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circle-1

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

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

67%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 strongly actionable, command-first guide with a well-defined connection state machine including polling and error-state handling, which is its main strength. Its weaknesses are redundancy (the action-list command appears in two sections with different invocations), a "Popular actions" section with no actual popular actions, and navigation glitches like a reference to a nonexistent "Step 2". Overall it scores above the midpoint, with cleanup rather than restructuring needed.

Suggestions

Merge "Popular actions" into "Searching for actions": either list actual commonly used Circle actions with example intents, or delete the section, eliminating the duplicated and inconsistent npx @membranehq/cli@latest invocation

Fix the dangling "skip to **Step 2**" references by renaming the subsequent sections as numbered steps (e.g. Step 2: Find actions, Step 3: Run actions) so the workflow reads as one coherent sequence

Pick one CLI invocation style (membrane vs npx @membranehq/cli@latest) and use it consistently across all code blocks

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Conciseness

The body is command-dense but includes unnecessary material: the full action-list command appears twice ("membrane action list" in Searching for actions and "npx @membranehq/cli@latest action list" under Popular actions), a "Popular actions" section that contains no actual actions, and a two-sentence product intro explaining what Circle is. This matches anchor 3 ("mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened") rather than 4, which expects only minor trims.

3 / 5

Actionability

Nearly everything is copy-paste executable: install, login (including headless completion), connection ensure/poll commands, action run with JSON --input, and a full proxy flag table — matching anchor 4 ("mostly executable guidance... with minor gaps"). It falls short of 5 because no concrete Circle action examples or intents are shown (e.g. an example action id, a sample --intent query, or a worked create-a-post flow).

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The setup sequence (install → authenticate → connect → poll state → search → run → proxy fallback) is clearly ordered with explicit state-based checkpoints (READY, BUILDING, CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED, CONFIGURATION_ERROR) and re-poll instructions, matching anchor 4. It does not reach 5 because of a dangling "skip to **Step 2**" reference with no Step 2 heading, inconsistent CLI invocation (membrane vs npx @membranehq/cli@latest), and no guidance for verifying an action's result or handling a failed action run.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, and the single-file body is appropriately overview-level for a CLI-mediated skill — no content clearly belongs in separate reference files — with clear section headers, matching anchor 4 ("good structure; most content is appropriately placed... minor organization gaps"). It is below 5 due to the duplicated action-discovery content across two sections and the mislabeled step numbering that hurts navigation.

4 / 5

Total

15

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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 correctly names the Circle domain and includes an explicit "Use when..." trigger clause, giving it adequate completeness and reasonable distinctiveness. However, its stated capabilities are vague and generic, failing to reflect the concrete Circle functionality (posts, members, events, direct messages) the skill body actually supports. Overall it sits at or slightly above the midpoint of the rubric.

Suggestions

Replace the generic phrase "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" with concrete Circle capabilities drawn from the body, e.g. "Create and manage posts, events, and member records in Circle communities"

Expand the trigger clause with natural user phrasing: "Use when the user wants to work with Circle communities, posts, events, members, or direct messages"

Mention what Circle is (a community platform) in one clause so users who describe the need without naming the product (e.g. "our community posts") can still match the skill

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Specificity

It names the domain ("Circle integration") but the actions are generic buzzphrases — "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" — with no concrete Circle capabilities (posts, members, events, direct messages) that the skill body clearly supports. It matches anchor 2 ("names the domain but actions are minimal or generic") rather than 3, which requires 1-2 genuinely concrete actions.

2 / 5

Completeness

Both elements are present: a what ("Manage data, records, and automate workflows") and an explicit "Use when..." clause ("Use when the user wants to interact with Circle data"), matching anchor 4. It falls short of 5 because the what is vague and the when is self-referential rather than naming concrete trigger phrases like posts, community events, or member management.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Use when the user wants to interact with Circle data" anchors on the app name, but the description offers no natural synonyms or variations users would say — community, posts, events, members, courses — mirroring anchor 3 ("some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms"). It is above anchor 2 because "Circle" is itself the natural term users say, and below anchor 4 because coverage stops there.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Circle" is a distinct product name, so the trigger is mostly distinguishable from other skills with only minor overlap risk from generic phrasing like "Manage data, records, and automate workflows" — matching anchor 4. It is below anchor 5 because that generic action language could bleed into other integration/data-management skills.

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

CriteriaDescriptionResult

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/circle-1/SKILL.md

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