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Activate when the user asks about APM (Agent Package Manager): installing, configuring, authoring, or troubleshooting AI-agent packages, dependencies, compilation, MCP servers, policy, or any `apm` CLI command.

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Quality

Content

77%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 concise and well-structured with clean progressive disclosure via a clear reference section. Workflow clarity is the weakest dimension: the operational sequence is implicit and lacks explicit validation checkpoints.

Suggestions

Add an explicit numbered workflow (e.g., clone → apm install → pin → apm compile → apm audit) so the sequence is unambiguous.

Insert a validation checkpoint such as running `apm audit` after install/update to confirm dependencies and policy compliance before proceeding.

Note which referenced .md files are authoritative for each scenario to avoid ambiguity when multiple apply.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

A lean ~40-line body of terse bullet points that assumes Claude's competence; no padded explanations of concepts Claude already knows.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete commands (`apm install`, `apm install --update`, `apm compile`, `apm audit`) and specific rules, but the bulk is high-level guidance with minor gaps in executable detail.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A rough sequence is implied (clone → apm install → pin versions → update) but steps are not explicitly sequenced and lack validation checkpoints beyond the optional `apm audit`.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A well-organized overview under 50 lines with a clearly signaled one-level-deep Reference section linking to eight topic-specific .md files.

5 / 5

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17

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20

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Description

88%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 strong: it specifies concrete actions across a comprehensive domain, includes explicit activation triggers, and carves out a distinct niche. Minor room to add a couple of natural-term synonyms for APM.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'installing, configuring, authoring, or troubleshooting AI-agent packages, dependencies, compilation, MCP servers, policy' — providing comprehensive coverage of what APM does.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (installing, configuring, authoring, troubleshooting, compilation, MCP servers, policy) and when ('Activate when the user asks about APM').

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes the natural terms users would say — 'APM', 'Agent Package Manager', and 'apm CLI command' — with good keyword coverage, though a few synonyms or variations are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche around APM/Agent Package Manager with distinct, specific triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

19

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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

CriteriaDescriptionResult

relative_links

Relative link issues: 8 missing

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
microsoft/apm
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