tooluniverse-claude-code-plugin

Install the ToolUniverse Claude Code plugin in one step — provides MCP server with 1000+ scientific tools, 120+ research skills, slash commands, hooks, and the research agent. Use for first-time plugin install, troubleshooting plugin not loading, verifying MCP server connection, listing API key requirements, or configuring auto-update.

Quality

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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.

The body is a highly actionable, well-sequenced install and troubleshooting guide with executable commands and explicit validation/feedback loops. Its only real slack is a verbose auto-update rationale and an off-audience maintainers section that slightly dilute conciseness and structure.

Suggestions

Trim the trust-boundary explanation in the auto-update section to one sentence; the per-machine trust rationale is more detail than an install skill needs.

Move the "For plugin maintainers" release-workflow section into a separate reference file (e.g. MAINTAINERS.md) and link to it, keeping SKILL.md focused on the user-facing install flow.

Consider pulling the large troubleshooting table plus the diagnosis script into a TROUBLESHOOTING.md reference so the main body stays a lean quick-start path.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is dominated by executable commands, tables, and tight diagnosis blocks with little concept-padding, but the auto-update trust-boundary paragraph and the sizable "For plugin maintainers" section are minor over-explanation that could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Every step gives copy-paste-ready, executable commands (`claude plugin marketplace add`, `claude plugin install`, the python auto-update snippet, the numbered diagnosis block) covering the common install/verify/repair cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The flow is explicitly sequenced (Prerequisites → Install → optional auto-update → remove global skills → Verify) with a verification checkpoint (`claude plugin list`), and the destructive `rm -rf` is preceded by a check; the diagnosis section provides a validate→FIX→restart feedback loop.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	No bundle files exist and the body is well organized into clearly headed sections, with the one external reference (API_KEYS_REFERENCE.md) signaled; the "For plugin maintainers" section is arguably content that belongs in a separate file, a minor organization gap short of anchor 5.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 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.

The description cleanly states both what the skill does and when to use it, with concrete, natural trigger phrases and a distinct plugin-install niche. Its only weakness is that the capability statement leans slightly on component listing rather than action verbs.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete actions — "Install the ToolUniverse Claude Code plugin in one step", plus trigger actions troubleshooting/verifying/listing/configuring — but the "what" clause leans on component inventory rather than actions, leaving minor gaps versus a fully action-oriented anchor 5.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("provides MCP server with 1000+ scientific tools, 120+ research skills...") and when via a concrete "Use for first-time plugin install, troubleshooting plugin not loading, verifying MCP server connection, listing API key requirements, or configuring auto-update" trigger clause.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural phrases a user would say are well covered ("plugin not loading", "MCP server connection", "API key requirements", "auto-update", "first-time plugin install"), missing only a few synonymous variants; no file-extension concept applies here so anchor 5 is not the best fit.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (installing one named plugin) with distinct triggers like "plugin not loading" and "verifying MCP server connection", giving minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
referenced_paths_exist	Referenced path issues: 1 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: mims-harvard/ToolUniverse
Path: plugin/skills/tooluniverse-claude-code-plugin/SKILL.md
Commit: 7a0ceb2

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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