Name: channeladvisor
Rating: 61.6 (1 reviews)
Author: membranedev

channeladvisor

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

Quality

73%

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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 content is highly actionable with copy-paste-ready commands and clear structure. The main gap is the absence of validation/confirmation checkpoints for destructive order operations (cancel/refund, ship, export), which caps workflow clarity.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation or confirmation steps before destructive batch operations such as adjust-order (cancel/refund), ship-order, and export-order — e.g. verify the order state, show a summary, then confirm before running.

Trim the opening platform-overview paragraph and the parenthetical agent-type aside, which restate concepts Claude already knows.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is command-driven and mostly tight, with only minor over-explanation (the opening platform-overview paragraph and the trailing "Those will be used to adjust tooling" aside) that could be trimmed, fitting the "efficient, minor instances of over-explanation" anchor.	4 / 5
Actionability	It provides copy-paste-ready bash commands for every step (install, login, connection ensure/get, action list/run, request) plus a popular-actions table mapping names to keys and schema details, covering the common cases fully, matching the "fully executable, copy-paste ready" anchor.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The connection-setup flow is well-sequenced with state polling and a CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED feedback loop, but destructive/batch operations (export-order, adjust-order cancel/refund, ship-order) lack explicit validation checkpoints, so the destructive-operation cap holds it at 3.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The skill is a single self-contained SKILL.md (no bundle files exist) with well-organized sections and easy navigation, so the simple-skill exception applies and it scores 5 despite having no external file references.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 is clear and explicit about both purpose and trigger, anchored by the distinctive ChannelAdvisor platform name. Its main weakness is generic action language and limited trigger-term variety rather than comprehensive concrete capabilities.

Suggestions

Replace generic verbs ("Manage data, records, and automate workflows") with specific concrete actions like "list and update products, export and adjust orders, manage distribution centers".

Expand the trigger clause with natural synonyms users might say, e.g. "Use when the user wants to manage ChannelAdvisor products, orders, inventory, or exports".

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the ChannelAdvisor domain and a couple of actions ("Manage data, records, and automate workflows"), but the actions are generic rather than several specific concrete ones, fitting the "1-2 concrete actions, not comprehensive" anchor.	3 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states both what it does ("Manage data, records, and automate workflows") and when to use it ("Use when the user wants to interact with ChannelAdvisor data"), though the trigger could be more comprehensive, fitting the "both what and when, when could be more specific" anchor.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes the relevant keyword "ChannelAdvisor" and the natural phrase "interact with ChannelAdvisor data", but lacks common variations or synonyms beyond the platform name, matching the "some relevant keywords but missing variations" anchor.	3 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Naming the specific platform "ChannelAdvisor" gives it a clear niche with a distinct trigger and minimal overlap risk with other skills, matching the "clear niche, minimal conflict risk" anchor.	5 / 5
	Total	15 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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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

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: membranedev/application-skills
Path: skills/channeladvisor/SKILL.md
Commit: f484c82

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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