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112-java-maven-plugins

Use when you need to add or configure Maven plugins in your pom.xml — including quality tools (enforcer, surefire, failsafe, jacoco, pitest, spotbugs, pmd), security scanning (OWASP), code formatting (Spotless), version management, container image build (Jib), build information tracking, and benchmarking (JMH) — through a consultative, modular step-by-step approach that only adds what you actually need. This should trigger for requests such as Add Maven plugins in pom.xml; Improve Maven plugins in pom.xml. Part of cursor-rules-java project

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Quality

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%

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

The content is a well-architected interactive skill: clear sequenced workflow with validation gates, actionable commands, and clean progressive disclosure into verified reference files. Its main weakness is verbosity in the inline question flow, where some explanatory padding could be trimmed.

Suggestions

Trim explanatory asides in the question flow (e.g. the Maven Wrapper rationale and the SonarCloud 'typically your GitHub username' coaching) to pure options, since Claude already knows these concepts.

Consider moving the long Sonar sub-questions (5.1–5.4) into the Sonar profile reference and asking only whether Sonar is wanted in the body, reducing inline length.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient and well-structured, but the inline question flow includes explanatory asides Claude does not need (e.g. 'The Maven Wrapper ensures everyone uses the same Maven version, improving build consistency...') and the options lists are lengthy, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

It provides concrete executable commands ('./mvnw validate', 'mvn wrapper:wrapper'), an explicit selection-to-reference mapping table, and precise conditional question gating, giving copy-paste-ready direction for each step.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The six-step workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints ('Run validate... stop if validation fails', 'do not proceed until resolved') and feedback loops for the risky build-modification operations.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md acts as a lean overview that signals one-level-deep references with a clear selection mapping; all 19 referenced files exist in ./references/, so navigation is real and well-organized.

3 / 3

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Description

90%

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 strong: it covers a broad but specific toolset, gives explicit trigger phrases, and answers both what and when clearly. Its only weakness is the second-person phrasing ('you need to'), which the rubric penalizes.

Suggestions

Rewrite in third person / imperative voice (e.g. 'Use when adding or configuring Maven plugins in pom.xml...') to remove the second-person 'you' and recover the specificity score.

Drop the trailing 'Part of cursor-rules-java project' metadata from the description; it is not trigger-relevant and adds noise.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists many concrete actions and tools (enforcer, surefire, jacoco, spotbugs, Jib, JMH), which is comprehensive, but it uses second person voice ('Use when you need to add...'), which per the judging guidelines reduces the specificity score by one level.

2 / 3

Completeness

It clearly answers both 'what' (add/configure Maven plugins across named categories) and 'when' via an explicit 'Use when...' clause plus a 'This should trigger for requests such as...' statement.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes natural trigger phrases users would actually say, explicitly nominating 'Add Maven plugins in pom.xml' and 'Improve Maven plugins in pom.xml' alongside 'Maven plugins' and 'pom.xml'.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is clearly scoped to Maven plugin configuration in pom.xml with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills despite the trailing 'Part of cursor-rules-java project' metadata.

3 / 3

Total

11

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
jabrena/cursor-rules-java
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