rds

AWS RDS relational database service for managed databases. Use when provisioning databases, configuring backups, managing replicas, troubleshooting connectivity, or optimizing performance.

1.03x

Quality

80%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

89%

1.03x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

High

Do not use without reviewing

Quality

Content

72%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.

A highly actionable, code-rich reference skill with strong executable examples, but it is a monolithic single file with no progressive disclosure and lacks explicit validation checkpoints around its destructive database operations.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation checkpoints and feedback loops (e.g., verify instance status with describe-db-instances after a modify/delete/restore before proceeding) to lift workflow clarity above the destructive-operation cap of 3.

Move the bulk CLI reference tables and detailed troubleshooting recipes into separate referenced files (e.g., references/cli-reference.md, references/troubleshooting.md) and link to them from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure.

Trim the redundant opening paragraph and Table of Contents to tighten conciseness toward a 5.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Dense tables and copy-paste code with minimal concept over-explanation, but the redundant intro line and Table of Contents add minor padding, keeping it just below a 5.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides fully executable AWS CLI and boto3 commands with real flags and identifiers across create, replica, snapshot, restore, PITR, modify, and IAM-auth flows; copy-paste ready and covers common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Destructive/batch database operations (delete, modify-with-downtime, restore) lack explicit validate-before/after checkpoints and feedback loops, which caps workflow clarity at 3 per the database-operations feedback-loop rule.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files exist, so all CLI reference tables and troubleshooting content are inlined in one monolithic SKILL.md with decent sectioning but no actual one-level-deep external references to split content into.	3 / 5
	Total	15 / 20 Passed

Description

88%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, well-structured description that explicitly states both capability and trigger conditions with concrete, natural-language phrases. Minor synonym coverage gaps are the only weakness.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists five concrete actions ('provisioning databases, configuring backups, managing replicas, troubleshooting connectivity, or optimizing performance'), matching the comprehensive-coverage anchor; not 4 because coverage is broad rather than having minor gaps.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('AWS RDS relational database service for managed databases') and when ('Use when provisioning...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the anchor 5 example.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural keyword coverage ('provisioning databases', 'configuring backups', 'troubleshooting connectivity'), but missing common synonyms/extensions like 'Aurora', 'read replica', or 'failover', so not a 5.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	'AWS RDS' is a clear niche with distinct managed-database triggers, but minor overlap risk with a broader generic 'databases' skill keeps it just below 5.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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 — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: itsmostafa/aws-agent-skills
Path: skills/rds/SKILL.md
Commit: e786d25

Reviewed: 2 days ago

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