generating-docker-compose-files

Execute use when you need to work with Docker Compose. This skill provides Docker Compose file generation with comprehensive guidance and automation. Trigger with phrases like "generate docker-compose", "create compose file", or "configure multi-container app".

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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 body is concise and cleanly organized into a usable 10-step workflow with a helpful error-handling table, but it stops short of executable guidance by omitting a worked Compose example and failing to connect to the bundled template and scripts it ships. Validation also lacks a fix-and-retry feedback loop, and the Output section names helper scripts that do not exist in the bundle.

Suggestions

Add a concrete worked example (a short docker-compose.yml snippet) showing assembled service/network/volume definitions, and link to the bundled assets/compose_template.yml and assets/example_app_architectures.md for fuller templates.

Reference and use the actual bundled scripts (scripts/validate_compose.sh, scripts/generate_env_file.py, scripts/deploy.sh) in the workflow and Output, replacing the nonexistent start.sh/stop.sh/logs.sh.

Turn the final validation step into a feedback loop: after `docker compose config`, instruct to read the error, apply the matching row from the Error Handling table, fix, and re-run until validation passes.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean and well-sectioned with no padding of concepts Claude already knows (it never explains what Docker or Compose is), and every section earns its tokens, matching the level-3 anchor.	3 / 3
Actionability	It references concrete Compose keys (depends_on, deploy.resources.limits) and one real command ("docker compose config"), but provides no executable worked example and never links the bundled template or scripts, so guidance is concrete yet incomplete rather than copy-paste ready.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Ten numbered steps give a clear sequence and step 10 validates with "docker compose config", but validation is a final step only with no fix-and-retry feedback loop, and the Error Handling table is not wired in as a checkpoint, fitting the level-2 anchor.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Internal sections are well organized, but the body ignores the real bundle files (assets/compose_template.yml, scripts/validate_compose.sh, etc.) and instead references nonexistent helper scripts (start.sh, stop.sh, logs.sh) in Output, so references are misaligned rather than clearly signaled.	2 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

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 clearly scopes the skill to Docker Compose generation with natural trigger phrases and explicit when-guidance, scoring well on completeness and distinctiveness. Its main weakness is specificity, where a single named action plus the vague "comprehensive guidance and automation" keeps it from listing multiple concrete capabilities.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	It names the domain and a single concrete action ("Docker Compose file generation") but does not list multiple specific actions; "comprehensive guidance and automation" is vague fluff rather than a concrete capability, so it falls short of the level-3 anchor.	2 / 3
Completeness	It answers both what ("Docker Compose file generation...") and when with explicit trigger guidance ("Trigger with phrases like..."), satisfying the level-3 anchor for both what and when.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	It provides natural phrases a user would actually say ("generate docker-compose", "create compose file", "configure multi-container app"), giving good coverage of common variations matching the level-3 anchor.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Docker Compose file generation is a clear niche with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to fire for an unrelated skill, matching the level-3 anchor.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

Warnings & errors only

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
Commit: 6e3a65f

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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