solve-challenge

Solves CTF challenges by performing first-pass triage, identifying the dominant category, and routing execution to the right specialized ctf-* skill. Use when the user gives you a challenge bundle, a remote service, a suspicious file, or only a vague challenge description and you must determine where to start. Do not use it when the category is already clear and a specialized skill can be invoked directly; this is the dispatcher and recon entrypoint, not the deepest reference for category-specific techniques.

Quality

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

A well-sequenced, highly actionable CTF triage workflow with strong concrete commands and routing. Its main weaknesses are a dangling reference to a non-existent scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh file and moderately heavy inlined categorization content.

Suggestions

Either add scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh to the bundle or remove/soften the reference to it, since the body claims the package lists 'now live' there but the file is absent.

Move the long 'By file type / By keywords / By service' heuristics and the 10-item multi-category pattern list into a reference file (e.g., references/categorization.md) and link to it from the body to improve progressive disclosure.

Add an explicit validation checkpoint after Step 2 (Categorize) — e.g., confirm the chosen category against observed evidence before invoking the category skill — to strengthen workflow clarity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and assumes Claude's competence, but the triple categorization lists and the 10-item 'Common multi-category patterns' block are somewhat heavy and could be trimmed; not below midpoint verbosity.	4 / 5
Actionability	Copy-paste-ready commands (file, strings, binwalk, checksec, nc, curl, grep) plus a Python pwntools template and a concrete category routing table cover the common recon/categorize cases fully.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Steps 0–5 are clearly sequenced with a Step 4 'Pivot When Stuck' feedback loop and a flag-validation rule, but the intermediate recon/categorize steps lack explicit per-step validation checkpoints.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	References scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh ('The full package lists now live in [scripts/install_ctf_tools.sh]') but no scripts/ directory or file exists in the bundle — a dangling reference — and substantial inlined heuristics could live in separate files.	3 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, third-person description that crisply defines the dispatcher/recon role, gives explicit positive and negative use triggers, and draws a clear boundary against sibling skills. Only slightly thin on enumerated action specifics and CTF-term synonyms.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names concrete actions ('first-pass triage, identifying the dominant category, and routing execution to the right specialized ctf-* skill') with only minor coverage gaps; not a maximal enumerated action list so it sits just below 5.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Solves CTF challenges by performing first-pass triage...') and when ('Use when the user gives you...'), plus a negative trigger ('Do not use it when the category is already clear...') with concrete phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural user-facing triggers ('challenge bundle, a remote service, a suspicious file, or only a vague challenge description') with good coverage; a few common CTF synonyms (e.g., 'capture the flag', 'pwn challenge') are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clearly carves a niche as 'the dispatcher and recon entrypoint, not the deepest reference for category-specific techniques', distinguishing it from the sibling ctf-* skills it routes to.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

81%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning
relative_links	Relative link issues: 1 suspicious	Warning
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 8 missing	Warning

	Total	13 / 16 Passed

Repository: ljagiello/ctf-skills
Path: solve-challenge/SKILL.md
Commit: 36c72e5

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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