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airtable

Airtable integration. Manage project management data, records, and workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Airtable data.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

57%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The body is a genuinely actionable CLI playbook — the connection lifecycle, action discovery, and proxy escape hatch are all concretely demonstrated. Its weaknesses are the padding around what Airtable is, a broken "Step 2" cross-reference, missing safety verification for destructive batch record operations, and reference-grade detail (clientAction states, proxy flags) that belongs in bundle files.

Suggestions

Fix the dangling "skip to Step 2" reference by labeling the Searching for actions section as Step 2 (and the connection section as Step 1), and add a validation step before destructive batch actions (e.g., "Run get-record or list-records first to confirm the record IDs, and confirm with the user before delete-records").

Trim the conceptual intro paragraph and the "When to use which actions" filler line; Claude already knows what Airtable is, so start with the Membrane workflow.

Move the clientAction state-enum detail and the proxy flag table into a references/ file (e.g. references/connection-states.md and references/proxy.md) linked from the body to reduce SKILL.md to a lean overview.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The bulk of the body is efficient copy-paste CLI commands, but it opens with an explanation of what Airtable is ("low-code platform... spreadsheet on steroids") that Claude already knows, and includes filler like "When to use which actions: Use action names and parameters as needed" and "This is the fastest way to get a connection".

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete executable commands throughout (npm install, membrane login, connection ensure with a real URL, action list/run with --input and --json, proxy flag table) with only minor gaps — e.g., no worked action example showing a real Airtable --input payload like a table ID and field values.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A reasonable install → login → connect → poll → search → run sequence exists with state-based branching (READY/CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED/CONFIGURATION_ERROR), but "skip to Step 2" references a step that is never labeled, and the destructive/batch operations (delete-records, update-records, up to 10 at a time) have no verification guidance, invoking the rubric's cap of 3 for batch operations without validation.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Headers are well organized, but this is a ~150-line single-file skill with reference-grade material inlined (the clientAction state enum details and the proxy options table), so it does not qualify for the under-50-line exception and sits at "some structure, content that should be separate is inline".

3 / 5

Total

13

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20

Passed

Description

66%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 functional description with the required what/when structure and strong distinctiveness from naming a specific platform, but the capability statement is generic ("manage... data, records, and workflows") and the trigger vocabulary is thin on natural synonyms like "base" or "table". It reads as a mid-tier description: clear trigger, vague payload.

Suggestions

Replace "Manage project management data, records, and workflows" with concrete operations, e.g. "Create, update, delete, and list records; inspect base schemas and tables".

Broaden the trigger clause with natural variations users actually say, e.g. "Use when the user mentions Airtable, an Airtable base, records, or wants spreadsheet-database workflows".

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Manage project management data, records, and workflows" names the Airtable domain with 1-2 quasi-concrete actions, but "manage" is generic and there is no list of several specific operations (e.g., create/update/delete records, list bases) that would match anchor 4.

3 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: "Manage project management data, records, and workflows" (what) and "Use when the user wants to interact with Airtable data" (when), but the "when" clause is generic ("interact with") rather than concrete trigger phrases, so it does not reach anchor 5.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Airtable" and "records" are relevant natural keywords, but common variations and synonyms a user might say ("base", "table", "Airtable database", "spreadsheet") are missing, matching the anchor for some relevant keywords without variations.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is entirely anchored on a single distinct named platform (Airtable) with an explicit Airtable-only trigger, giving a clear niche with minimal risk of firing for the wrong skill.

5 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

membranedev/application-skills

Path

skills/airtable/SKILL.md

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