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developing-genkit-python

Develop AI-powered applications using Genkit in Python. Use when the user asks about Genkit, AI agents, flows, or tools in Python, or when encountering Genkit errors, import issues, or API problems.

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2.22x
Quality

80%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

100%

2.22x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Quality

Content

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

A strong, executable overview with a genuinely clear decision-oriented workflow and an exemplary progressive-disclosure structure over a complete references/ bundle. The one real weakness is redundancy in the CLI section, where the trace-capture and --format json points are each made twice.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly dense and assumes competence (terse prerequisites, runnable code, no elementary explanations), but the 'Genkit CLI' section repeats itself: 'Running the app directly (uv run) does not capture dev traces / skips trace capture, so you're debugging blind' appears in both workflow step 5 and the CLI prose, and 'machine-readable JSON, safe to pipe into jq or other parsers' is stated nearly verbatim in the code comment and the following paragraph. This matches 'mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened' rather than the minor-instances anchor (4).

3 / 5

Actionability

The Hello World block is complete and copy-paste runnable, and the CLI section gives exact commands (`genkit start -- uv run src/main.py`, `genkit trace:get <traceId> --format json`) with the non-interactive variant. It stops short of fully executable (5) because the agents teaser uses `agent.chat()` without ever defining `agent`, and the imports list uses ellipses ('`from genkit.agent import InMemorySessionStore, ...`') — fragments rather than complete, ready-to-run coverage.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 6-step Workflow is clearly sequenced with a decision point (agent vs. flow, with explicit criteria 'conversational, multi-turn, or described as an agent'), an explicit verification checkpoint ('Verify with traces, not a blind run' with the concrete trace commands), and an error-recovery loop ('Stuck? Common Errors first'). This matches the anchor for a clear sequence with explicit validation and feedback loops; no destructive/batch cap applies.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a genuine overview: a quick-start inline, a compact 'More:' link row for the eight agent sub-topics, and a bottom reference list with one-line descriptions. All referenced files (setup.md, examples.md, agents.md, agents-*.md, common-errors.md, dev-workflow.md, fastapi.md, dotprompt.md, evals.md) exist as real one-level-deep files in references/, so navigation matches the 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references' anchor.

5 / 5

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17

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20

Passed

Description

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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 well-formed description with an explicit and richly triggered 'Use when...' clause and strong distinctiveness from the named Genkit/Python niche. Its main weakness is that the capability side ('Develop AI-powered applications') is a single generic action that undersells the concrete features documented in the body.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ('Genkit in Python') with a single concrete action — 'Develop AI-powered applications' — which is a generic umbrella verb. It does not list the concrete sub-capabilities shown in the body (generate, stream, tools, flows, agents), matching the anchor 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive'; it is above score 2 because the domain is specific, and below score 4 because no additional concrete actions are enumerated.

3 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: a clear 'what' ('Develop AI-powered applications using Genkit in Python') and an explicit 'Use when...' clause with multiple concrete triggers. It sits between anchors 4 and 5: the 'when' half fully meets the anchor-5 bar (explicit, concrete trigger phrases), but the 'what' half is generic ('AI-powered applications' rather than named capabilities like generate/stream/tools/flows), so it does not clearly match the anchor-5 example's specificity on both halves.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural trigger phrases are well covered: 'asks about Genkit', 'AI agents, flows, or tools in Python', 'Genkit errors, import issues, or API problems' — phrasings a real user would plausibly say, including failure-mode triggers. It falls short of the comprehensive anchor (5) because synonyms and package-level terms users might say (e.g. 'genkit-py', 'genkit_google_genai', 'chatbot', 'Gemini plugin') are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description pins a named framework (Genkit) and language (Python) with framework-specific triggers, giving it a clear niche with minimal overlap risk. The only conceivable overlap is with generic 'build AI agents in Python' skills, which is far less specific, so it does not drop to anchor 4's 'minor overlap risk with closely related skills'.

5 / 5

Total

16

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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

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google/skills

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skills/cloud/developing-genkit-python/SKILL.md

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