firewall-rule-generator
Firewall Rule Generator - Auto-activating skill for GCP Skills. Triggers on: firewall rule generator, firewall rule generator Part of the GCP Skills skill category.
38
Quality
7%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
96%
0.98xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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Discovery
7%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 is severely underdeveloped, essentially just restating the skill name without explaining capabilities or providing useful trigger guidance. The redundant trigger terms and lack of concrete actions make it nearly useless for skill selection. It needs substantial expansion to describe what firewall operations it performs and natural language triggers users would employ.
Suggestions
Add specific concrete actions like 'Creates GCP VPC firewall rules, configures ingress/egress policies, sets port ranges and IP CIDR blocks, manages network tags'
Replace redundant triggers with natural user phrases: 'Use when user mentions firewall, network rules, allow/deny traffic, open ports, GCP networking, VPC security, or ingress/egress configuration'
Add a clear 'Use when...' clause that distinguishes this from other GCP or networking skills
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description only names the skill ('Firewall Rule Generator') without describing any concrete actions. There are no specific capabilities listed like 'create ingress/egress rules', 'configure ports', or 'set up network policies'. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The description fails to answer 'what does this do' beyond the name, and the 'when' clause is just a circular reference to the skill name itself. No explicit guidance on when Claude should select this skill. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | The trigger terms are redundant ('firewall rule generator' listed twice) and overly specific. Missing natural variations users would say like 'firewall', 'network rules', 'allow traffic', 'block ports', 'GCP firewall', 'VPC rules'. | 1 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The GCP context and 'firewall rule' specificity provides some distinctiveness from generic skills, but the lack of detail about what kind of firewall rules or specific GCP services could cause overlap with other GCP or networking skills. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 5 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
7%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill is a placeholder template with no actual content about GCP firewall rule generation. It contains only generic boilerplate describing what a skill should do without providing any concrete guidance, code examples, or workflows for creating firewall rules. The content fails to teach Claude anything actionable about the task.
Suggestions
Add executable gcloud CLI commands for creating firewall rules (e.g., `gcloud compute firewall-rules create` with specific flags and examples)
Include concrete examples showing common firewall rule patterns (allow SSH, HTTP/HTTPS, internal traffic) with actual rule specifications
Define a clear workflow: 1) Identify requirements, 2) Generate rule, 3) Validate with `gcloud compute firewall-rules describe`, 4) Apply and verify
Remove all generic boilerplate ('automated assistance', 'industry best practices') and replace with specific GCP firewall rule syntax and constraints
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is padded with generic boilerplate that explains nothing specific about firewall rules. Phrases like 'automated assistance' and 'industry best practices' are filler that Claude doesn't need. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | No concrete code, commands, or examples for generating firewall rules. The content describes what the skill does abstractly but provides zero executable guidance on how to actually create GCP firewall rules. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | No workflow is defined. There are no steps, no validation checkpoints, and no actual process for generating firewall rules. The 'step-by-step guidance' mentioned is never provided. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is organized into sections with headers, but there are no references to detailed documentation, examples, or related files. The structure exists but contains no substantive content to disclose. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 5 / 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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