exa-multi-env-setup
Configure Exa across development, staging, and production environments. Use when setting up multi-environment search pipelines, managing API key isolation, or configuring per-environment search limits and caching. Trigger with phrases like "exa environments", "exa staging", "exa dev prod", "exa environment setup", "exa multi-env".
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Discovery
89%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 is a well-structured skill description with explicit 'Use when' and 'Trigger with' clauses, strong distinctiveness due to the specific product (Exa) and use case (multi-environment configuration), and good trigger term coverage. The main weakness is that the specific capabilities could be more concretely enumerated — 'Configure' is somewhat broad, and the actions listed (API key isolation, search limits, caching) read more like contexts than discrete operations.
Suggestions
Expand the capability list with more concrete actions, e.g., 'Sets up environment-specific API keys, configures per-environment rate limits and caching policies, manages search pipeline routing across dev/staging/prod.'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (Exa configuration across environments) and some actions (API key isolation, per-environment search limits, caching), but the primary verb 'Configure' is somewhat generic and the specific actions are listed more as contexts than concrete discrete capabilities. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (configure Exa across dev/staging/prod environments, manage API key isolation, configure search limits and caching) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause plus explicit 'Trigger with phrases' section). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes a strong set of natural trigger terms: 'exa environments', 'exa staging', 'exa dev prod', 'exa environment setup', 'exa multi-env', plus contextual phrases like 'multi-environment search pipelines' and 'API key isolation' that users would naturally say. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive — the combination of 'Exa' as a specific product with multi-environment configuration creates a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with other skills. The trigger terms are very specific to this use case. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
64%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid, actionable skill with executable TypeScript code covering the full multi-environment setup pipeline. Its main weaknesses are the lack of validation checkpoints between steps (e.g., verifying each environment's config before moving to the next) and the monolithic structure that could benefit from splitting detailed implementations into referenced files. The error handling table is a nice touch but the content could be tighter by removing redundant explanations.
Suggestions
Add explicit validation checkpoints between steps, e.g., 'Run checkExaHealth() after Step 1 to verify your API key is correctly configured for the current environment before proceeding.'
Split the Redis cache layer (Step 3) and CI/CD configuration (Step 5) into separate referenced files to reduce the main skill's length and improve progressive disclosure.
Remove the prerequisites section and the overview's explanation of Exa's pricing model — Claude can infer these from context, and the environment strategy table already captures the key design decisions.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is mostly efficient with good use of tables and code blocks, but includes some unnecessary elements like the overview paragraph explaining what Exa is and the prerequisites section (Claude knows what npm install does). The environment strategy table partially duplicates information encoded in the config code. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | All code examples are fully executable TypeScript with proper imports, types, and error handling. The env variable setup, CI/CD config, and health check are all copy-paste ready with concrete file paths and realistic configurations. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are clearly sequenced from config through search service, caching, env vars, CI/CD, and health check. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints between steps — no 'verify your config works before proceeding' or 'run the health check to confirm setup' feedback loops, which is important for a multi-environment setup where misconfiguration can cause production issues. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is well-structured with clear sections and a logical flow, but it's quite long (~150 lines of code) and could benefit from splitting the cache layer and CI/CD config into separate referenced files. The 'Next Steps' reference to 'exa-deploy-integration' is good but there are no bundle files to support it. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 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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