skill-build-component

[Skill] Build and test Azure Linux components using azldev. Use when building packages, debugging build failures, inspecting mock chroots, preparing sources, or working with the build inner loop. Triggers: build component, build failed, mock shell, prepare sources, debug build, build error.

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Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A high-quality, dense, command-first skill body: executable guidance, a clearly sequenced inner-loop workflow with validation checkpoints, and well-organized one-level-deep references to sibling skills. It avoids concept-explanation fluff and assumes Claude's competence.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is information-dense and assumes Claude's competence (no explanations of RPM/mock/dnf5 basics); every section is actionable and the blockquote callouts are operational gotchas ('Never install built RPMs on the host', 'Don't mix -p with --add-package') rather than padding, matching the score-3 'lean and efficient; every token earns its place' anchor.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands throughout — 'azldev comp build -p <name>', 'azldev comp render -p <name>', 'azldev adv mock shell --add-package /path/to/rpm' — plus a per-step command/what-to-check table, matching the score-3 'fully executable code/commands; copy-paste ready' anchor.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The Dev Inner Loop gives an explicit 'investigate → modify → render → build → test → inspect' sequence with a validation table, and Debugging Build Failures is a numbered 0–4 fallback; explicit checkpoints ('Verify with prep-sources before a full build', 'smoke-test before reporting success', render-to-verify feedback loop) match the score-3 'clear sequence with explicit validation steps; feedback loops' anchor.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files exist in references/scripts/assets, and the body delegates detail to well-signaled, one-level-deep cross-skill references (skill-mock, skill-update-component, comp-toml.instructions.md) rather than duplicating them, with clear section organization (Build Sequence, Dev Inner Loop, Debugging, Per-Component Overrides, Reference) matching the score-3 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references' anchor.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, third-person description that clearly states the capability, provides an explicit 'Use when' clause, and lists natural trigger terms. It is specific to the azldev/Azure Linux niche with low conflict risk.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Build and test Azure Linux components', 'building packages, debugging build failures, inspecting mock chroots, preparing sources, or working with the build inner loop' — matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor rather than the score-2 'some actions, not comprehensive'.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Build and test Azure Linux components using azldev') and when (an explicit 'Use when...' clause and a 'Triggers:' list), matching the score-3 'clearly answers both what AND when with explicit triggers' anchor rather than the score-2 'when only implied' anchor.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	The 'Triggers: build component, build failed, mock shell, prepare sources, debug build, build error' list plus the 'Use when...' clause give good coverage of natural phrasings with common variations (build failed / build error / debug build), exceeding the score-2 'missing common variations' anchor; terms like 'mock shell' are domain-natural for the azldev audience.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Tightly scoped to 'Azure Linux components using azldev' with distinct build/test triggers, giving a clear niche unlikely to fire for unrelated skills; matches the score-3 'clear niche with distinct triggers' anchor.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

87%

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Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 9 suspicious	Warning
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 1 missing	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: microsoft/azurelinux
Path: .github/skills/skill-build-component/SKILL.md
Commit: 9e308ff

Reviewed: 6 days ago

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