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uv

Checks whether the uv Python package manager is installed and installs it if missing. Ensures uv is on PATH. Use when another skill requires uv as a prerequisite.

Quality

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Content

86%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 body is tight, actionable, and well-structured with explicit platform-specific commands and verification checkpoints. Only minor tightening and a fallback path for install failure would push it higher.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean with executable commands and minimal over-explanation; a few lines ('Ensure uv is available before running any skill that depends on it') echo the description and could be trimmed, fitting the 4 anchor rather than the fully lean 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready, fully executable commands for both Unix/macOS and Windows across check, install, and PATH steps, matching the 5 anchor 'fully executable; copy-paste ready code or commands'.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Steps 1-4 are clearly sequenced with validation checkpoints (uv --version at step 1 and step 4) and skip-ahead logic, but there is no error-recovery guidance if install fails, fitting the 4 anchor rather than 5.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A simple skill under 50 lines with no external references and no bundle files, but well-organized into intro and a numbered Setup section with clear platform sub-bullets, qualifying for 5 under the simple-skills exception.

5 / 5

Total

18

/

20

Passed

Description

71%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 is concrete, scoped to a distinct tool, and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause. Its main weakness is trigger-term quality: the activation language is internal/technical rather than phrases a user would naturally say.

Suggestions

Add natural-language trigger phrases a user might actually say, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to install uv, set up the uv Python package manager, or when a Science Skill needs uv.'

Include synonyms/extensions users say naturally (e.g. 'Python package manager', 'astral uv') alongside the technical 'prerequisite' wording.

Tighten the 'when' clause to name concrete user-facing situations rather than only the internal 'another skill requires uv' condition.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Quotes three concrete actions — 'Checks whether the uv Python package manager is installed', 'installs it if missing', 'Ensures uv is on PATH' — which is several specific actions covering the scope, but the wording is not richly enumerated, fitting the 4 anchor better than 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both 'what' (check/install/PATH) and an explicit 'Use when' clause are present, so it clears the 3-cap; the 'when' is reasonably explicit but trigger phrasing could be more concrete, fitting the 4 anchor.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords ('uv', 'Python package manager', 'installed', 'PATH') appear, but the only trigger phrase ('Use when another skill requires uv as a prerequisite') is internal/technical rather than natural user language, and common synonyms are missing — matching the 3 anchor.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Names a specific tool ('uv Python package manager') with a clear niche and minimal overlap with other skills, matching the 5 anchor's 'clear niche with distinct triggers; minimal conflict risk'.

5 / 5

Total

16

/

20

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.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

google-deepmind/science-skills

Path

skills/uv/SKILL.md

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