exa-load-scale

Implement Exa load testing, capacity planning, and scaling strategies. Use when running performance tests, planning capacity for Exa integrations, or designing high-throughput search architectures. Trigger with phrases like "exa load test", "exa scale", "exa capacity", "exa k6", "exa benchmark", "exa throughput".

Quality

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

A dense, highly actionable skill body built around executable code and a useful capacity reference, with no concept padding. It loses points on workflow clarity (no explicit feedback loops) and progressive disclosure (everything inline, no reference files).

Suggestions

Add an explicit validate→fix→retry loop to the load-test step (e.g., 'If thresholds fail, reduce concurrency or add caching, then re-run k6') to raise workflow clarity.

Move the benchmark results template and/or the capacity-planning calculator into a referenced file (e.g., references/benchmark-template.md) and link to it from SKILL.md to enable one-level-deep progressive disclosure.

Frame Steps 1-4 as a recommended sequence with a short preface noting which step to start from based on the user's goal, so the techniques read as a guided workflow rather than parallel options.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean and efficient: a one-line key constraint, a capacity table, and executable code with purposeful inline comments, assuming Claude's competence without explaining what Exa or k6 are.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable k6 and TypeScript code plus a run command, a caching implementation, and a capacity calculator — copy-paste ready with specific thresholds and expected timings.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Steps 1-4 are numbered and sequenced, and k6 thresholds act as validation, but the techniques are presented as parallel options rather than a pipeline with explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loops tying them together.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized with clear section headers, but ~220 lines of content — including a benchmark template and capacity calculator — live inline in SKILL.md with no bundle-file references to split out detail one level deep.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

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

A well-crafted description that concisely states concrete capabilities, gives explicit use-when guidance, and supplies natural trigger phrases in a distinct niche. Third-person imperative voice is used correctly throughout.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Exa load testing, capacity planning, and scaling strategies' — matching the anchor for listing several specific actions rather than vague language.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Implement Exa load testing, capacity planning, and scaling strategies') and when ('Use when running performance tests, planning capacity for Exa integrations...') with explicit triggers.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Provides natural trigger phrases a user would actually say — 'exa load test', 'exa scale', 'exa capacity', 'exa k6', 'exa benchmark', 'exa throughput' — giving good coverage rather than jargon.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Exa-specific niche and 'exa'-prefixed triggers make it clearly distinguishable and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation — 14 / 16 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	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
Path: plugins/saas-packs/exa-pack/skills/exa-load-scale/SKILL.md
Commit: 4c47e33

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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