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databricks-prod-checklist

Execute Databricks production deployment checklist and rollback procedures. Use when deploying Databricks jobs to production, preparing for launch, or implementing go-live procedures. Trigger with phrases like "databricks production", "deploy databricks", "databricks go-live", "databricks launch checklist".

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

65%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is highly actionable with concrete, executable code throughout and a clearly sequenced checklist-based workflow. Its main weaknesses are the absence of explicit validate-fix-retry feedback loops for the destructive rollback/deploy steps and a monolithic single-file structure that embeds full templates instead of offloading them to reference files.

Suggestions

Add explicit feedback loops to the deploy and rollback steps: after the verification run, state what to do on failure (e.g. inspect get_run_output, fix, re-validate, redeploy) so the workflow has a validate→fix→retry cycle rather than a one-shot check.

Move the full-length YAML job config, Python health-check script, and rollback script into reference files under references/ (e.g. references/job_config.yml, references/health_check.py, scripts/rollback.sh) and replace them in SKILL.md with concise overviews plus clearly signaled one-level-deep links.

Treat the inline cross-skill pointers as explicit navigation (e.g. 'For runtime monitoring, see the `databricks-observability` skill') so dependency references are clearly signaled rather than buried in a prerequisite bullet.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Prose is tight and free of concept explanations Claude already knows, but the body embeds full-length templates (a ~60-line YAML job config, a Python health-check script, and a bash rollback script), making it voluminous; per the rubric this could be tightened, so it sits at score 2 rather than 3.

2 / 3

Actionability

The body provides fully executable `databricks` CLI commands, a complete Asset Bundle YAML config, a runnable Python WorkspaceClient health check, a complete rollback script, and a SQL query — all copy-paste ready, matching the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Seven clearly sequenced steps with checklists and pre-flight validation ('databricks bundle validate', verification run) are present, but the destructive rollback and deploy steps lack an explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop, which the rubric caps at 2 for batch/destructive operations.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body is well-sectioned but, at ~250 lines with no bundle reference files, keeps full templates/scripts inline that would be better split out, and cross-skill references ('see `databricks-observability`') are mentioned in passing rather than clearly signaled navigation pointers — matching the score-2 anchor where content that should be separate is inline.

2 / 3

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Description

90%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong: it answers both what and when with explicit trigger phrases and a clear, distinctive niche. The only weakness is specificity, where the leading actions are umbrella terms rather than a comprehensive list of concrete operations.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and two bundled actions ('production deployment checklist' and 'rollback procedures'), but these are umbrella actions rather than the multiple fine-grained concrete actions (e.g. extract/fill/merge) shown in the score-3 anchor, so it is not comprehensive.

2 / 3

Completeness

It clearly states what ('Execute Databricks production deployment checklist and rollback procedures') and when ('Use when deploying Databricks jobs to production, preparing for launch, or implementing go-live procedures'), with an explicit 'Use when' clause, matching the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The explicit 'Trigger with phrases like' section gives natural user phrases — 'databricks production', 'deploy databricks', 'databricks go-live', 'databricks launch checklist' — with good coverage of variations, matching the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear Databricks-production niche with distinct production/go-live/launch triggers; it is unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, matching the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Total

11

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Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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allowed_tools_field

'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

14

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16

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Repository
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