active-trail
Active Trail integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Active Trail data.
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Discovery
57%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 correctly follows the structure of naming the integration and including a 'Use when...' clause, but the actual content is extremely generic. The actions described ('manage data, records, and automate workflows') are boilerplate phrases that could apply to any integration platform. The description fails to communicate what Active Trail specifically does or what concrete operations the skill supports.
Suggestions
Replace generic actions with Active Trail-specific capabilities, e.g., 'Create and manage email campaigns, manage contact lists, track campaign analytics, set up automation triggers' to improve specificity.
Add natural trigger terms users would say, such as 'email marketing', 'mailing lists', 'ActiveTrail', 'campaign automation', 'newsletter', 'contacts', or 'subscribers'.
Expand the 'Use when...' clause with specific scenarios, e.g., 'Use when the user mentions ActiveTrail, email campaigns, subscriber lists, or marketing automation workflows.'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The actions listed ('manage data, records, and automate workflows') are extremely vague and generic. There are no concrete actions specific to Active Trail — no mention of what kind of data, what records, or what workflows. These phrases could apply to virtually any integration. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | It does answer both 'what' (manage data, records, automate workflows) and 'when' (Use when the user wants to interact with Active Trail data). The 'Use when...' clause is explicitly present, though both parts are quite shallow in detail. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | It includes 'Active Trail' as a keyword which is the product name and would match user requests mentioning that platform. However, it lacks any natural variations, specific feature names, or common terms users might say (e.g., 'email campaigns', 'contacts', 'mailing lists', 'ActiveTrail API'). | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | 'Active Trail' as a product name provides some distinctiveness, but the generic actions ('manage data, records, automate workflows') could easily overlap with any other integration or data management skill. Without specific Active Trail features, it risks conflicting with other CRM/marketing automation integrations. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
64%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill provides solid, actionable CLI commands for integrating with Active Trail via Membrane, with a useful popular actions reference table. Its main weaknesses are unnecessary introductory content explaining what Active Trail is, a non-actionable overview bullet list, and missing validation/error-recovery steps in the workflow. Trimming the fluff and adding explicit verification checkpoints would significantly improve it.
Suggestions
Remove the introductory paragraph explaining what Active Trail is and the non-actionable 'Active Trail Overview' bullet list — Claude already knows this and it wastes tokens.
Add explicit validation steps after key operations (e.g., verify connection was created successfully, verify action run output is non-empty) to improve workflow clarity.
Move the popular actions table to a separate reference file (e.g., ACTIONS.md) and link to it from the main skill to improve progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The opening paragraph explaining what Active Trail is (email marketing platform, used by marketing teams, etc.) is unnecessary context Claude already knows. The 'Active Trail Overview' bullet list adds no actionable value. However, the CLI commands and workflow sections are reasonably efficient. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides fully executable CLI commands for every step: installation, authentication, connecting, searching actions, creating actions, and running actions with parameters. The popular actions table gives concrete action keys. Commands are copy-paste ready. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow sequence (install → authenticate → connect → search/create actions → run) is present and logical. However, there are no validation checkpoints or error-handling feedback loops for action execution. The action creation polling section mentions error states but doesn't provide recovery guidance beyond 'check the error field.' | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is structured with clear sections and headers, but it's somewhat monolithic — the popular actions table and detailed CLI usage could be split into separate reference files. The link to official docs is good, but there are no internal file references for advanced topics. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%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 |
|---|---|---|
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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