consul-service-discovery
Consul Service Discovery - Auto-activating skill for DevOps Advanced. Triggers on: consul service discovery, consul service discovery Part of the DevOps Advanced skill category.
35
3%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
92%
1.03xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./planned-skills/generated/02-devops-advanced/consul-service-discovery/SKILL.mdQuality
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 that names the technology domain but provides no substantive information about what the skill does or when it should be used. It lacks concrete actions, meaningful trigger terms, and explicit usage guidance, making it nearly useless for skill selection among a large set of available skills.
Suggestions
Add specific concrete actions the skill performs, e.g., 'Registers and deregisters services in Consul, queries the service catalog, configures health checks, and manages Consul DNS lookups.'
Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about Consul service registration, health checks, service mesh configuration, Consul agents, or service discovery with HashiCorp Consul.'
Remove the duplicated trigger term and replace boilerplate metadata ('Auto-activating skill for DevOps Advanced') with actionable capability descriptions.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description names 'Consul Service Discovery' but provides no concrete actions—it doesn't describe what the skill actually does (e.g., register services, query health checks, configure DNS). The phrases 'Auto-activating skill' and 'Part of the DevOps Advanced skill category' are organizational metadata, not capability descriptions. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The description fails to answer 'what does this do' beyond naming the topic, and there is no explicit 'when should Claude use it' clause. The 'Triggers on' line is a weak substitute that merely repeats the skill name. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | The only trigger terms listed are 'consul service discovery' repeated twice. There are no natural variations a user might say such as 'consul agent', 'service registration', 'health check', 'consul catalog', 'service mesh', or 'consul DNS'. | 1 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The mention of 'Consul Service Discovery' is specific enough to a particular technology (HashiCorp Consul) that it wouldn't broadly conflict with unrelated skills, but the lack of concrete actions means it could overlap with other Consul-related or general service discovery 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 an empty shell—it contains only meta-descriptions of what it claims to do without any actual technical content about Consul service discovery. There are no commands, no configuration examples, no API references, no architecture patterns, and no workflows. It provides zero value beyond what its title already communicates.
Suggestions
Add concrete, executable examples such as Consul agent configuration, service registration JSON/HCL, DNS and HTTP API queries for service discovery, and health check definitions.
Include a clear workflow for common tasks like registering a service, querying for healthy instances, and setting up service mesh with Connect, with validation steps at each stage.
Add specific CLI commands (e.g., `consul services register`, `consul catalog services`, `dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 web.service.consul`) and configuration snippets that are copy-paste ready.
Remove all meta-description sections ('Purpose', 'When to Use', 'Example Triggers', 'Capabilities') and replace with actual technical content organized by task (registration, discovery, health checks, ACLs).
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is entirely filler and meta-description. It explains what the skill does ('provides automated assistance') without providing any actual technical content about Consul service discovery. Every section describes rather than instructs. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | There is zero concrete guidance—no code, no commands, no configuration examples, no specific Consul API calls or CLI usage. The content is entirely abstract and vague ('provides step-by-step guidance' without actually providing any). | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | No workflow, steps, or processes are defined. The skill claims to provide 'step-by-step guidance' but contains no actual steps for any Consul service discovery task. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a flat, monolithic description with no references to detailed materials, no links to configuration examples, and no structured navigation to deeper content. The sections are all meta-information about the skill rather than organized technical content. | 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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