performance-baseline-creator
Performance Baseline Creator - Auto-activating skill for Performance Testing. Triggers on: performance baseline creator, performance baseline creator Part of the Performance Testing skill category.
35
3%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
91%
1.12xAverage 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 essentially a placeholder that provides almost no useful information for skill selection. It lacks any concrete actions, meaningful trigger terms, or guidance on when to use it. The repeated trigger term and boilerplate structure suggest this was auto-generated without customization.
Suggestions
Add specific actions the skill performs, e.g., 'Creates performance baselines by measuring response times, throughput, and resource utilization under controlled load conditions'
Include a 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms like 'establish baseline', 'benchmark performance', 'measure initial performance', 'before load testing'
Specify what types of systems or metrics this applies to (API endpoints, database queries, web applications) to distinguish from other performance skills
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description only names the skill ('Performance Baseline Creator') without describing any concrete actions. There are no specific capabilities listed - no verbs describing what the skill actually does. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The description fails to answer 'what does this do' beyond the name, and provides no explicit 'when to use' guidance. The 'Triggers on' section just repeats the skill name rather than describing actual use cases. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | The trigger terms are just the skill name repeated twice ('performance baseline creator, performance baseline creator'). No natural user language variations like 'benchmark', 'baseline metrics', 'performance testing', or 'measure performance' are included. | 1 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | While 'Performance Baseline Creator' is somewhat specific to performance testing, the lack of detail about what kind of baselines (load testing, response times, memory usage?) makes it potentially overlap with other performance-related skills. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 5 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
0%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill content is essentially an empty template with no actionable information. It describes what a performance baseline creator skill should do but provides absolutely no guidance on how to actually create performance baselines - no tools, no metrics, no code examples, no workflows. The content would be useless to Claude attempting to help a user with performance baseline creation.
Suggestions
Add concrete code examples showing how to create performance baselines using specific tools (e.g., k6, JMeter) with actual metric collection
Define a clear workflow: identify metrics → run baseline tests → record results → establish thresholds → validate against baseline
Include specific metrics to capture (response time percentiles, throughput, error rates) and how to store/compare baseline data
Remove all generic boilerplate text and replace with executable, copy-paste ready examples
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is padded with generic boilerplate that provides no actual value. Phrases like 'provides automated assistance' and 'follows industry best practices' are vague filler that Claude doesn't need. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | There is zero concrete guidance - no code, no commands, no specific steps for creating performance baselines. The content only describes what the skill claims to do without showing how to do anything. | 1 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | No workflow is provided whatsoever. There are no steps for creating a performance baseline, no validation checkpoints, and no process to follow. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a shallow placeholder with no actual substance to organize. There are no references to detailed materials, examples, or supporting documentation. | 1 / 3 |
Total | 4 / 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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