running-tend

Worktrunk-specific guidance for tend CI workflows. Adds codecov polling, Rust test commands, labels, and review criteria on top of the generic tend-* skills. Use when operating in CI.

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Content

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The content is exceptionally actionable and project-specific with strong validation in its risky workflows, scoring 5 on actionability. Its weak point is progressive disclosure: a long monolithic body that keeps detailed weekly-maintenance procedures inline rather than routing them to reference files.

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Move the detailed Weekly Maintenance procedures (CI Pin Bumps, Agent App Integration Surfaces, MSRV & Toolchain, Statusline Cache-Check, LLM Model Names) into dedicated reference files and keep SKILL.md as an overview with one-level-deep pointers, mirroring the existing review-pr.md / nightly-cleaner.md pattern.

Tighten the discursive rationale paragraphs (the cargo-install cascade aside, the GitHub-rerun-while-in_progress explanation) to the operational rule plus a one-line reason, trimming tokens without losing the gotcha.

Promote the inlined Labels and Applying GitHub Suggestions notes into the relevant workflow sections or a short reference so the main body reads as sequenced procedures rather than a mix of prose and checklists.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body assumes Claude's competence — no basic-concept padding — and every section carries project-specific traps or exact commands; not a 5 because several rationale paragraphs (e.g. why not to cargo install, the rerun-while-in_progress explanation) could be trimmed without losing the operational point.	4 / 5
Actionability	It is densely packed with copy-paste-ready commands and recipes — `cargo run -- hook pre-merge --yes`, the codecov polling loop, gh-API + jq artifacts, nix flake update — covering the common cases with only justified placeholders like <number> and <sha>.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step workflows (MSRV bump, CI pin bumps, codecov investigation, statusline cache-check) have clear sequences with explicit validation and feedback loops, so the destructive/batch cap at 3 does not apply; not a 5 because some sections (applying suggestions, closing duplicates, labels) are discursive rather than sequenced.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Headers are clear and the two bundled references (review-pr.md, nightly-cleaner.md) are well-signaled in a dedicated Per-Workflow References section, but the ~400-line body inlines reference-grade weekly procedures instead of splitting them out, with only 2 of ~12 sections offloaded to reference files.	3 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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The description clearly names a niche and lists concrete additions with an explicit Use-when clause, landing solidly at the 4-anchor across all dimensions. It stops short of 5 on completeness and distinctiveness because the trigger ("operating in CI") is generic rather than tied to worktrunk/tend specifics.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	"Adds codecov polling, Rust test commands, labels, and review criteria" lists several concrete actions on a named domain, matching the several-specific-actions anchor; not a 5 because the "guidance" framing stays slightly abstract rather than comprehensive.	4 / 5
Completeness	It states a clear what (worktrunk-specific additions to tend-* skills) and an explicit when ("Use when operating in CI"); not a 5 because the when is generic rather than a concrete trigger phrase tied to tend/worktrunk contexts.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Keywords "tend CI workflows", "codecov polling", "Rust test commands", and "CI" give good natural-term coverage; not a 5 because synonyms and variant phrasings are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	"Worktrunk-specific guidance for tend CI workflows" carves a clear niche distinct from the generic tend-* skills it builds on; not a 5 because the "Use when operating in CI" trigger is broad and could overlap with unrelated CI skills.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Validation

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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 — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: max-sixty/worktrunk
Path: .claude/skills/running-tend/SKILL.md
Commit: 6c263ed

Reviewed: 11 hours ago

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