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

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

75%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 highly actionable with concrete CLI commands and a well-sequenced connection workflow, but it carries some unnecessary background prose and minor structural inconsistencies.

Suggestions

Remove or condense the introductory paragraph explaining what MessageBird is, since Claude already knows this.

Fix the workflow numbering so referenced steps ('Step 2', '1b') map to actual labeled steps.

Either populate 'Popular actions' with concrete example actions or remove the stub section to avoid a dead-end pointer.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly efficient with concrete commands, but the opening paragraph explaining what MessageBird is and why businesses use it is unnecessary context Claude already knows.

3 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready bash commands for install, auth, connection, action search/run, and proxy requests, plus a flags table covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The connection workflow has a clear sequence with state-polling checkpoints and a retry loop after client action, but numbering is inconsistent ('Step 2' is referenced but unlabeled, '1b' appears without a '1a').

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized single-file structure with clear section headers and no nested references, though the 'Popular actions' section is a stub that redirects to discovery rather than listing actual popular actions.

4 / 5

Total

16

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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 is well-structured with an explicit trigger clause, but its capability language is generic and lacks the concrete MessageBird actions or channel synonyms that would make it specific and distinctive.

Suggestions

Replace 'Manage data, records, and automate workflows' with concrete actions like 'send SMS, manage contacts and conversations, configure webhooks'.

Add natural trigger synonyms such as SMS, voice, WhatsApp, or OTP so the skill surfaces for those user requests.

Tighten the 'Use when' clause to reference specific intents (e.g., 'when the user wants to send messages or manage contacts via MessageBird').

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the MessageBird domain but the actions ('Manage data, records, and automate workflows') are generic and minimal rather than concrete capabilities like sending SMS or creating contacts.

2 / 5

Completeness

It provides both a 'what' (integration, manage data, automate workflows) and an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, though the 'what' is vague.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

The keyword 'MessageBird' is present, but no synonyms or natural variations users would say (SMS, voice, WhatsApp) are included.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

MessageBird is a clearly named niche with low conflict risk, though generic phrasing ('manage data, records') could overlap with other integration 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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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