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generate-manifest

Scan an ADK recipe directory and generate a manifest.yaml for it based on the schema at .github/schemas/manifest-schema.json. Use when the user wants to create or generate a manifest.yaml for a recipe under core/, contrib/, or skills/.

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Content

85%

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

A well-structured, highly actionable skill body with a clear sequenced workflow and explicit validation feedback loops. Its only weakness is mild verbosity from repeated placeholder rationale and inline time-sensitive size limits.

Suggestions

State the ownership-placeholder rationale once (e.g., in step 6) and merely reference it from the field table and step 7 report to remove the triple repetition.

Move the 'as of writing' size-limit numbers out of the inline `large` rule — reference .github/policy.yml's recipe_size_limits instead — so version-specific figures don't penalize conciseness.

Condense the `description` draft rule: the 15-word / TODO-comment guidance appears in both the field table and the report-back step; define it once.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly lean and free of concept-explanation fluff, but the ownership-placeholder rationale is repeated across the field table, step 6, and step 7, and the inline 'as of writing' size limits are time-sensitive numbers that could be tightened or referenced rather than embedded.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable guidance: exact files to read, a copy-paste YAML template with literal placeholder strings, allowed enum options inline, and a concrete command 'uv run validate manifest <recipe-path>'.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 7-step sequence with an explicit validation feedback loop in step 6 ('fix these in the manifest and re-validate until they are gone') and a distinction between real schema errors and expected placeholder failures.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and none are needed (the schema is read live at runtime); the body is well-organized into clearly signaled, one-level sections with no nested references.

3 / 3

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12

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Description

100%

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, third-person description that states concrete actions and an explicit trigger clause scoped to specific recipe directories. It cleanly answers both what the skill does and when to use it with no fluff.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Scan an ADK recipe directory', 'generate a manifest.yaml for it', and validation 'based on the schema at .github/schemas/manifest-schema.json' — matching the top anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (scan + generate + validate against the schema) and when via an explicit 'Use when the user wants to create or generate a manifest.yaml...' trigger clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user phrasings are covered ('create or generate a manifest.yaml for a recipe under core/, contrib/, or skills/'), which are the terms a user would actually say when needing this skill.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche — generating manifest.yaml for ADK recipes under specific directories — with distinct triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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