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00-meta-chain-flow-150

[00] META. Orchestrate skills into dynamic chains for complex tasks. Analyzes the task, discovers available skills, builds an optimal chain, explains why each skill is needed, and executes step-by-step with user confirmation. Use for any complex task requiring multiple thinking/research/analysis steps. Triggers on "plan this", "how to approach", "what's the strategy", "build a plan", or any multi-step problem requiring skill orchestration.

72

1.56x
Quality

59%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

89%

1.56x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Discovery

92%

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 is a strong description that clearly articulates specific capabilities and includes explicit trigger terms. The main weakness is the very broad scope ('any complex task requiring multiple steps') which could cause it to trigger too aggressively and conflict with more specialized skills. The description uses proper third-person voice and is well-structured.

Suggestions

Narrow the scope to reduce conflict risk — instead of 'any complex task requiring multiple thinking/research/analysis steps', specify more precisely when orchestration is needed vs. when a single skill suffices (e.g., 'Use when a task explicitly requires coordinating 3+ distinct skill types in sequence').

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: analyzes the task, discovers available skills, builds an optimal chain, explains why each skill is needed, and executes step-by-step with user confirmation. These are clear, actionable steps.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (orchestrate skills into dynamic chains, analyze tasks, discover skills, build chains, execute step-by-step) and 'when' (complex tasks requiring multiple steps, with explicit trigger phrases listed). Has an explicit 'Use for' and 'Triggers on' clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural trigger phrases users would actually say: 'plan this', 'how to approach', 'what's the strategy', 'build a plan', and 'multi-step problem'. These are realistic user utterances with good variety.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

While the meta-orchestration concept is somewhat distinctive, phrases like 'complex task requiring multiple thinking/research/analysis steps' are quite broad and could overlap with general planning, project management, or research skills. The 'any complex task' scope is very wide.

2 / 3

Total

11

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12

Passed

Implementation

27%

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

This skill is significantly over-engineered and verbose, repeating the same 6-step orchestration flow at least 4-5 times in different formats (model diagram, process steps, output format, execution format, example). While the concept of skill orchestration is valuable and the directory scanning approach is concrete, the document wastes enormous token budget on redundancy, decorative formatting, and explanations of concepts Claude already understands. The content would be far more effective at 1/3 its current length with chain patterns and examples moved to separate files.

Suggestions

Reduce the document to ~80 lines by eliminating redundant representations of the same 6-step flow — keep one canonical version and remove the duplicates in 'Orchestration Model', 'Output Format', 'Chain Execution Format', and the extended example.

Move common chain patterns and the extended payment processing example to a separate PATTERNS.md or EXAMPLES.md file, referenced with a one-line link.

Remove explanatory text that describes what Claude already knows (e.g., 'This is a meta-skill — an orchestrator that:', 'Most real problems need chains of skills'), and replace with terse directives.

Add concrete validation criteria for determining if a chain step succeeded before proceeding — e.g., 'Step succeeds if it produces [specific deliverable]. If output is empty or off-topic, re-execute or skip.'

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Extremely verbose at ~250+ lines. Massive amounts of redundancy — the orchestration model, chain building process, output format, chain execution format, and examples all repeat the same 6-step flow multiple times. ASCII art diagrams, emoji decorations, and explanations of obvious concepts (what an orchestrator does) waste significant tokens. Claude doesn't need to be told what 'analyze the task' means.

1 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete directory paths for skill discovery and bash commands for scanning, which is useful. However, the core orchestration logic is essentially a description of a thought process rather than executable code or precise commands. The chain patterns are helpful but are more like templates than copy-paste-ready instructions. Much of the content describes what to do conceptually rather than providing exact executable steps.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 6-step sequence is clearly laid out and the confirmation gates between steps are good. However, the failure recovery table is superficial ('Re-analyze, rebuild chain' is vague), and there's no real validation checkpoint — how does Claude know if a chain step actually succeeded vs produced poor output? The adaptation step is mentioned but lacks concrete criteria for when to trigger it.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a monolithic wall of text with no references to external files. The common chain patterns, output format templates, examples, and failure modes could all be split into separate reference files. Everything is inlined into one massive document, making it expensive to load for every invocation. No external file references or navigation structure exists.

1 / 3

Total

6

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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