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init-workspace-rules

Create agent rules.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

86%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 body is a lean, well-structured, instruction-only skill: a tightly written six-step process with concrete KB commands, exact file names, an explicit exclusion set, and a real verification/HITL gate. Its main gaps are a few vague or placeholder directives in Steps 1 and 5 and the absence of an explicit fix-and-re-verify loop after Step 6 verification.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is dense, imperative, and assumption-respecting: every line is a directive ("LIST `configure` IN KB with XML format", "Embed Rosetta version marker (e.g., 'R2.0')", "Preserve skill subdirectory structures") with zero background explanation of concepts Claude already knows. It matches the anchor 'Lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence; every token earns its place'.

5 / 5

Actionability

Most steps are concrete and executable for an instruction-only skill: named commands (LIST/ACQUIRE), exact file names (`rules/local-files-mode.md`, `list-all-output.md`, `rules/bootstrap-*.md`), a specific exclusion set, and a version-marker example. It falls short of 5 because some steps are placeholders or vague — "ACQUIRE <selected configs using TAG> FROM KB", "use common standards to reduce copies", and "write shared content to common location where possible" give no exact command form or criterion; it is above 3 because the overwhelming majority of guidance names concrete operations and paths.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Six clearly sequenced steps with an explicit Step 6 verification gate (counts vs. filtered list, no absolute paths, version marker present, merged ACQUIRE content, upgrade diff summary) plus a separate <validation_checklist> and HITL confirmation — satisfying the rubric's requirement that batch operations have validation, so it is well above the cap of 3. It misses 5 only because there is no explicit error-recovery feedback loop (e.g., 'if verification fails, fix and re-verify') — verification is listed but the failure path is unspecified.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ are absent) and none are referenced from the body, so there is nothing to validate or penalize for reference depth. The single file is well-organized into clearly signaled sections (<role>, <when_to_use_skill>, <core_concepts>, <process>, <validation_checklist>, <pitfalls>), no content that clearly belongs in a separate file is inlined, and navigation is trivial — matching the well-organized-sections ideal.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

25%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.

The description "Create agent rules." is far too thin for a skill whose body implements a rich, multi-step Rosetta-to-local adaptation workflow. It fails to state any concrete capability, omits any use-when trigger guidance, and is highly confusable with other rules/config skills. This is the skill's weakest point by a wide margin.

Suggestions

Rewrite the description to list the concrete actions from the body, e.g.: "Creates full local copies of Rosetta rules/skills/agents/workflows adapted to the detected IDE's format (extension, frontmatter, directory layout), installs a root entry point with a version marker, and supports init/upgrade modes without overwriting human-customized files."

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g.: "Use when the user asks to set up, initialize, or sync local agent rules, make Rosetta rules available offline, or refresh/adapt workspace rules to an IDE or coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, etc.)."

Include natural synonyms users would actually say — 'agent rules', 'workspace rules', 'Rosetta', 'local rules', 'offline rules', IDE/coding-agent names — to reduce conflict with generic init/config skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The entire description is "Create agent rules." — it names the domain (agent rules) but the single action "Create" is generic, matching the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic' ("Processes PDF files"). It is above score 1 because a domain and a verb are at least stated, but it lists none of the concrete actions the body actually contains (copy Rosetta content, adapt IDE format, install entry point).

2 / 5

Completeness

There is only a vague 'what' ("Create agent rules.") and no 'when' / "Use when..." clause at all — the rubric guideline caps completeness at 3 for a missing trigger clause, and this description is weaker still, with the 'what' itself vague. It is not score 1 because a recognizable task domain is stated.

2 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"agent rules" is the only keyword phrase, and it is generic jargon users would rarely say verbatim when needing this skill; natural phrasings like "set up local rules", "sync Rosetta rules", "initialize workspace rules", or file extensions are all missing. It sits between score 1 (entirely generic) and score 3 (some relevant keywords), landing at 2.

2 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Create agent rules" overlaps heavily with any rules/config/init skill (e.g., the environment's own init/config skills) and gives no niche signal like "Rosetta", "local copies", or "full-copy adaptation". It is not entirely generic enough for score 1, but the conflict risk with similar configuration skills is high.

2 / 5

Total

8

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20

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

description_field

'description' is very short (19 chars), consider making it more detailed

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository

griddynamics/rosetta

Path

instructions/r2/core/skills/init-workspace-rules/SKILL.md

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