recipe-bulk-download-folder

List and download all files from a Google Drive folder.

Quality

63%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

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Quality

Discovery

40%

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 concise and identifies a clear niche (Google Drive file operations), making it distinctive. However, it lacks a 'Use when...' clause and could benefit from more trigger terms and broader capability descriptions to help Claude reliably select it.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user wants to access, list, or download files from a Google Drive folder or mentions Google Drive, shared drives, or gdrive.'

Include additional natural trigger terms like 'gdrive', 'shared drive', 'export files', 'Google Drive link', or 'drive folder contents'.

Expand the capability description to mention edge cases like handling subfolders, large folders, or specific file types.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (Google Drive) and two specific actions (list and download files), but the scope is narrow and doesn't mention other possible capabilities like filtering, searching, or handling subfolders.	2 / 3
Completeness	Describes what the skill does (list and download files from Google Drive) but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance, which per the rubric caps completeness at 2, and the 'what' is also minimal, warranting a 1.	1 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes 'Google Drive', 'folder', 'files', 'download', and 'list' which are natural terms, but misses common variations like 'gdrive', 'shared drive', 'export', or file type mentions.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The combination of 'Google Drive folder' with 'list and download' is quite specific and unlikely to conflict with other skills; it occupies a clear niche around Google Drive file operations.	3 / 3
	Total	8 / 12 Passed

Implementation

87%

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

This is a concise, actionable skill that provides clear CLI commands for bulk downloading from Google Drive. Its main weakness is the lack of validation steps for what is inherently a batch operation—there's no guidance on verifying download completeness or handling failures during iteration over files.

Suggestions

Add a validation step after downloading (e.g., verify file count matches listed files, check for failed downloads)

Include guidance on iterating over the file list output programmatically, since step 2 says 'each file' but doesn't show the loop or parsing of step 1's JSON output

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Very lean and efficient. No unnecessary explanations. Every line serves a purpose and assumes Claude's competence with CLI tools and Google Drive concepts.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete, copy-paste ready CLI commands with specific flags and parameters. Covers the three key operations (list, download, export) with executable examples.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Steps are clearly sequenced, but there's no validation or error handling for a batch operation (e.g., checking if downloads succeeded, handling rate limits, verifying file counts match). Batch/bulk operations without validation should cap at 2.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	For a simple, under-50-line skill with a single task, the content is well-organized with a clear prerequisite callout and numbered steps. No need for external references given the scope.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 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: c7c6646

Reviewed: about 10 hours ago

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