monitoring-database-transactions
Monitor use when you need to work with monitoring and observability. This skill provides health monitoring and alerting with comprehensive guidance and automation. Trigger with phrases like "monitor system health", "set up alerts", or "track metrics".
Install with Tessl CLI
npx tessl i github:jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill monitoring-database-transactions53
Quality
43%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
Pending
No eval scenarios have been run
Optimize this skill with Tessl
npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/database/database-transaction-monitor/skills/monitoring-database-transactions/SKILL.mdDiscovery
67%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 adequately covers the monitoring domain and includes explicit trigger phrases, which is a strength. However, it lacks specific concrete actions beyond generic 'monitoring and alerting' and could benefit from more distinctive trigger terms to differentiate it from related DevOps or infrastructure skills.
Suggestions
Add more specific concrete actions like 'configure Prometheus alerts', 'set up Grafana dashboards', 'analyze application logs', or 'create uptime checks'
Expand trigger terms to include common variations: 'observability', 'logging', 'dashboards', 'uptime monitoring', 'incident alerts', 'APM'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain (monitoring/observability) and mentions some actions ('health monitoring', 'alerting', 'track metrics'), but lacks concrete specific actions like 'configure dashboards', 'set up PagerDuty integrations', or 'analyze logs'. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Explicitly answers both what ('health monitoring and alerting with comprehensive guidance and automation') and when ('Trigger with phrases like...' provides explicit trigger guidance), meeting the rubric requirement for a 'Use when' equivalent. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes some natural phrases ('monitor system health', 'set up alerts', 'track metrics') but missing common variations users might say like 'observability', 'logging', 'dashboards', 'uptime', 'incidents', or specific tool names. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Somewhat specific to monitoring/observability domain, but 'alerting' and 'metrics' could overlap with logging skills, infrastructure skills, or DevOps automation skills. Lacks distinctive file types or unique identifiers. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
20%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 generic template with no database transaction monitoring-specific content. It reads like a project management checklist that could apply to any technical task, lacking concrete code examples, specific monitoring tools, metrics to track, or actual transaction monitoring patterns. The content wastes tokens on obvious guidance while providing zero actionable information about the stated topic.
Suggestions
Add concrete code examples for setting up database transaction monitoring (e.g., query to track long-running transactions, connection pool metrics)
Include specific monitoring tools and their configuration (e.g., Prometheus queries, Grafana dashboard JSON, or specific database monitoring commands)
Replace generic steps with database-specific workflows: how to identify slow transactions, set up alerts for deadlocks, monitor connection pools
Remove all generic advice Claude already knows (permission checks, network troubleshooting) and focus only on transaction monitoring specifics
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Extremely verbose with generic boilerplate that applies to any task. Explains obvious concepts like 'verify credentials' and 'check network connectivity' that Claude already knows. No database transaction monitoring-specific content. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | Entirely abstract and vague with no concrete code, commands, or specific examples. Instructions like 'Review current configuration' and 'Execute implementation' provide no executable guidance for database transaction monitoring. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are numbered and sequenced, but they are generic project management steps rather than database transaction monitoring workflows. No specific validation commands or checkpoints for monitoring setup. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | References external files in Resources section, but the main content is a monolithic wall of generic text. The referenced paths use placeholder variables and likely don't contain real content. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 6 / 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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