Analyze Azure resource groups and generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams showing the relationships between individual resources. WHEN: create architecture diagram, visualize Azure resources, show resource relationships, generate Mermaid diagram, analyze resource group, diagram my resources, architecture visualization, resource topology, map Azure infrastructure.
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Discovery
100%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a strong skill description that clearly communicates its purpose, lists concrete actions, and provides extensive trigger terms. It follows the recommended pattern of stating what the skill does followed by explicit 'WHEN' triggers, and uses third-person voice throughout. The description is concise yet comprehensive, occupying a clear and distinct niche.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description lists multiple concrete actions: 'Analyze Azure resource groups', 'generate detailed Mermaid architecture diagrams', and 'showing the relationships between individual resources'. These are specific, actionable capabilities. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (analyze Azure resource groups and generate Mermaid architecture diagrams showing resource relationships) and 'when' (explicit WHEN clause with multiple trigger scenarios). The trigger guidance is explicit and comprehensive. | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms users would say: 'create architecture diagram', 'visualize Azure resources', 'show resource relationships', 'generate Mermaid diagram', 'analyze resource group', 'diagram my resources', 'architecture visualization', 'resource topology', 'map Azure infrastructure'. These cover many natural phrasings. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | Highly distinctive with a clear niche: Azure resource groups + Mermaid diagrams + resource relationships. The combination of Azure-specific terminology and Mermaid diagram output format makes it very unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
35%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill is well-structured in terms of workflow sequencing and covers the domain comprehensively, but it is significantly over-verbose, restating many things Claude already knows and padding with motivational/quality language. Actionability suffers from a lack of complete executable examples inline — the concrete Mermaid example and template are deferred to external files that aren't provided. The skill would benefit greatly from aggressive trimming and inlining at least one complete working example.
Suggestions
Cut 'Core Responsibilities', 'Quality Standards', 'Success Criteria', and most of the 'Always Do / Never Do' lists — these restate obvious expectations and waste tokens. Keep only non-obvious constraints like 'read-only analysis' and 'never expose secrets'.
Inline a complete, minimal Mermaid diagram example directly in the skill rather than only referencing an external asset file, so the skill is actionable even without bundle files.
Add an explicit validation checkpoint in the workflow, e.g., 'After generating the Mermaid diagram, verify syntax by checking for balanced brackets, valid node IDs, and proper subgraph nesting before writing the file.'
Move the detailed 'Output Format Specifications' and 'Markdown Structure' sections to a referenced file to reduce the main skill's length and improve progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Extremely verbose with significant padding. Sections like 'Core Responsibilities', 'Success Criteria', 'Quality Standards', and 'Operating Guidelines' restate obvious expectations Claude already knows (e.g., 'Accuracy: Verify all resource details before including in diagram', 'Don't omit resources'). The checklist-style 'Always Do / Never Do' lists are largely redundant with the workflow itself. The content could be cut by 50%+ without losing actionable information. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides some concrete guidance like specific az CLI commands and Mermaid syntax patterns, but most instructions are descriptive rather than executable. No complete, copy-paste-ready code examples or scripts. The tool usage patterns give intent strings but not actual executable commands or API calls. The Mermaid syntax section describes conventions but doesn't provide a complete working example inline (it references an external file instead). | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 4-step workflow is clearly sequenced and logically ordered. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints — no step to verify the Mermaid diagram renders correctly, no validation of discovered resources against expected counts, and no feedback loop for error recovery during diagram construction. The edge cases section is helpful but doesn't integrate into the workflow as checkpoints. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | References to external files like 'references/azure-resource-graph.md', 'assets/example-diagram.md', and 'assets/template-architecture.md' are well-signaled and one level deep. However, no bundle files were provided, meaning these references are broken/unverifiable. Additionally, the main SKILL.md contains substantial inline content (Operating Guidelines, Output Format Specifications, Success Criteria) that could be split out, making the overview bloated. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 7 / 12 Passed |
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.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
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