instantly-prod-checklist

Execute Instantly.ai production launch checklist and pre-flight validation. Use when deploying Instantly integrations to production, launching first campaign, or auditing production readiness. Trigger with phrases like "instantly production", "instantly launch checklist", "instantly go-live", "instantly pre-flight", "instantly prod ready".

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

77%

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

The body is highly actionable and well-sequenced with real validation gates for a risky batch-sending operation, but it is a monolithic inline script with verbose output formatting and no reference bundle, which hurts token efficiency and progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Move the ~200-line TypeScript checklist into a scripts/ bundle file (e.g. scripts/prod-checklist.ts) and reference it from SKILL.md, keeping only a concise overview and per-phase summaries inline — this directly raises progressive_disclosure and trims conciseness.

Tighten the code by removing decorative console.log formatting lines and consolidating the inline type definitions into shared types, retaining only what is needed to execute each check.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The ~220-line body is mostly purposeful executable code with no padding about concepts Claude already knows, but it carries verbose console.log formatting and inline type definitions that could be tightened. It is above score 1 (not explaining known concepts) but below score 3 because not every token earns its place.	2 / 3
Actionability	Each phase is fully executable TypeScript with real Instantly API endpoints, concrete checks, and copy-paste-ready functions (e.g. instantly('/accounts?limit=100'), webhook test calls), matching the score-3 anchor for executable code.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Five phases are sequenced with timing cues, and validation gating is explicit: broken accounts return false and halt, configOk gates the launch, webhook tests use try/catch, and Phase 5 includes a post-launch monitoring checklist, supported by an error-handling table.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files exist, and the entire ~200-line checklist script is inlined in SKILL.md with only external URL references and a single Next-Steps skill pointer. It has clear sections (above score 1, not deeply nested) but the executable code that should be split into a scripts/ bundle is inline (below score 3).	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 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 is strong: it clearly states what the skill does and when to use it, with an explicit Use-when clause and five natural trigger phrases, all in a distinctive Instantly-scoped niche. The only soft spot is capability specificity, where the action list is thin compared to the detailed phases in the body.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The capability statement 'Execute Instantly.ai production launch checklist and pre-flight validation' names the domain and a couple of actions, but it is not a comprehensive list of multiple concrete actions (the detailed sub-tasks like warmup/deliverability/webhooks live only in the body, not the description). It is above score 1 because it is concrete rather than vague, but below score 3 because it does not enumerate several specific actions.	2 / 3
Completeness	It answers both 'what' ('Execute Instantly.ai production launch checklist and pre-flight validation') and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when deploying... launching first campaign, or auditing production readiness' clause plus trigger phrases, matching the score-3 anchor.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	It explicitly lists five natural trigger variations a user would plausibly say — 'instantly production', 'instantly launch checklist', 'instantly go-live', 'instantly pre-flight', 'instantly prod ready' — giving good coverage rather than a single keyword.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	It is tightly scoped to Instantly.ai production launches with 'instantly'-prefixed triggers, giving it a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with generic deployment or campaign skills.	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: c89430d

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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