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exa-local-dev-loop

Configure Exa local development with hot reload, testing, and mock responses. Use when setting up a development environment, writing tests against Exa, or establishing a fast iteration cycle. Trigger with phrases like "exa dev setup", "exa local development", "exa test setup", "develop with exa", "mock exa".

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Quality

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

80%

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

The content is lean and highly actionable, dominated by executable copy-paste code with no concept padding. Its weakness is workflow guidance: steps lack explicit validation checkpoints, and the lengthy inline examples could be split into one-level-deep reference files for better progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation checkpoints between steps, e.g., 'After Step 3, run `npm run test:unit` and confirm both Exa Search tests pass before proceeding to integration tests.'

Move the long mock and integration test code blocks into reference files (e.g., references/exa-mock-test.ts, references/exa-integration-test.ts) and signal them from SKILL.md so the main body stays a lean overview.

Add a brief verification step at the end of the workflow (e.g., 'Run `npm run dev` and confirm hot reload triggers on save') to close the loop on the dev-environment setup.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is code-dominant and lean, assuming Claude's knowledge of Node/vitest without explaining basic concepts, with only minor overhead (the Overview rephrasing the description); matches the score-3 'lean and efficient' anchor rather than the padded score-2.

3 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable TypeScript and shell: package.json scripts, vitest mock unit tests with vi.mock, integration tests with skip-when-no-key logic, env setup, and vitest.config — copy-paste ready per the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Five steps are clearly sequenced (structure, packages, unit mocks, integration tests, env config) but validation checkpoints are implicit rather than explicit (e.g., no 'run npm test to confirm mocks apply before continuing'), matching the score-2 anchor with present-but-missing checkpoints; it is not score-3 because no explicit verify-before-proceed feedback loop is stated.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-organized with no nested reference chains and no bundle files exist, but the large inline test/config code blocks are content that could be split into separate reference files, matching the score-2 'content that should be separate is inline' example rather than the score-3 cleanly-split structure.

2 / 3

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12

Passed

Description

100%

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 specific, complete, and well-triggered, naming concrete capabilities and providing natural trigger phrases a user would actually say. It clearly distinguishes itself as an Exa-specific dev-loop skill.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'hot reload, testing, and mock responses' tied to 'Configure Exa local development', matching the score-3 anchor rather than the domain-only score-2.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Configure Exa local development with hot reload, testing, and mock responses') and when ('Use when setting up a development environment, writing tests against Exa, or establishing a fast iteration cycle'), with explicit trigger phrases, so it is not the score-2 case where 'when' is only implied.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Provides natural user-facing phrases 'exa dev setup', 'exa local development', 'exa test setup', 'develop with exa', 'mock exa', giving good coverage of common variations as the score-3 anchor expects.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Scoped narrowly to Exa integration dev environments with distinct Exa-specific triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills; matches the score-3 'clear niche' anchor.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

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

CriteriaDescriptionResult

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

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16

Passed

Repository
jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
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