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braindump

Quick capture of raw thoughts with intelligent domain classification and competitive intelligence extraction

Quality

68%

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

71%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 admirably lean and the dispatch sequence is clear, but it offloads essentially all actionable content to external files that are not bundled here, leaving it a pointer rather than a usable skill on its own.

Suggestions

Inline a one-paragraph summary of the core procedure and expected output so the skill remains useful even if the external playbook path is absent or moved.

Confirm the referenced paths (.claude/skills/braindump/SKILL.md, .agents/rules/cog.md, .agents/agents/*.md) resolve in the intended environment, or ship them as bundle files under references/ so the skill is self-contained.

Add a brief note describing what a completed braindump looks like (and any validation the playbook performs) so Claude can verify it executed the delegated steps correctly.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Four lines with zero padding; it assumes Claude's competence and every token earns its place — no over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows.

5 / 5

Actionability

Gives concrete file paths and a concrete mechanism ("invoke .agents/agents/<name>.md via invoke_subagent"), but the actual task procedure is entirely delegated to an external playbook that is not part of this bundle, so the executable guidance here is incomplete.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

There is a clear two-step sequence ("Read ... and execute it ... Then follow .agents/rules/cog.md") plus a well-stated conditional substitution rule; minor gaps only, and no destructive/batch cap applies to a capture skill.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a thin redirect to three external files (the playbook, the rules, the agent workers) with no local bundle and no overview of what those files contain; references are named but not organized as a navigable overview, and the skill is not self-contained.

3 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Description

50%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 conveys a clear purpose but stops at a generic "what" with no "when" trigger guidance and some fluff ("intelligent"). It sits at the midpoint across all dimensions — adequate but not distinctive.

Suggestions

Append an explicit trigger clause, e.g. "Use when the user wants to braindump, dump their thoughts, or quickly capture unstructured ideas for later triage."

Add natural trigger synonyms and phrasings users would actually say ("braindump", "dump my thoughts", "capture ideas", "thought dump") and drop the filler word "intelligent".

Sharpen the actions to concrete outputs (e.g. "classifies entries by domain and extracts named competitors/quotes") to lift specificity and distinctiveness above the midpoint.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and three actions ("capture of raw thoughts", "domain classification", "competitive intelligence extraction"), but the actions are described generically and "intelligent" is padding rather than a concrete capability; not comprehensive.

3 / 5

Completeness

States a clear "what" (capture + classify + extract) but provides no "Use when..." trigger clause; per the rubric, a missing explicit trigger guidance caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes a few natural terms a user might say ("raw thoughts", the name "braindump") alongside jargon ("competitive intelligence extraction"), but misses common variations or synonyms a user would naturally phrase.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The competitive-intelligence angle is a distinct niche, but "capture raw thoughts" overlaps broadly with note-taking/journaling skills, so it could still trigger for the wrong skill.

3 / 5

Total

12

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

huytieu/COG-second-brain

Path

.agents/skills/braindump/SKILL.md

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