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setup-auth

Use when the user asks to "set up authentication", "add login", "add logout", "add sign in", "enable auth", "add role-based access", "add authorization", "protect routes", "configure identity provider", "configure Entra ID", "configure Entra External ID", "configure OpenID Connect", "add OIDC", "set up SAML", "set up WS-Federation", "set up local login", "add username password", "add Facebook login", "add Google sign in", "add Microsoft Account", "set up invitation login", or otherwise wants to set up authentication (login/logout) and role-based authorization for their Power Pages code site using any supported identity provider (Microsoft Entra ID, Entra External ID, OpenID Connect, SAML2, WS-Federation, local authentication, Microsoft Account, Facebook, or Google).

49

Quality

56%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

Optimize this skill with Tessl

npx tessl skill review --optimize ./plugins/power-pages/skills/setup-auth/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
Quality
Evals
Security

Quality

Content

39%

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

This skill demonstrates exceptional workflow design with clear phasing, explicit gates, and thorough validation checkpoints. However, it is catastrophically verbose — easily 10-20x longer than necessary for a SKILL.md file. Massive amounts of provider-specific configuration details, repeated security warnings, server internals documentation, and optional settings tables are inlined rather than split into reference files. The content would benefit enormously from aggressive extraction into referenced documents, leaving the SKILL.md as a concise orchestration guide.

Suggestions

Extract all provider-specific settings tables (Phase 2.1.1 optional settings for OIDC, SAML2, WS-Fed, social, local, session/cookie, global toggles) into a separate provider-settings-reference.md file — these tables alone account for thousands of tokens and are lookup material, not workflow instructions.

Extract the Entra External ID 4-step walkthrough (Phase 2.1 Steps 1-4) into a separate entra-external-id-setup.md reference file, keeping only a one-line pointer in the SKILL.md workflow.

Remove repeated security warnings — the AllowContactMappingWithEmail multi-tenant caveat appears verbatim in at least 5 places (once per provider settings table plus the main question). State it once in a reference file and link to it.

Remove explanations of server internals that Claude doesn't need to reproduce (e.g., LoginController.cs line numbers, OWIN middleware cookie mechanics, RegistrationManager.cs gating logic) — these are background context that inflates the skill without improving execution quality.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

This skill is extraordinarily verbose — over 40,000 words of inline content that could be dramatically reduced. It includes extensive explanations of server internals (OWIN middleware behavior, LoginController.cs line numbers, cookie mechanics), repeats the same security warnings (AllowContactMappingWithEmail multi-tenant caveat) verbatim 5+ times across different settings tables, and explains concepts Claude already knows (what PKCE is, how fetch works, what UUID format looks like). The massive inline settings tables for every provider type should be in reference files.

1 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides concrete shell commands (create-site-setting.js invocations), specific file paths, and detailed TypeScript interface shapes. However, most code examples are pseudocode or partial snippets rather than complete executable blocks — the actual implementations are deferred to authentication-reference.md with phrases like 'See authentication-reference.md for the full implementation.' The AskUserQuestion tables are very specific and actionable, but the core code generation relies heavily on external references not provided.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 8-phase workflow is exceptionally well-sequenced with explicit gates (marked with 🚦 Gate annotations), clear trigger conditions, cancel-leaves documentation, and validation checkpoints (Phase 7 file inventory verification, build check, browser snapshot). Each phase has explicit entry/exit criteria, and feedback loops are present (e.g., 'If errors: fix and re-validate' in Phase 7.2, re-prompt on validation failures throughout Phase 2.1).

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a monolithic wall of text — the SKILL.md itself is tens of thousands of words with massive inline content that should be in separate reference files. The optional settings tables alone (Phase 2.1.1) span thousands of words inline. While it references authentication-reference.md and authorization-reference.md, the vast majority of detailed content (provider walkthroughs, site setting tables, edge cases, server behavior documentation) is inline rather than appropriately split. No bundle files were provided to verify the referenced paths exist.

1 / 3

Total

7

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12

Passed

Description

72%

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 excels at trigger term coverage and distinctiveness, providing an exhaustive list of natural phrases users might say and clearly scoping to Power Pages. However, it is heavily skewed toward 'when to use' at the expense of 'what it does' — it reads more like a keyword list than a capability description. Adding concrete actions the skill performs would significantly improve it.

Suggestions

Add a clear 'what it does' section before the trigger terms, e.g., 'Configures identity providers, generates authentication settings, sets up role-based access control, and protects routes for Power Pages code sites.'

Restructure to lead with capabilities (what the skill does) followed by the 'Use when...' clause, rather than starting immediately with trigger phrases.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description names the domain (Power Pages authentication/authorization) and mentions some actions like 'set up authentication', 'add login', 'protect routes', 'add role-based access', but it doesn't list concrete specific actions the skill performs (e.g., 'configures identity provider settings', 'generates authentication middleware code', 'creates role-based route guards'). It focuses more on trigger phrases than describing what the skill actually does.

2 / 3

Completeness

The 'when' is extremely well-covered with explicit trigger phrases and a 'Use when' clause. However, the 'what' is weak — the description never clearly states what the skill actually does or produces. It says when to use it but not what concrete outputs or actions it performs beyond the vague 'set up authentication and role-based authorization for their Power Pages code site'.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural trigger terms users would say, including variations like 'add login', 'add sign in', 'enable auth', 'add OIDC', 'set up SAML', 'add Google sign in', 'add Facebook login', 'configure Entra ID', etc. These are highly natural phrases a user would actually type.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is highly specific to Power Pages authentication with supported identity providers, making it very unlikely to conflict with general authentication skills or other platform-specific skills. The mention of 'Power Pages code site' and specific providers like 'Entra ID', 'Entra External ID', 'WS-Federation' creates a clear niche.

3 / 3

Total

10

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12

Passed

Validation

72%

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

Validation8 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (2959 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

allowed_tools_field

'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

8

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11

Passed

Repository
microsoft/power-platform-skills
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