android-ci-cd-release-playstore

Automate Android CI, versioning, signing boundaries, release channels, and Play-ready delivery workflows.

Quality

27%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

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Securityby

Passed

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Quality

Discovery

32%

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 identifies a clear domain (Android release automation) and lists several relevant capability areas, but it reads more like a tagline than a functional skill description. It lacks explicit trigger guidance ('Use when...'), misses many natural user keywords (APK, AAB, Gradle, Google Play Store, keystore), and the listed capabilities are somewhat abstract rather than concretely actionable.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about Android app releases, Play Store publishing, APK/AAB signing, or CI/CD pipelines for Android projects.'

Include more natural trigger terms users would say: 'APK', 'AAB', 'app bundle', 'Google Play Store', 'Gradle', 'keystore', 'build variants', 'fastlane'.

Make capabilities more concrete, e.g., 'Configure Gradle build variants, generate signed APKs/AABs, set up version code/name automation, manage release tracks in Google Play Console.'

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (Android CI/CD) and lists several actions (versioning, signing, release channels, Play-ready delivery), but these are somewhat high-level categories rather than deeply concrete actions like 'generate signed APKs' or 'configure Gradle build variants'.	2 / 3
Completeness	Describes what the skill does but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance for when Claude should select this skill. Per the rubric, a missing 'Use when...' clause caps completeness at 2, and since the 'what' is also only moderately clear, this scores at 1.	1 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes relevant terms like 'Android CI', 'versioning', 'signing', 'release channels', and 'Play-ready delivery', but misses common natural user terms like 'APK', 'AAB', 'Google Play Store', 'Gradle', 'build pipeline', 'app bundle', or 'keystore'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Android-specific focus and mention of Play Store delivery provide some distinctiveness, but 'CI' and 'versioning' are generic enough to overlap with general CI/CD or other platform-specific build skills.	2 / 3
	Total	7 / 12 Passed

Implementation

22%

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

This skill reads as a high-level project management template rather than actionable CI/CD guidance for Android. It lacks any concrete build configuration (Gradle, GitHub Actions/Fastlane YAML), signing setup instructions, Play Store API usage, or real executable examples. The workflow steps and guardrails are generic enough to apply to any software project, providing almost no Android-specific value.

Suggestions

Replace the abstract 5-step workflow with a concrete CI/CD pipeline sequence: build APK/AAB → run tests → sign with keystore → validate signing → upload to Play Store track, including actual commands or Gradle tasks at each step.

Add executable code examples: a sample GitHub Actions or Fastlane workflow YAML, Gradle signing configuration block, and bundletool/Play Console API commands for uploading and promoting releases.

Include validation checkpoints with feedback loops, e.g., verifying APK signing with `apksigner verify --print-certs`, checking bundle validity with `bundletool validate`, and handling upload failures.

Remove generic advice ('Scope the risk surface', 'Fail with a precise remediation path') and replace with Android-specific guardrails like keystore management practices, version code/name strategies, and Play Store track promotion rules.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The content is relatively brief but includes vague filler language ('engineering tasks with evidence, not folklore', 'one-off local heroics') that doesn't add actionable value. The workflow steps are abstract platitudes rather than Android CI/CD-specific instructions.	2 / 3
Actionability	The skill provides no concrete, executable guidance for Android CI/CD. The workflow steps are entirely abstract ('Scope the risk surface', 'Pick the narrowest verification strategy'). The example commands reference scripts (validate_repo.py, release.py, eval_triggers.py) without showing their content, expected output, or how to create them. There's no actual Gradle config, GitHub Actions YAML, signing configuration, or Play Store upload commands.	1 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The 5-step workflow is generic project management advice, not a sequenced CI/CD pipeline workflow. There are no validation checkpoints, no feedback loops for failed builds or signing errors, and no concrete steps for the actual release process (build → sign → upload → promote). For a skill involving destructive/release operations, this is critically insufficient.	1 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The skill has reasonable section structure (Workflow, Guardrails, Anti-Patterns, Examples, References) and mentions handoff skills. However, it doesn't reference any detailed companion files for signing setup, CI configuration templates, or channel management details that would be expected for a topic this broad.	2 / 3
	Total	6 / 12 Passed

Validation

90%

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 — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: krutikJain/android-agent-skills
Commit: c5bf673

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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