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add-adaptive-card-form

Create form-based UI for your Command Palette extension using Adaptive Cards. Use when asked to add forms, user input fields, toggle switches, text inputs, dropdown menus, data entry, surveys, configuration dialogs, or interactive content pages. Supports the Adaptive Cards Designer for visual form building.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

86%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.

A well-structured, highly actionable skill body: executable code covers the common form case, the pattern library is correctly offloaded to a one-level-deep reference file, and the deploy/test workflow is clearly sequenced. The only friction is minor redundancy between the intro, 'When to Use', and the description, and a missing explicit error-recovery step in testing.

Suggestions

Trim the opening paragraph's second sentence ('Forms allow you to collect user input through text fields, toggles, dropdowns, and other controls.') and the 'When to Use This Skill' list, since both restate the description — let the frontmatter carry triggers.

Add an explicit validation/error-recovery step in Step 3 (e.g., 'If the form doesn't appear, check the extension log and re-run Reload') to strengthen the workflow's feedback loop.

Consider moving the DataJson and mixing-content examples into references/form-patterns.md to keep SKILL.md focused on the core single-form quick start.

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Conciseness

Largely lean with copy-paste code, but the opening 'Forms allow you to collect user input through text fields, toggles, dropdowns, and other controls' and the 'When to Use This Skill' list restate concepts/triggers already covered in the description — minor trimmable padding. Fits the 4-anchor (efficient, minor over-explanation) rather than 5 (every token earns its place).

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste-ready C# covering the common case end-to-end (ContentPage + FormContent with TemplateJson, SubmitForm handler, provider registration) plus concrete DataJson and content-mixing examples, matching the 5-anchor.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Clear three-step sequence (create page → register → deploy & test) with a test checkpoint, but Step 3 lacks an explicit validation/error-recovery loop if the form fails to load or submit. Fits the 4-anchor (clear sequence, minor validation gaps); not 5 because no explicit feedback loop, not 3 because the deploy+reload+submit test is a real checkpoint and the operation is non-destructive so the 3-cap does not apply.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep reference to references/form-patterns.md (a real file) for pattern templates, plus curated external documentation links; content is appropriately split and easy to navigate, matching the 5-anchor.

5 / 5

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Description

100%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 exemplary: third-person voice, concrete capability list, explicit 'Use when...' triggers with natural synonyms, and a distinct niche tied to Command Palette extensions and Adaptive Cards. No vague fluff or over-claims.

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Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'forms, user input fields, toggle switches, text inputs, dropdown menus, data entry, surveys, configuration dialogs, or interactive content pages' — giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities, matching the 5-anchor.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Create form-based UI for your Command Palette extension using Adaptive Cards') and 'when' ('Use when asked to add forms, user input fields...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5-anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural-term coverage including synonyms users actually say ('forms', 'toggle switches', 'dropdown menus', 'surveys', 'configuration dialogs', 'interactive content pages'), matching the 5-anchor example's breadth.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Scoped to 'Command Palette extension' + 'Adaptive Cards' forms, a clear niche with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills, matching the 5-anchor.

5 / 5

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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