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world-news-api

World News API integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows. Use when the user wants to interact with World News API 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 well-structured, mostly actionable guide with concrete Membrane CLI commands and a real connection-state feedback loop. Its main weaknesses are mild prose padding, an undefined 'Step 2' reference that slightly breaks the workflow coherence, and a lack of result verification after running actions.

Suggestions

Trim filler sentences ('keep users informed on current events', 'focus on the integration logic', 'This is the fastest way to get a connection') and remove the near-empty Overview tree to tighten conciseness.

Define or remove the dangling 'Step 2' reference so the connect -> search -> run sequence is internally consistent.

Add a brief verification/check step after `membrane action run` (e.g. inspecting the `output` field and checking for error states) to complete the workflow feedback loop.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly concrete commands and a useful options table, but contains several unnecessary explanatory sentences ('keep users informed on current events', 'focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing', 'This is the fastest way to get a connection') plus a near-empty Overview tree, matching 'Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened'.

3 / 5

Actionability

It provides copy-paste-ready commands for every common case (install, login, connection ensure, action list, action run, request) plus a documented proxy options table, but examples leave placeholders like CONNECTION_ID and <actionId> that the user must substitute, matching 'Mostly executable guidance; concrete code or commands with minor gaps'.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The install -> authenticate -> connect -> poll-for-state -> search -> run -> proxy sequence is clear and includes a genuine feedback loop (poll until not BUILDING; on CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED act then re-poll), but the referenced 'Step 2' is never defined and there is no validation of action results, matching 'Clear sequence with most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps'.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

With no bundle files present the single SKILL.md is well organized into clear sections (Overview, Working with, Install, Authentication, Connecting, Searching, Popular actions, Proxy requests, Best practices) with no nested or broken external references, matching 'Good structure; most content is appropriately placed; minor organization gaps'.

4 / 5

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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 correctly states the skill's niche (World News API) and includes a usable 'Use when' clause, but its capability language is generic template boilerplate ('manage data, records, automate workflows') rather than concrete news-API actions. Trigger coverage is adequate but lacks common synonyms like 'news articles' or 'headlines'.

Suggestions

Replace generic boilerplate with concrete World News API actions, e.g. 'Search news articles, retrieve records, and automate news-data workflows via the World News API.'

Expand the trigger clause with natural user phrases, e.g. 'Use when the user wants to search world news, retrieve news articles, or work with World News API data.'

Drop the interchangeable 'Manage data, records' phrasing that overlaps with other Membrane API skills to sharpen distinctiveness.

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Specificity

The phrase 'Manage data, records, and automate workflows' names the World News API domain but the actions are minimal and generic boilerplate rather than concrete API operations like 'search news' or 'retrieve articles', matching the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic'.

2 / 5

Completeness

Both 'what' ('World News API integration. Manage data, records, and automate workflows') and an explicit 'when' ('Use when the user wants to interact with World News API data') are present, but the 'when' clause is generic rather than concrete trigger phrases, matching 'Has both what and when; when could be more explicit or specific'.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It includes the natural domain term 'World News API' and 'news', but misses common variations and synonyms users would say such as 'news articles', 'headlines', or 'search the news', matching 'Some relevant keywords but missing common variations'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'World News API' niche is clearly stated and fairly distinct, but the generic template phrasing 'Manage data, records, and automate workflows' creates minor overlap risk with sibling Membrane API-integration skills, matching 'Mostly distinct; minor overlap risk'.

4 / 5

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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

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