cloudwatch-alarm-creator
Cloudwatch Alarm Creator - Auto-activating skill for AWS Skills. Triggers on: cloudwatch alarm creator, cloudwatch alarm creator Part of the AWS Skills skill category.
36
Quality
3%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
99%
1.01xAverage 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 just the skill name repeated with boilerplate metadata. It provides no information about what capabilities the skill offers (e.g., creating alarms from metrics, setting thresholds, configuring actions) and the trigger terms are redundant and lack natural language variations users would actually use.
Suggestions
Add specific actions the skill performs, e.g., 'Creates CloudWatch alarms with metric thresholds, configures SNS notifications, sets up anomaly detection alerts'
Include a proper 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms like 'when users need to monitor AWS resources, set up alerts, create metric thresholds, or configure CloudWatch notifications'
Add common variations of trigger terms users might say: 'AWS alerts', 'monitoring alarms', 'metric alerts', 'SNS notifications', 'threshold alerts'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description only states 'Cloudwatch Alarm Creator' without describing any concrete actions. It doesn't explain what creating an alarm involves (e.g., setting thresholds, configuring metrics, defining actions). | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The description fails to answer 'what does this do' beyond the name itself, and the 'when' clause is just a repetition of the skill name rather than meaningful trigger guidance. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | The trigger terms are redundant ('cloudwatch alarm creator' listed twice) and miss natural variations users would say like 'create cloudwatch alert', 'AWS monitoring', 'set up alarm', 'metric threshold', or 'SNS notification'. | 1 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The CloudWatch Alarm focus is somewhat specific to AWS monitoring, but without describing what aspects of alarm creation it handles, it could conflict with broader AWS or monitoring 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 is essentially a placeholder template with no actual CloudWatch alarm creation content. It contains only meta-descriptions of what a skill should do without any concrete instructions, code examples, or AWS-specific guidance. The content would provide no value to Claude when attempting to help users create CloudWatch alarms.
Suggestions
Add executable code examples showing CloudWatch alarm creation via AWS CLI, CloudFormation, and boto3 (Python SDK)
Include a concrete workflow: 1) Identify metric 2) Define threshold 3) Configure actions 4) Create alarm 5) Verify alarm state
Provide specific alarm configuration examples for common use cases (EC2 CPU, Lambda errors, S3 bucket size) with actual metric names and namespaces
Remove all generic boilerplate ('provides automated assistance', 'follows best practices') and replace with actual CloudWatch alarm parameters and their valid values
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is padded with generic boilerplate that explains nothing Claude doesn't already know. Phrases like 'provides automated assistance' and 'follows industry best practices' are meaningless filler with no actual CloudWatch alarm information. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | There is zero concrete guidance - no code, no CLI commands, no API examples, no alarm configuration syntax. The skill describes what it claims to do rather than providing any executable instructions for creating CloudWatch alarms. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | No workflow is defined. Creating CloudWatch alarms involves specific steps (defining metrics, thresholds, actions, SNS topics) but none are mentioned. There are no validation checkpoints or sequences. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a monolithic block of vague descriptions with no structure for actual learning. No references to detailed documentation, examples, or related files. The sections present are organizational theater without substance. | 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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