recipe-create-vacation-responder

Enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

Quality

83%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

—

No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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 fully actionable commands in a clear sequence. It includes a verification step and a follow-up action (disabling), making the workflow complete. The prerequisite is clearly called out, and no token is wasted on unnecessary explanation.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Very lean and efficient. No unnecessary explanations of what Gmail or vacation responders are. Every line serves a purpose.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste ready commands with specific parameters including JSON payloads. The commands are concrete and complete.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Clear three-step sequence: enable, verify, disable. Includes a verification step (step 2) which serves as a validation checkpoint. For this simple, non-destructive operation, the workflow is appropriately thorough.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	For a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines, the content is well-organized with a clear prerequisite callout and numbered steps. No need for external references given the scope.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

67%

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 specific about what the skill does—enabling Gmail out-of-office auto-replies with custom messages and date ranges. Its main weakness is the absence of an explicit 'Use when...' clause and missing common user-facing trigger term variations like 'vacation responder' or 'OOO'. Adding these would significantly improve skill selection accuracy.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user wants to set up an out-of-office reply, vacation responder, or away message in Gmail.'

Include common trigger term variations such as 'vacation responder', 'OOO', 'away message', 'vacation reply' to improve matching against natural user language.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The description lists specific concrete actions: 'enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply' with 'custom message and date range'. These are precise, actionable capabilities.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers 'what does this do' (enable Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with custom message and date range), but lacks an explicit 'Use when...' clause or trigger guidance for when Claude should select this skill.	2 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes good terms like 'Gmail', 'out-of-office', 'auto-reply', but misses common variations users might say such as 'vacation responder', 'OOO', 'away message', or 'vacation reply'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Very specific niche: Gmail out-of-office auto-reply. Unlikely to conflict with other skills due to the narrow, well-defined scope targeting a specific Gmail feature.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 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: 3 months ago

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