gws-calendar-insert

Google Calendar: Create a new event.

Quality

66%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

—

No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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Quality

Content

100%

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

This is a well-crafted, concise skill that provides everything needed to create a Google Calendar event via the CLI. It efficiently uses a flags table, concrete examples, and appropriate cross-references. The caution about write operations and user confirmation is a good safety practice.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The content is lean and efficient. Every section serves a purpose—flags table, examples, and tips are all necessary for using the command. No unnecessary explanations of what calendars or events are.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully concrete, copy-paste ready bash commands with specific flag usage. The flags table clearly documents required vs optional parameters with format examples. The examples show real invocations.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	This is a single-command skill, so complex multi-step workflows aren't needed. The caution box about confirming with the user before executing serves as an appropriate validation checkpoint for a write operation. The usage pattern is unambiguous.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Appropriately references the shared skill file for auth and global flags via prerequisite note, and links to related skills in 'See Also'. Content is well-structured with clear sections and doesn't inline content that belongs elsewhere.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

32%

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 extremely terse—it identifies the platform and a single action but lacks trigger guidance, natural keyword variations, and detail about capabilities. It would be difficult for Claude to reliably select this skill over similar calendar or scheduling skills in a large skill library.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with trigger terms like 'schedule a meeting', 'add to calendar', 'book a time', 'appointment', or 'calendar invite'.

Expand the capability description to include specifics such as setting event time, location, attendees, recurrence, reminders, or descriptions.

Include natural keyword variations users might say, such as 'Google Calendar event', 'gcal', 'schedule', 'meeting invite', to improve trigger term coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (Google Calendar) and one specific action (create a new event), but does not list multiple concrete actions or elaborate on capabilities like setting reminders, inviting attendees, or specifying recurrence.	2 / 3
Completeness	States what it does (create a new event on Google Calendar) but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2, and the 'what' is also minimal, warranting a score of 1.	1 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes 'Google Calendar' and 'event' which are natural terms users might say, but misses common variations like 'schedule a meeting', 'add to calendar', 'book a time slot', 'appointment', or 'calendar invite'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Specifying 'Google Calendar' and 'create a new event' provides some distinctiveness, but it could overlap with other calendar-related skills or general Google Workspace skills without clearer trigger boundaries.	2 / 3
	Total	7 / 12 Passed

Validation

90%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: googleworkspace/cli
Commit: a3768d0

Reviewed: 2 months ago

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