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speckit-taskstoissues

Convert existing tasks into actionable, dependency-ordered GitHub issues for the feature based on available design artifacts.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

53%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The skill body is well-sequenced with concrete scaffolding commands and genuinely useful hook handling, but it under-specifies its own central operation (GitHub MCP issue creation format and dependency encoding) and provides no post-creation validation for the batch operation. The verbatim duplication of the hook protocol across pre/post sections wastes tokens.

Suggestions

Specify the exact GitHub MCP tools to call and provide an issue title/body template, including how dependencies are represented (e.g., "blocked-by" labels or GitHub task-list syntax).

Add post-creation validation for the batch operation: verify each issue was created, report partial failures, and check for existing issues to avoid duplicates on re-run.

Deduplicate the pre/post hook protocol into one shared section (or a references/hooks.md file) instead of repeating ~30 lines verbatim in both check sections.

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Conciseness

The body contains no concept over-explanation and is procedurally lean, but the entire hook-detection protocol ("Filter out hooks where `enabled` is explicitly `false`", dot-to-hyphen command conversion, optional/mandatory output templates) is repeated verbatim in both Pre-Execution and Post-Execution Checks. This is more than a minor trim, so anchor 4 does not fit; it is actionable instruction rather than padding or known-concept explanation, so anchor 2 does not either.

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete commands are present (".specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh --json --require-tasks --include-tasks", "git config --get remote.origin.url") with exact hook output templates, but the core step "use the GitHub MCP server to create a new issue" names no MCP tool, no issue title/body format, and never specifies how "dependency-ordered" is expressed (labels, task lists, or blocked-by links). The missing key details sit in the skill's central operation, which matches anchor 3 rather than anchor 4's "minor gaps".

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The sequence (pre-hooks → prerequisites → remote check → issue creation → post-hooks) is clear and includes a pre-flight checkpoint ("ONLY PROCEED TO NEXT STEPS IF THE REMOTE IS A GITHUB URL"), but the batch issue-creation step has no validation or feedback loop — no verify-after-create, no duplicate prevention on re-run, and no partial-failure handling. Per the batch-operation rule, missing validation in this context caps workflow clarity at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are clearly organized (User Input, Pre-Execution Checks, Outline, Post-Execution Checks) with no nested references and content appropriately self-contained for a ~90-line command skill with no bundle files. It falls short of anchor 5 because the duplicated hook protocol (~two-thirds of the body) would be better consolidated into a single shared section or a reference file, which is a minor organization gap.

4 / 5

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Description

53%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 clearly states one concrete, well-scoped capability but omits any "when to use" trigger guidance and lacks synonym coverage, leaving it at the rubric midpoint. It is reasonably distinct as a spec-kit niche skill, yet natural user phrasing alone would rarely select it.

Suggestions

Add an explicit "Use when..." clause, e.g. "Use when the user wants to turn a feature's tasks into GitHub issues or build a dependency-ordered backlog from spec-kit tasks.md".

Include natural trigger synonyms such as "spec-kit", "tasks.md", "backlog", and "issue tracker" so the description matches how users actually phrase the request.

Mention one or two more concrete actions (e.g., labeling issues or linking blocked-by dependencies) to broaden capability coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Convert existing tasks into actionable, dependency-ordered GitHub issues" names the domain and one detailed concrete action, but offers no further actions (no mention of labeling, linking, or issue structuring beyond the single convert verb). Anchor 3 ("Names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive") is the closest fit; anchor 4 requires several specific actions listed.

3 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is clearly stated ("Convert existing tasks into... GitHub issues for the feature based on available design artifacts"), but the "when" is entirely absent — there is no "Use when..." clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural keywords like "tasks" and "GitHub issues" are present and would plausibly be said by a user, but common variations and synonyms ("spec-kit", "tasks.md", "backlog", "issue tracker", "create issues") are missing. This matches anchor 3 ("Some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms"); it is above anchor 2 because the keywords present are natural rather than generic.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The phrase "dependency-ordered GitHub issues" grounded "based on available design artifacts" carves out a mostly distinct spec-workflow niche with only minor overlap risk against generic GitHub issue-creation or task-management skills. It is not 5 because "tasks" and "GitHub issues" alone could still collide with general issue-management skills lacking sharper distinct triggers.

4 / 5

Total

13

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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

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Total

14

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16

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Repository

g14wx/staffSync

Path

.claude/skills/speckit-taskstoissues/SKILL.md

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