ascii-art-diagram-creator
Ascii Art Diagram Creator - Auto-activating skill for Visual Content. Triggers on: ascii art diagram creator, ascii art diagram creator Part of the Visual Content skill category.
36
Quality
3%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
98%
0.98xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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Discovery
7%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This description is essentially a placeholder with no substantive content. It merely states the skill name and category without describing capabilities, use cases, or providing meaningful trigger terms. The duplicate trigger term suggests auto-generated content that was never properly filled in.
Suggestions
Add specific capabilities: 'Creates ASCII art diagrams including flowcharts, box diagrams, tree structures, and network topologies using text characters.'
Add a 'Use when...' clause: 'Use when the user asks for text-based diagrams, terminal-compatible visualizations, ASCII flowcharts, or diagrams that can be pasted into code comments or plain text files.'
Include natural trigger term variations: 'ascii diagram, text diagram, box drawing, terminal art, plain text flowchart, code comment diagram, .txt visualization'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description only names the skill ('Ascii Art Diagram Creator') without describing any concrete actions. There are no specific capabilities listed like 'creates flowcharts', 'generates box diagrams', or 'converts images to ASCII'. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The description fails to answer 'what does this do' beyond the name, and has no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent guidance for when Claude should select this skill. Both what and when are very weak. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | The trigger terms are just the skill name repeated twice ('ascii art diagram creator, ascii art diagram creator'). Missing natural variations users would say like 'text diagram', 'ASCII flowchart', 'box drawing', 'terminal art', or 'text-based visualization'. | 1 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The term 'ASCII art diagram' is somewhat specific to a niche, but the lack of detail about what types of diagrams or use cases means it could overlap with general diagramming or visualization skills. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 5 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
0%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill content is essentially a placeholder template with no actual instructional value. It describes what a skill should do rather than providing any concrete guidance on creating ASCII art diagrams. The content fails on all dimensions by being verbose yet empty, completely non-actionable, lacking any workflow, and providing no useful structure or references.
Suggestions
Add concrete examples of ASCII art diagram syntax using box-drawing characters (─, │, ┌, ┐, └, ┘) with copy-paste ready templates
Include a quick reference for common diagram types (flowcharts, sequence diagrams, tree structures) with actual ASCII examples
Provide specific techniques for alignment, spacing, and connecting elements in ASCII diagrams
Remove all generic boilerplate text ('provides automated assistance', 'follows industry best practices') and replace with actionable content
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is padded with generic boilerplate that provides no actual value. Phrases like 'provides automated assistance' and 'follows industry best practices' are meaningless filler that Claude doesn't need. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | There is zero concrete guidance on how to actually create ASCII art diagrams. No code examples, no character sets, no techniques, no tools - just vague descriptions of what the skill supposedly does. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | No workflow is provided whatsoever. The skill claims to provide 'step-by-step guidance' but contains no actual steps for creating ASCII art diagrams. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a monolithic block of unhelpful text with no references to detailed materials, examples, or related documentation. The 'Related Skills' section mentions tags but provides no actual links or navigation. | 1 / 3 |
Total | 4 / 12 Passed |
Validation
81%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 9 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
allowed_tools_field | 'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s) | Warning |
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 9 / 11 Passed | |
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