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aleph-alpha

Aleph Alpha integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with Aleph Alpha data.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

63%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 solid, command-driven operational guide with real feedback loops around connection state, which is its main strength. Its weaknesses are generic template filler, a dangling 'Step 2' reference and '1b' heading with no numbered steps, an empty actions-description table, and no use of reference files to keep the overview lean.

Suggestions

Fix the workflow numbering: either label sections 'Step 1: Connect', 'Step 2: Search actions', 'Step 3: Run actions' so the two 'skip to Step 2' references resolve, or remove those references and the orphaned '1b' heading.

Move the proxy flag table, the connection state-machine details, and the popular-actions catalog into one-level-deep reference files (e.g. references/proxy.md, references/actions.md), keeping SKILL.md a lean overview with pointers.

Delete the company-background paragraph and the empty Description column (either fill it with one-line action descriptions or drop the table), and replace placeholder invocations with one real example such as membrane action run complete-text with an actual prompt input.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient command-focused content, but with clear padding: the opening company profile ("Aleph Alpha is an AI research company... caters to businesses and developers") explains background Claude does not need, the 'Popular actions' table carries ten rows with an entirely empty Description column, and filler lines like "Use action names and parameters as needed" earn no tokens. Fits 'Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened'; not 2 because the bulk is concrete commands rather than padded prose.

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, copy-paste-ready commands throughout: 'npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest', 'membrane connection ensure "https://www.aleph-alpha.com/luminous" --json', 'membrane action run <actionId> --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --input \'{"key": "value"}\'' plus a full proxy flag table. Falls short of 5 because no real end-to-end example exists — every action invocation uses placeholders (CONNECTION_ID, QUERY, actionId) with no actual invocation of, e.g., complete-text with a real prompt — and the empty action descriptions leave the reader to discover parameters via inputSchema themselves.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear sequence (install → login → connection ensure → poll/state handling → search actions → run → proxy fallback) with genuine checkpoints: the --wait long-poll, the READY / CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED / CONFIGURATION_ERROR state machine with per-state instructions, and re-poll after user action form a feedback loop. Not 5 because the document twice says "skip to **Step 2**" and uses a '#### 1b' heading, yet no Step 1/Step 2 numbering exists anywhere — the cross-references dangle, leaving the reader to guess which section is next.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The single SKILL.md has decent section headers but no bundle files at all, and at ~160 lines it inlines content that belongs in references — the proxy options table, the connection state-machine details, and the popular-actions catalog would each be natural one-level-deep reference files. Fits 'Some structure but could be better organized; content that should be separate is inline'; not 4 because the split into overview + reference files has not been made at all.

3 / 5

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14

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20

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Description

57%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.

The description correctly uses third person and includes an explicit 'Use when' clause, but its capability statement is generic. None of Aleph Alpha's actual capabilities (LLM completions, embeddings, tokenization, evaluation, reranking) appear, so it reads like a template description with the brand name substituted in.

Suggestions

Replace 'Manage data, records, and automate workflows' with the concrete capabilities exposed by the skill, e.g. 'Run completions and chat, generate semantic embeddings, tokenize/detokenize text, evaluate and rerank outputs against Aleph Alpha models'.

Expand the trigger clause with natural task-level phrases: 'Use when the user mentions Aleph Alpha, Luminous models, or asks to complete, embed, tokenize, or evaluate text via Aleph Alpha.'

Drop the vague 'Manage data, records' wording, which invites confusion with generic database or workflow-automation skills.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ("Aleph Alpha integration") but the actions are generic — "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" could apply to almost any data tool, and none of Aleph Alpha's concrete capabilities (completions, embeddings, tokenization, evaluation) are mentioned. This matches the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic' (like "Processes PDF files"); it is above score 1 because a concrete domain is named, but below score 3 because no specific action is listed.

2 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: a what ("Aleph Alpha integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows") and an explicit when ("Use when the user wants to interact with Aleph Alpha data"). It is not 5 because the 'when' clause is near-tautological — it restates the brand rather than giving concrete trigger phrases or scenarios — and the 'what' is vague.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Aleph Alpha" is a strong, natural brand trigger and "data" / "records" add some relevance, but common task-level phrases users would actually say (complete text, chat, embed, tokenize, Luminous, .pdf-style synonyms) are missing. This fits 'Some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'; not 2 because the brand keyword is genuinely natural, not 4 because coverage beyond the brand name is thin.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The brand anchor "Aleph Alpha" makes the trigger mostly distinct from other skills, but the generic "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" wording creates minor overlap risk with data-management or workflow-automation skills. Fits 'Mostly distinct; minor overlap risk with closely related skills'; not 5 because the action phrasing is not niche-specific.

4 / 5

Total

13

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20

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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

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Total

15

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16

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Repository

membranedev/application-skills

Path

skills/aleph-alpha/SKILL.md

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