging or building applications.

Suggestions

Add more natural user-facing trigger terms like 'package application', 'flox build', 'create Flox package', or 'Flox environment' to improve discoverability when users phrase requests casually.

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Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'manifest builds, Nix expression builds, sandbox modes, multi-stage builds, and packaging assets' - these are distinct, concrete capabilities.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both what ('Building and packaging applications with Flox') and when ('Use for manifest builds, Nix expression builds, sandbox modes, multi-stage builds, and packaging assets') with explicit trigger scenarios.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes some relevant technical terms like 'Flox', 'Nix expression', 'manifest builds', but these are fairly technical. Missing more natural user terms like 'package app', 'create package', 'build environment', or 'flox build'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Very specific niche - Flox is a distinct tool, and the combination of 'Flox', 'Nix expression', and 'manifest builds' creates clear, unique triggers unlikely to conflict with generic build or packaging skills.

3 / 3

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Implementation

77%

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

This is a strong, actionable skill with excellent concrete examples and clear workflow patterns. The two-environment pattern and critical insights from real-world packaging are particularly valuable. However, the document is lengthy and could be more concise by removing some explanatory text and splitting advanced topics into referenced files.

Suggestions

Move language-specific build examples and Nix expression builds to separate referenced files (e.g., LANGUAGE_EXAMPLES.md, NIX_BUILDS.md) to reduce main document length

Trim explanatory text that Claude already knows, such as 'Flox treats a manifest build as...' and FHS convention explanations - just show the table

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Conciseness

The content is generally efficient but includes some explanatory text that Claude would already know (e.g., explaining what FHS conventions are, basic descriptions of sandbox concepts). Some sections like the overview could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Excellent executable examples throughout - complete TOML configurations, bash commands, Nix expressions, and wrapper script patterns. Code is copy-paste ready with real-world patterns like the Python wrapper script and multi-stage Go builds.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Clear multi-step workflows with explicit validation patterns. The two-environment pattern (dev vs runtime) is well-sequenced, debugging steps are enumerated, and the multi-stage build examples show clear dependency chains with ${other} references.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized with clear sections, but it's a long monolithic document (~300 lines) that could benefit from splitting advanced topics (Nix expressions, language-specific examples) into separate files. The 'Related Skills' section at the end is good but the main content is dense.

2 / 3

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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.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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flox/flox-agentic
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