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 follows the correct structure with an explicit 'Use when...' clause, and the product name 'Active Trail' provides a basic anchor for skill selection. However, the capabilities described are extremely generic — 'manage data, records, and automate workflows' could describe almost any integration tool. The description would benefit greatly from specific Active Trail features and natural trigger terms users would actually use.
Suggestions
Replace vague actions with specific Active Trail capabilities, e.g., 'Create and manage email campaigns, subscriber lists, contact records, and marketing automation workflows in Active Trail.'
Add natural trigger terms users would say, such as 'email marketing, mailing lists, subscribers, contacts, ActiveTrail, campaigns, newsletters'
Expand the 'Use when' clause with specific scenarios, e.g., 'Use when the user mentions Active Trail, ActiveTrail, email campaigns, subscriber management, 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 generic. | 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 related terms users might say (e.g., email campaigns, mailing lists, contacts, subscribers, marketing automation). | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | 'Active Trail' as a product name provides some distinctiveness, but the generic language around 'manage data, records, and automate workflows' could easily overlap with many other integration skills. Without specific Active Trail features mentioned, it's only the product name preventing conflicts. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid integration skill with excellent actionability and workflow clarity—the connection lifecycle handling with state-based branching is particularly well done. The main weaknesses are unnecessary introductory content (platform description, feature overview bullet list) that wastes tokens, and the lack of progressive disclosure for the large actions table. Trimming the preamble and splitting reference material would improve it.
Suggestions
Remove the introductory paragraph explaining what Active Trail is and the 'Active Trail Overview' bullet list—Claude doesn't need this context and it wastes tokens.
Move the 'Popular actions' table to a separate ACTIONS.md reference file and link to it from the main skill, improving progressive disclosure.
Consider moving the detailed CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED state descriptions to a separate CONNECTION_STATES.md file to keep the main workflow leaner.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The opening paragraph explaining what Active Trail is and who uses it is unnecessary context Claude doesn't need. The 'Active Trail Overview' bullet list adds no actionable value. However, the CLI commands and action tables are reasonably efficient. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides fully executable CLI commands for authentication, connection setup, action discovery, action execution, and proxy requests. The popular actions table with keys is concrete and copy-paste ready, and the proxy request flags are well-documented. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The connection workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit state checks (READY, BUILDING, CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED, error states) and polling/retry loops. The progression from authentication → connection → action discovery → action execution is well-structured with validation at each step. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is a single monolithic file with no references to supporting documents. The popular actions table (20+ rows) and the detailed connection state machine could be split into separate reference files. However, the sections are well-organized with clear headers. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 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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