add-fallback-commands

Add fallback commands to your Command Palette extension for catch-all search behavior. Use when asked to add search functionality, query matching, direct input handling, calculator-style evaluation, URL opening, command execution, or results that appear when no other extension matches. Used by 14 of 20 built-in extensions.

Quality

93%

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Content

93%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 content is tight and highly actionable with three complete code examples and a clear mental model of how fallback commands work. Only minor: the async search workflow lacks an explicit validation/retry checkpoint.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean body with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section earns its place with code or a direct list.	5 / 5
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready C# examples covering static, dynamic, and cancellation patterns for the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear four-step sequence of how fallbacks work plus a responsive-with-cancellation pattern is present, but there is no explicit validate/verify checkpoint for the async search path.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	A single self-contained SKILL.md with well-organized sections and two clearly signaled external doc links; no bundle files needed, satisfying the simple-skill exception.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

92%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 concise, third-person, and clearly delineates both capability and trigger conditions for a distinct niche. Trigger term coverage is strong but could add a couple more natural synonyms.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete catch-all behaviors (query matching, calculator-style evaluation, URL opening, command execution) rather than abstract language.	5 / 5
Completeness	Clearly states what it does (add fallback commands for catch-all search behavior) and explicitly answers when with a concrete 'Use when' clause listing trigger scenarios.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural trigger phrases like 'search functionality', 'query matching', and 'calculator-style evaluation' a user would say, though a few synonyms/extensions are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Scoped to a narrow Command Palette extension niche with distinct fallback-command triggers, minimizing overlap with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: microsoft/PowerToys
Path: src/modules/cmdpal/ExtensionTemplate/TemplateCmdPalExtension/.github/skills/add-fallback-commands/SKILL.md
Commit: b9c82a4

Reviewed: ~15 hours ago

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