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045-planning-azure-devops

Use when you need Azure DevOps CLI guidance to verify installation, configure organization and project context, discover work item IDs by optional WIQL filters, and execute safe work-item create/update operations. Uses an interactive install gate - if `az` or the Azure DevOps extension is missing, ask whether to show installation guidance before any work item commands. This should trigger for requests such as Azure DevOps work item list; List Azure Boards work item IDs; Azure DevOps WIQL query; Azure DevOps CLI planning workflow. Part of Plinth Toolkit

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Quality

Content

53%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 well-structured and points cleanly to one reference file, but it is held back by repeated install-gate messaging, abstract create/update guidance lacking executable commands, and no post-write verification step in the workflow.

Suggestions

Provide executable Azure DevOps CLI command syntax (and a minimal WIQL example) for the create/assign/state-transition actions instead of describing them abstractly.

Add a verification checkpoint after step 5 (e.g. re-query the work item ID to confirm the create/update succeeded) to satisfy the destructive/batch workflow-clarity requirement.

Consolidate the interactive install-gate explanation so it appears once instead of being repeated in the intro, 'What is covered', and Constraints sections.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient and free of concepts Claude already knows, but the interactive install-gate message is repeated across the intro, the 'What is covered' bullets, and the Constraints section, which could be tightened.

3 / 5

Actionability

Names some concrete commands (az version, az extension show --name azure-devops, az devops configure) but the core create/assign/transition actions are described only abstractly ('Support create, assign, and state-transition actions using Azure DevOps CLI commands') without executable command syntax or WIQL examples.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 5-step sequence is clear with upfront tooling and auth gates, but the create/update write operations in step 5 lack an explicit verification/feedback checkpoint confirming the result, so per the destructive/batch cap workflow clarity cannot exceed 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Clear sectioned overview that delegates detail to a single well-signaled one-level-deep reference (references/045-planning-azure-devops.md, verified to exist), with only minor inline content (detailed constraints) that could live in the reference.

4 / 5

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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.

The description is strong: it states concrete capabilities, opens with an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause, and lists natural trigger phrases. Its only weakness is mild redundancy/overlap risk with sibling Plinth planning skills and a few missing trigger synonyms.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'verify installation, configure organization and project context, discover work item IDs by optional WIQL filters, and execute safe work-item create/update operations' — plus the interactive install gate, giving comprehensive coverage.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (verify/configure/discover/create-update) and when ('This should trigger for requests such as ...') with concrete trigger phrases, satisfying the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural trigger phrases users would say ('Azure DevOps work item list; List Azure Boards work item IDs; Azure DevOps WIQL query; Azure DevOps CLI planning workflow'), but is missing a few common synonyms and has no file-extension or product-name variants.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear Azure DevOps CLI work-item niche with distinct triggers and minimal conflict risk, but 'Azure DevOps CLI planning workflow' and the 'Part of Plinth Toolkit' tag carry minor overlap risk with related planning/agile skills.

4 / 5

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