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When the user wants to create or optimize popups, modals, overlays, slide-ins, or banners for conversion purposes. Also use when the user mentions "exit intent," "popup conversions," "modal optimization," "lead capture popup," "email popup," "announcement banner," or "overlay." For forms outside of popups, see form-cro. For general page conversion optimization, see page-cro.

69

Quality

62%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./config/claude/skills/popup-cro/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Discovery

89%

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 strong skill description with excellent trigger term coverage and explicit boundary-setting that distinguishes it from related skills. The 'when' guidance is thorough with both positive triggers and cross-references to adjacent skills. The main weakness is that the 'what' portion could be more specific about the concrete actions performed (e.g., designing, A/B testing, configuring display rules) rather than just 'create or optimize.'

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions beyond 'create or optimize' — e.g., 'design exit-intent triggers, write modal copy, configure display timing and targeting rules, A/B test popup variants' to improve specificity.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain (popups, modals, overlays, banners) and mentions 'create or optimize' as actions, but doesn't list multiple specific concrete actions like 'design exit-intent triggers, A/B test modal copy, configure display rules, optimize lead capture forms.' The actions remain somewhat high-level.

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (create or optimize popups, modals, overlays, slide-ins, banners for conversion) and 'when' (explicit trigger terms listed, plus boundary conditions distinguishing it from form-cro and page-cro). The 'Use when' equivalent is the opening 'When the user wants to...' clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms: 'popups,' 'modals,' 'overlays,' 'slide-ins,' 'banners,' 'exit intent,' 'popup conversions,' 'modal optimization,' 'lead capture popup,' 'email popup,' 'announcement banner,' and 'overlay.' These are terms users would naturally use.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive with explicit boundary-setting: 'For forms outside of popups, see form-cro. For general page conversion optimization, see page-cro.' This cross-referencing actively reduces conflict risk with related skills and carves out a clear niche.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Implementation

35%

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

This skill is comprehensive in coverage but severely bloated—it reads more like a popup CRO textbook than a concise skill file. Much of the content covers general UX and marketing knowledge Claude already possesses. The lack of executable code examples and the monolithic structure significantly reduce its effectiveness as a skill file.

Suggestions

Cut the content by 60-70%: remove sections explaining concepts Claude already knows (Core Principles, basic accessibility guidelines, general design best practices) and focus only on project-specific patterns, decision frameworks, and output templates.

Add concrete, executable examples: include actual HTML/CSS/JS snippets for common popup implementations, or at minimum provide complete copy examples with real placeholder content rather than abstract formulas.

Split detailed reference content into separate files: move Experiment Ideas, Popup Types details, and Copy Formulas into linked reference files, keeping SKILL.md as a concise overview with the assessment workflow and output format.

Add explicit validation steps to the workflow: include checkpoints like 'verify popup doesn't trigger on excluded pages', 'confirm mobile rendering', and 'validate accessibility with keyboard navigation test' before finalizing recommendations.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill is extremely verbose at ~400+ lines, with extensive lists of obvious best practices Claude already knows (e.g., 'Easy to dismiss', 'Don't trap or trick', 'Keyboard navigable'). Many sections like 'Core Principles' and 'Design Best Practices' explain fundamental UX concepts that don't need spelling out. The experiment ideas section alone is massive and largely enumerates obvious A/B test variations.

1 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides structured copy formulas, specific benchmarks, and output format templates which are somewhat actionable. However, there's no executable code, no concrete HTML/CSS/JS examples for implementing popups, and much of the content reads as general advice rather than specific, copy-paste-ready guidance.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The Initial Assessment section provides a reasonable sequence (gather context → assess → recommend), and the Output Format section structures deliverables. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints, no feedback loops for testing/iterating, and the workflow from assessment to final recommendation is implicit rather than clearly sequenced.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references related skills (form-cro, page-cro, etc.) and checks for product-marketing-context.md, which is good. However, the massive amount of inline content (trigger strategies, popup types, copy formulas, experiment ideas) should be split into separate reference files. The skill is a monolithic wall of content that would benefit greatly from offloading detailed sections.

2 / 3

Total

7

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12

Passed

Validation

90%

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

Validation10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

10

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11

Passed

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