Configure Clerk for deployment on various platforms. Use when deploying to Vercel, Netlify, Railway, or other platforms, or when setting up production environment. Trigger with phrases like "deploy clerk", "clerk Vercel", "clerk Netlify", "clerk production deploy", "clerk Railway".
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Quality
Discovery
89%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 is a solid description with excellent trigger terms and completeness, clearly specifying both when and what. Its main weakness is that the 'what' is somewhat vague—'configure Clerk for deployment' could be more specific about the concrete actions involved (e.g., setting environment variables, configuring production API keys, updating redirect URLs). Overall it would perform well in skill selection.
Suggestions
Add specific concrete actions to improve specificity, e.g., 'Sets environment variables, configures production API keys, updates redirect URLs, and adjusts Clerk settings for deployment on various platforms.'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (Clerk deployment configuration) and mentions platforms, but doesn't list specific concrete actions beyond 'configure'. What does configuring entail—setting environment variables, updating API keys, configuring webhooks, setting redirect URLs? | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (configure Clerk for deployment on various platforms) and 'when' (deploying to Vercel, Netlify, Railway, setting up production environment) with explicit trigger phrases. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural trigger terms users would actually say: 'deploy clerk', 'clerk Vercel', 'clerk Netlify', 'clerk production deploy', 'clerk Railway'. These cover multiple platform variations and common phrasing patterns. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive—the combination of 'Clerk' (a specific auth provider) with deployment/platform configuration creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with general deployment skills or other Clerk skills (e.g., Clerk auth setup). | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid, highly actionable deployment skill with executable code for multiple platforms and a good verification workflow. Its main weakness is length — covering four deployment targets inline makes it verbose, and some content (Docker, Netlify functions) could be split into referenced files. The error handling table and verification script are strong additions that demonstrate good workflow design.
Suggestions
Split platform-specific deployment instructions (Vercel, Netlify, Railway, Docker) into separate referenced files to improve progressive disclosure and reduce the main skill's token footprint.
Remove the Examples section's Vercel preview deployment content, which largely duplicates Step 1, or consolidate it into Step 1 directly.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is mostly efficient with concrete commands and code, but includes some unnecessary sections (e.g., the full Dockerfile and docker-compose could be trimmed, the Output section restates what was already shown, and the Examples section partially duplicates Step 1). The error handling table is useful but some entries are somewhat obvious. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable CLI commands for each platform, complete Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml, a working Netlify function, and a verification bash script. All code is copy-paste ready with concrete values and clear placeholders. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are clearly sequenced from platform-specific setup through post-deployment verification. Step 5 provides an explicit verification script with multiple checkpoints and expected outcomes (e.g., '400/405 expected without valid payload'). The error handling table serves as a feedback loop for common failure modes. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is well-structured with clear headers and sections, but it's quite long (~150 lines of substantive content) and could benefit from splitting platform-specific deployment guides into separate files. The Resources section links to external docs, and there's a cross-reference to clerk-webhooks-events, but the monolithic structure means all platforms are inline rather than referenced. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 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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