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agent-host-logs

Analyze Agent Host debug log exports. Use when given an ah-logs or ahp-logs zip/folder, an Export Agent Host Debug Logs bundle, events.jsonl, AHP JSONL transport logs, Agent Host.log, remote-agenthost.log, or copilot-logs.

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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 lean, highly concrete diagnostic orientation guide that assumes Claude's competence and adds only non-obvious product knowledge. The main gaps are minor: no example search commands for the JSONL files, no termination checkpoint for the correlation loop, and deep-dive troubleshooting detail that belongs in a reference file.

Suggestions

Add one or two copy-paste search commands (e.g., a grep or jq line for locating a known turnId or timestamp in events.jsonl) so the 'Search by the known time or ID' step is immediately executable.

Move the 'Copilot Session Refresh Failures' deep-dive into a references/ file (e.g., refresh-failures.md), keeping only a one-line pointer and the key correlation fields in SKILL.md.

Close the 'How to Start' workflow with an explicit checkpoint: when to stop correlating layers and what a findings summary should confirm or rule out.

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Conciseness

Every section carries product-specific, non-inferable knowledge (file meanings, retention limits, rotation schemes, correlation fields) with no padding and no explanation of concepts Claude already knows. Sentences are dense but each earns its place; the file table is a maximally token-efficient catalog.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides the copy-paste command 'python3 .github/skills/agent-host-logs/scripts/extract.py "<archive>.zip"' plus exact field names ('_ahpLog.dir', 'turnId', 'serverSeq'), exact log-record names to follow ('Preparing SDK session', 'SDK resumeSession started'), and a symptom-to-file mapping covering the common cases (zip, folder, nested desktop host-logs.zip).

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

'How to Start' is a clear numbered sequence with a symptom-to-file decision table and explicit correlation checkpoints ('correlate these with the SDK process log before concluding there was a teardown/resume race'), and the cleanup is safely bounded ('delete only that exact folder'). Falls short of a 5 because the diagnostic loop ends at 'follow the same operation into the adjacent layer' with no explicit termination/reporting checkpoint stating when correlation is sufficient and how to summarize findings.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized sections with headers, a table, and a clearly signaled one-level-deep reference to the real bundled scripts/extract.py (verified to exist). Falls short of a 5 because niche deep-dive content — the entire 'Copilot Session Refresh Failures' section and Mission Control retention minutiae — is inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into a reference file, pushing the main file past overview level.

4 / 5

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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 description with an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause and excellent, artifact-specific trigger terms that make it highly distinguishable. Its only weakness is the thin action list — a single generic verb 'Analyze' — which undersells the concrete capabilities the skill actually delivers.

Suggestions

Replace or augment the single verb 'Analyze' with 2-3 concrete actions, e.g., 'Extract and orient to Agent Host debug log bundles, map log files to symptoms, and correlate events across client, transport, and host layers.'

State what the analysis produces (e.g., diagnosing session refresh or teardown failures) so the capability is explicit rather than implied by the domain.

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Specificity

Names the domain twice with high concreteness ('Analyze Agent Host debug log exports') and states one concrete action ('Analyze'), matching the anchor for 1-2 concrete actions but not comprehensive. Not a 4: there are not 'several specific actions' — the single generic verb 'Analyze' leaves the actual capabilities (extract, orient, correlate, diagnose) unstated.

3 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers both questions: 'what' is 'Analyze Agent Host debug log exports' and 'when' is an explicit 'Use when given...' clause enumerating concrete trigger artifacts. Matches the anchor 5 example structure exactly.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger coverage with exact artifact names a user would actually see or say: 'ah-logs', 'ahp-logs', 'Export Agent Host Debug Logs', 'events.jsonl', 'Agent Host.log', 'remote-agenthost.log', 'copilot-logs'. Includes both bundle names and concrete file names/extensions.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (Agent Host debug log exports) with distinct, product-specific triggers (ah-logs, AHP JSONL, remote-agenthost.log) that no other skill would plausibly claim; minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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microsoft/vscode

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.github/skills/agent-host-logs/SKILL.md

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