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flox-publish

Use for publishing user packages to flox for use in Flox environments. Use for package distribution and sharing of builds defined in a flox environment.

76

Quality

67%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Discovery

57%

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 establishes a clear niche around Flox package publishing but lacks specificity in concrete actions and has redundant phrasing. It would benefit from listing specific capabilities (e.g., 'publish packages', 'configure distribution settings') and including more natural trigger terms users might use when needing this functionality.

Suggestions

Add specific concrete actions like 'publish packages to Flox registry', 'configure package metadata', 'manage package versions' to improve specificity.

Include additional natural trigger terms users might say such as 'upload', 'deploy', 'release', 'push', or 'share package'.

Consolidate the redundant sentences and add distinct information - the current two sentences largely repeat the same concept.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (publishing packages to flox) and mentions some actions (package distribution, sharing of builds), but lacks concrete specific actions like 'upload packages', 'configure publishing settings', or 'manage package versions'.

2 / 3

Completeness

Has a 'Use for...' clause that addresses when to use it, but the 'what' is weak - it describes the purpose rather than specific capabilities. The two sentences are somewhat redundant rather than complementary.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant keywords like 'publishing', 'packages', 'flox', 'distribution', 'sharing', 'builds', and 'environment', but missing common variations users might say like 'upload', 'deploy', 'release', or 'push package'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The specific mention of 'flox' as the target platform and 'Flox environments' creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with other package management or publishing skills.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

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 comprehensive and highly actionable skill document with excellent concrete examples and clear workflow guidance. The main weakness is length - the document tries to cover everything inline rather than using progressive disclosure to separate core concepts from advanced topics. Some redundancy in explaining the development-to-runtime workflow could be consolidated.

Suggestions

Extract CI/CD examples, Nix expression builds, and advanced patterns into separate reference files (e.g., PUBLISHING-CI.md, PUBLISHING-ADVANCED.md) with clear links from the main skill

Consolidate the repeated explanations of the development→publish→runtime workflow into a single authoritative section, removing redundant explanations elsewhere

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The content is comprehensive but includes some redundancy - the publishing workflow is explained multiple times in slightly different ways, and some sections like 'What Gets Published' repeat information. The document could be tightened by consolidating overlapping explanations.

2 / 3

Actionability

Excellent executable examples throughout - complete bash commands, full TOML configurations, CI/CD pipeline examples, and copy-paste ready code blocks. Every concept is backed by concrete, runnable examples.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Clear multi-phase workflow (Development → Build/Publish → Runtime) with explicit validation steps. The 'Testing Before Publishing' section provides a proper feedback loop, and prerequisites are clearly listed before publishing commands.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized with clear sections, but the document is quite long (~300 lines) and could benefit from splitting advanced topics (CI/CD, Nix expressions, multiple variants) into separate reference files. The 'Related Skills' section at the end is good but comes after a lot of inline content.

2 / 3

Total

10

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12

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.

Repository
flox/flox-agentic
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