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managing-api-cache

Implement intelligent API response caching with Redis, Memcached, and CDN integration. Use when optimizing API performance with caching. Trigger with phrases like "add caching", "optimize API performance", or "implement cache layer".

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Quality

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Impact

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No known issues

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Quality

Content

57%

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

The skill body is well-organized with a clear sequence and excellent progressive disclosure to real reference files, but it leans on descriptive guidance rather than executable code and lacks explicit inline validation checkpoints. Tightening prose and adding concrete code examples would raise the actionability and conciseness scores.

Suggestions

Add executable code or commands inline (e.g., a sample ioredis cache-aside middleware and key generator) rather than only describing the implementation, to move actionability toward 3.

Insert an explicit validation checkpoint after implementation (e.g., "verify hit/miss with a curl test before adding invalidation") to create a validate→fix→retry loop and raise workflow_clarity.

Trim the Overview and redundant phrasing in the Instructions to remove padding and improve token efficiency toward score 3 on conciseness.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient and avoids explaining caching/Redis/CDN concepts Claude already knows, but the Overview and some instruction prose could be tightened. It is not score 3 because a few passages are slightly padded and not every token earns its place; it is not score 1 because it is not verbose with redundant background explanation.

2 / 3

Actionability

Guidance is concrete — specific TTL values (1 hour, 5 minutes, 30 seconds), X-Cache HIT/MISS headers, and named HTTP headers — but it describes what to build rather than giving executable, copy-paste code. It is not score 3 because no inline executable code or commands are provided; it is not score 1 because the directions are specific and actionable, not vague or abstract.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 9 numbered steps are clearly sequenced end to end and step 9 plus the error-handling table provide some verification/recovery, but inline validation checkpoints between steps are implicit rather than explicit. It is not score 3 because there is no explicit validate→fix→retry feedback loop interleaved in the workflow; it is not score 1 because the sequence is present and test verification is included.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body is an overview with three clearly signaled one-level-deep references (implementation.md, errors.md, examples.md) — all verified to exist in references/ — and content is appropriately split out. It is not score 2 because navigation is clear and references are not deeply nested; the structure matches the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

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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 strong across all dimensions: it states concrete capabilities, gives explicit natural trigger phrases, and answers both what and when. It is a clear, well-scoped skill description with low conflict risk.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names multiple concrete actions and technologies — "Implement intelligent API response caching", "Redis, Memcached, and CDN integration" — matching the score-3 anchor listing several specific concrete actions. It is not score 2 because the actions are comprehensive and concrete rather than partial.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ("Implement intelligent API response caching with Redis, Memcached, and CDN integration") and when ("Use when optimizing API performance with caching. Trigger with phrases like..."). It is not score 2 because the when/trigger guidance is explicit, not merely implied.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Provides natural phrasings a user would say — "add caching", "optimize API performance", "implement cache layer" — giving good coverage rather than jargon. It is not score 2 because it lists several natural user-facing phrases rather than a single keyword.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche — API response caching with Redis/Memcached/CDN — and its specific triggers are clearly distinct from other skills and unlikely to fire for the wrong one. It is not score 2 because the scope is narrow and specialized rather than overlapping.

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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