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terminal-gif-recordings

Create polished terminal GIF recordings using VHS (Video Hardware Software) by Charmbracelet. Use when asked to create terminal demos, CLI gifs, command-line recordings, or animated terminal screenshots for documentation, READMEs, or marketing.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

68%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The content is concrete and highly actionable, dominated by executable tape examples and a useful command/timing reference. Its weaknesses are a workflow that is implied by section order rather than explicitly sequenced with an output-validation step, and some repetition of the style-settings block.

Suggestions

Add an explicit numbered workflow (install VHS and syntax highlighting, author the tape, run vhs, review the output GIF, adjust Sleep timings and re-record if needed) so the sequence and validation checkpoint are unambiguous.

Deduplicate the Set style block: state the Orthogonal standard settings once and have the Tape File Structure and Example sections reference or abbreviate them.

Provide cross-platform install and syntax-highlighting paths (e.g., apt/npm equivalents) or note the Homebrew assumption, since the current commands fail on Linux.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly code blocks and a command table with little conceptual padding, but the Set style block is repeated nearly verbatim three times (Style Settings, Tape File Structure, Example) and the gooseworks credential setup is only tangentially related to recording. This fits 'efficient; minor instances that could be trimmed' rather than the every-token-earns-its-place anchor 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete install commands, a command reference table, timing guidelines, and a fully worked example tape provide mostly copy-paste-ready guidance. Minor gaps keep it below anchor 5: install is Homebrew-only with no Linux path, and the syntax-highlighting source path is hardcoded to /opt/homebrew.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A rough sequence is implied by section order (install VHS, enable syntax highlighting, author tape, run vhs), but steps are never explicitly ordered and there is no validation checkpoint on the output (e.g., review the generated GIF and adjust Sleep timings). This matches 'sequence present but checkpoints missing or implicit'; the 'Test first' tip is present but buried rather than an explicit checkpoint, so it does not reach anchor 4.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and the ~180-line body is organized into clear, well-labeled sections (Setup, Quick Start, Tape File Structure, Key Commands, Timing, Example, Output Formats, Tips). Content that could live in separate references (theme list, gradient background details, full example tape) is inlined, which fits 'good structure; most content appropriately placed; minor organization gaps' rather than the well-signaled one-level-deep-references anchor 5.

4 / 5

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Description

82%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 description with an explicit and well-phrased 'Use when' trigger clause and a clearly distinct niche. Its only weakness is specificity: it names one action rather than enumerating the skill's concrete capabilities (output formats, styling, tape authoring).

Suggestions

Enumerate a few more concrete capabilities in the description, e.g. 'Create polished terminal GIF/WebM/MP4 recordings with VHS, including themed styling and realistic typing'.

Add the tool name 'VHS' and the '.gif' extension to the trigger phrases so users who name the tool directly match the skill.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Create polished terminal GIF recordings using VHS" names the domain and a single concrete action, but lists no further capabilities (video formats, styling, tape authoring), matching the '1-2 concrete actions, not comprehensive' anchor. It falls below anchor 4, which requires several specific listed actions.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both "what" (create polished terminal GIF recordings using VHS by Charmbracelet) and "when" ("Use when asked to create terminal demos, CLI gifs, command-line recordings, or animated terminal screenshots...") with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor exactly.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"terminal demos, CLI gifs, command-line recordings, or animated terminal screenshots" plus "documentation, READMEs, or marketing" gives good natural-phrase coverage users would actually say. A few terms are missing (e.g., "screencast", ".gif", "VHS" itself), so it does not reach the comprehensive-synonyms anchor 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The VHS terminal-GIF niche is clearly distinct with dedicated triggers (CLI gifs, terminal recordings), creating minimal overlap risk with screenshot, video-editing, or documentation skills. This matches the 'clear niche with distinct triggers; minimal conflict risk' anchor.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

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Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

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