ena-database

Access European Nucleotide Archive via API/FTP. Retrieve DNA/RNA sequences, raw reads (FASTQ), genome assemblies by accession, for genomics and bioinformatics pipelines. Supports multiple formats.

Quality

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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.

Actionable and well-structured with proper progressive disclosure to a real reference file, but it is somewhat verbose and its bulk-download workflow lacks explicit validation checkpoints.

Suggestions

Add an explicit verification step to the bulk-download workflow (e.g., check downloaded file sizes/checksums against API-reported values before processing) to lift workflow clarity.

Tighten the Overview and "Core Capabilities" sections, or move the detailed data-type definitions into the existing reference file, to reduce token overhead.

Make the use-case snippets fully executable by adding the requests.get call and status-code check rather than only constructing URL strings.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient with concrete code and endpoints, but the Overview restates the description and the data-type explanations are reference-style material that could be tightened or moved to the reference file.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides executable Python (requests with params), concrete API base URLs, endpoint paths, and copy-paste query patterns with real accessions and taxon IDs.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The bulk-download pattern has a clear 4-step sequence, but it lacks an explicit validation/verification checkpoint for a batch operation, which caps workflow clarity at 2 per the rubric.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The body is a clear overview that signals one-level-deep references ("Consult `references/api_reference.md`"), and that referenced file exists and is well described in the Resources section.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

82%

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

A strong, specific description with natural trigger terms and a clear niche, but it omits an explicit "Use when..." trigger clause so it does not fully answer when Claude should invoke it.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when retrieving sequences, raw reads (FASTQ), or assemblies from ENA by accession, or searching ENA for genomics/bioinformatics data."

Replace the generic closing "Supports multiple formats" with the concrete formats offered (XML, JSON, TSV, FASTQ, FASTA) to add specificity without padding.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names multiple concrete actions ("Retrieve DNA/RNA sequences, raw reads (FASTQ), genome assemblies by accession") matching the highest anchor rather than vague single-action phrasing.	3 / 3
Completeness	It clearly states what the skill does but lacks an explicit "Use when..." trigger clause; "for genomics and bioinformatics pipelines" is a context hint, not explicit trigger guidance, so completeness is capped at 2 per the guidelines.	2 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Uses natural terms a genomics user would say (DNA/RNA sequences, raw reads, FASTQ, genome assemblies, accession, genomics and bioinformatics pipelines), giving good coverage of likely phrasings.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The European Nucleotide Archive niche is distinctive with ENA/EBI-specific terms, making conflict with other skills unlikely.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills
Path: bundled/skills/ena-database/SKILL.md
Commit: f627ab5

Reviewed: about 9 hours ago

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