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basiq

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

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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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 strong, command-driven guide with a well-structured connection workflow and explicit state handling. Main gaps are the duplicated action-discovery command, a "Popular actions" section that promises but lacks concrete actions, and dangling "Step 2"/"1b" step references.

Suggestions

Fix the dangling step references: either label the subsequent sections as "Step 1a/1b/Step 2" or replace "skip to **Step 2**" and "#### 1b." with descriptive section names.

Make "Popular actions" deliver on its title by listing 2-3 concrete example Basiq actions (e.g. list users, retrieve transactions for a connection) instead of repeating the discovery command, and remove the duplicated command.

Add one concrete proxy example (e.g. "membrane request CONNECTION_ID /users --json") to make the fallback path immediately executable.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is efficient with concrete commands and little padding, but the "Popular actions" section repeats the action-discovery command already shown in "Searching for actions", and a few explanatory sentences (e.g. "This is the fastest way to get a connection. The URL is normalized...") could be trimmed. Minor instances of over-explanation — anchor 4, not the lean 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Guidance is mostly executable with copy-paste commands ("membrane connection ensure \"https://basiq.io/\" --json", polling with "--wait", a full flags table for "membrane request"). Not 5: the "Popular actions" section contains no actual example Basiq actions and the proxy section lacks a concrete sample invocation.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear install → login (with headless fallback) → connect → poll-until-ready sequence exists, with state-based checkpoints (READY / CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED / CONFIGURATION_ERROR) and a re-poll feedback loop after user action. Not 5: "skip to **Step 2**" references a labeled step that does not exist, and "#### 1b." implies a missing "1a", creating minor incoherence. No destructive/batch operations, so no validation cap applies.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist; the single-file skill is organized into clear, well-labeled sections (Install, Authentication, Connecting, Searching, Running, Proxy, Best practices) that are easy to navigate. It exceeds the ~50-line simple-skill threshold and inlines some CLI detail that could live in a reference file, so anchor 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Total

16

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20

Passed

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 has an explicit and usable 'Use when' trigger and a distinctive domain name, but the capability statement is generic. Naming the actual Basiq objects and operations would lift specificity and trigger coverage.

Suggestions

Replace "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" with concrete Basiq actions, e.g. "Create user connections to bank accounts, retrieve accounts and transactions, and manage consents via the Basiq API."

Add natural trigger synonyms users would actually say — "bank account data", "transactions", "financial data", "open banking (AU/NZ)" — to improve both trigger_term_quality and specificity.

Mention what Basiq is in one clause ("Basiq, the Australian/New Zealand open-banking API") to reinforce distinctiveness against generic data skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Manage data, records, and automate workflows" names the Basiq domain but the actions are entirely generic — no concrete Basiq capabilities (connections, bank accounts, transactions, consents) are stated. This matches the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic' rather than 3, which requires 1-2 concrete actions.

2 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: a what ("Basiq integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows") and an explicit when ("Use when the user wants to interact with Basiq data"). Matches anchor 4 since the what could be more specific; not 3 because the when clause is explicit rather than missing or weakly implied.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Basiq" and "Basiq data" are natural trigger terms a user would say, but common variations and synonyms (bank accounts, transactions, financial data, open banking) are missing. Fits 'Some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'; not 4 because several natural terms are absent.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Basiq" carves a clear niche with minimal conflict risk, but the generic tail ("Manage data, records, and automate workflows") could overlap with broad data-management skills. Mostly distinct with minor overlap risk — anchor 4, not 5.

4 / 5

Total

13

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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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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/basiq/SKILL.md

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