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assemblyai

AssemblyAI integration. Manage Transcripts, Speakers, Jobs. Use when the user wants to interact with AssemblyAI data.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

61%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 strongly action-oriented, built around concrete CLI commands, useful tables, and a connection workflow with explicit state-based error handling. Its weaknesses are padded background sections, a broken 'Step 2' reference, no AssemblyAI-specific worked example, and no validation guidance for the destructive/batch actions it exposes.

Suggestions

Trim the intro paragraph and the 18-item feature bullet list — both restate what AssemblyAI is or what `membrane action list --intent` already surfaces — and keep only what guides the workflow.

Fix the step numbering: the text says 'skip to Step 2' but no Step 2 heading exists; either number the sections (Install → Authenticate → Connect → Discover → Run) or drop the step references.

Add validation guidance for destructive and batch actions, e.g. verify a transcript ID via `get-transcript` and confirm with the user before `delete-transcript`, and show one concrete end-to-end example such as `create-transcript` with a real audio_url followed by polling for completion.

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Conciseness

The bulk is lean executable commands and tables, but the intro paragraph ('AssemblyAI provides APIs to transcribe audio and video files into text. Developers use it to add speech-to-text capabilities...') explains concepts Claude already knows, and the 18-item feature bullet taxonomy duplicates what `membrane action list --intent` discovery provides. Fits anchor 3: mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation.

3 / 5

Actionability

Concrete copy-paste commands throughout (install, login, connection ensure, connection get --wait, action list, action run, request proxy). Not 5: the parameter example is generic (`--input '{"key": "value"}'`) and there is no AssemblyAI-specific end-to-end example such as creating a transcript with an audio_url, so the core use case lacks a concrete worked example.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A sequence is present (install → login → connection ensure → poll → search actions → run → proxy) with good branching for CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED and CONFIGURATION_ERROR states, but the workflow text references 'Step 2' twice while no Step 2 heading exists (numbering breaks after '1b'), and destructive/batch operations (Delete Transcript, List Transcripts) are surfaced with no validation or verification guidance. Per the rubric cap for workflows involving destructive/batch operations without validation, workflow clarity cannot exceed 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A single, well-sectioned file with clear headers and no nested or dangling references. The skill is over 50 lines so the simple-skill exception does not apply, and the popular-actions table and 18-item feature taxonomy could arguably live in a reference file — a minor organization gap matching anchor 4.

4 / 5

Total

14

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20

Passed

Description

61%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 follows the what/when structure and anchors triggers to a distinct vendor niche, but it is held back by a generic action verb ("Manage") and a circular when-clause. It conveys scope objects but neither concrete capabilities nor the natural vocabulary (transcribe, audio, speech-to-text) users would employ.

Suggestions

Replace the generic verb with concrete actions, e.g. 'Create, list, and delete transcripts; search words; export subtitles in SRT/VTT; run speaker labeling and audio intelligence jobs.'

Add natural trigger terms users would say, such as transcribe, transcription, speech-to-text, audio/video files, and subtitles, to the when-clause.

Make the when-clause non-circular by referencing use cases (e.g. 'Use when the user wants to transcribe audio, analyze calls, or generate captions') rather than only 'interact with AssemblyAI data'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain ("AssemblyAI integration") and lists objects ("Manage Transcripts, Speakers, Jobs"), but the only verb is the generic "Manage" — no concrete actions like create, search, delete, or export transcripts. This matches the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic' rather than anchor 3, which requires 1-2 concrete actions.

2 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: what ("Manage Transcripts, Speakers, Jobs") and when ("Use when the user wants to interact with AssemblyAI data"). Score is not 3 because the 'Use when' clause is explicit; not 5 because the when-clause is circular (only referencing AssemblyAI itself) rather than giving concrete trigger phrases, and the what is generic.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords are present ("AssemblyAI", "Transcripts", "Speakers", "Jobs"), but the natural phrases users would actually say — transcribe, transcription, audio, speech-to-text, subtitles — are missing. Fits anchor 3: some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Use when the user wants to interact with AssemblyAI data" ties triggers to a clearly named vendor niche, making conflict with other skills minimal. Matches anchor 5: clear niche with distinct triggers.

5 / 5

Total

14

/

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

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

membranedev/application-skills

Path

skills/assemblyai/SKILL.md

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