creating-alerting-rules
Execute this skill enables AI assistant to create intelligent alerting rules for proactive performance monitoring. it is triggered when the user requests to "create alerts", "define monitoring rules", or "set up alerting". the skill helps define thresholds, rou... Use when generating or creating new content. Trigger with phrases like 'generate', 'create', or 'scaffold'.
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/performance/alerting-rule-creator/skills/creating-alerting-rules/SKILL.mdQuality
Discovery
42%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 suffers from being truncated and internally contradictory - it starts describing a specific monitoring/alerting skill but ends with generic content generation triggers. The mix of specific domain terms with overly broad triggers like 'generate' and 'create' would cause frequent false matches. The truncation also leaves critical capability information incomplete.
Suggestions
Remove or replace the generic 'Use when generating or creating new content' clause with monitoring-specific triggers like 'Use when setting up alerts, configuring thresholds, or creating monitoring rules for system performance'
Complete the truncated description to fully specify what actions the skill performs (e.g., 'define thresholds, configure routing, set notification channels')
Remove generic triggers ('generate', 'create', 'scaffold') that would conflict with other skills and replace with domain-specific terms like 'alerting', 'monitoring thresholds', 'performance alerts', 'notification rules'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (alerting rules, performance monitoring) and some actions (create alerts, define thresholds), but the description is truncated and uses vague language like 'intelligent alerting rules' without listing comprehensive concrete actions. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Has a 'Use when' clause but it's contradictory - starts describing alerting/monitoring but ends with generic 'generating or creating new content' which doesn't match. The description is also truncated ('rou...'), leaving the 'what' incomplete. | 2 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes some relevant triggers ('create alerts', 'define monitoring rules', 'set up alerting', 'generate', 'create', 'scaffold') but mixes overly generic terms ('generate', 'create') that would conflict with many other skills, and the monitoring-specific terms are limited. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The generic triggers 'generate', 'create', 'scaffold' would conflict with virtually any content-creation skill. The description conflates specific monitoring functionality with generic content generation, creating high conflict risk. | 1 / 3 |
Total | 7 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
20%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill is mostly boilerplate with minimal actionable content. It describes what alerting rules are and how the skill conceptually works, but provides zero executable Prometheus rules, Grafana alert definitions, or PagerDuty configurations. The generic sections (Prerequisites, Instructions, Output, Error Handling, Resources) are placeholder text that adds no value.
Suggestions
Add concrete, copy-paste ready examples of Prometheus alerting rules (e.g., `- alert: HighLatency\n expr: histogram_quantile(0.99, ...) > 0.5\n for: 5m`)
Include actual Grafana alert JSON or YAML configuration examples with specific threshold values
Remove generic boilerplate sections (Prerequisites, Instructions, Output, Error Handling, Resources) that provide no skill-specific guidance
Add a validation step showing how to test alerting rules before deployment (e.g., `promtool check rules alerts.yml`)
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Extremely verbose with extensive padding. Sections like 'Overview', 'How It Works', 'When to Use This Skill' explain concepts Claude already knows. Generic boilerplate sections (Prerequisites, Instructions, Output, Error Handling, Resources) add no value and waste tokens. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | No concrete code, commands, or executable examples. The 'Examples' section describes what the skill 'will do' abstractly rather than showing actual Prometheus/Grafana/PagerDuty configuration syntax. No copy-paste ready alerting rules are provided. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 'How It Works' section lists 4 steps in sequence, but lacks validation checkpoints, specific commands, or feedback loops. No guidance on how to test alerts or verify configurations are correct before deployment. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is organized into sections but everything is inline in one file. References to 'Project documentation' and 'Related skills' are vague placeholders. No actual links to detailed configuration guides, schema references, or example files. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 6 / 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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