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tooluniverse-neuroscience

Neuroscience research workflows: neuroanatomy, neural circuits, neurotransmitter biology, neurological/psychiatric disease genetics, neural-protein function. Uses Allen Brain Atlas, WormBase (C. elegans connectome), UniProt for neural proteins, PubMed for primary literature. Use for brain-region biology, neural development, neurodegeneration mechanisms (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS), and synaptic-protein characterization.

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tessl review fix ./plugins/tooluniverse/skills/tooluniverse-neuroscience/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

47%

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

The body delivers useful tool-selection and verification guidance with clear reasoning workflows, but spends most of its tokens restating neuroscience concepts Claude already knows and offers no executable code despite a Python mandate.

Suggestions

Trim the textbook reference sections (Nernst/Goldman equations, action-potential phases, STDP/mean-field theory, cranial-nerve and UMN/LMN tables) that Claude already knows, keeping only the look-up-first directive, tool table, and pitfalls.

Add at least one executable Python example for the 'ALWAYS use Python' quantitative mandate, and show a sample tool invocation (e.g. a PubMed_search_articles call with arguments) so guidance is copy-paste ready.

Move the computational-neuroscience equations and clinical-neurology reference into separate reference files linked from a concise overview, so the main SKILL.md stays a lean entry point.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The bulk is textbook neuroscience Claude already knows (rate-based models, Nernst/Goldman equations, action-potential phases, STDP, mean-field theory, cranial-nerve list, UMN/LMN table), padded as inline reference material rather than adding only what Claude doesn't know.

1 / 3

Actionability

Provides a concrete tool table with parameters and copy-paste-ready search-query templates ('[region A] projection [region B]'), but mandates 'ALWAYS use Python' with no executable code examples and shows no example tool invocations, leaving key details missing.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Reasoning patterns (quantitative strategy, 'where in the brain', clinical neuro, tool selection) are clearly numbered with explicit VERIFY checkpoints, and the 'Common Pitfalls' section serves as a checklist for error-prone cases.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into seven numbered sections, but with no bundle files the single ~185-line SKILL.md is monolithic; detailed reference blocks (computational equations, clinical neurology, tool catalog) are inlined where separate files would aid navigation.

2 / 3

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Description

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.

A strong, well-crafted description that names concrete capabilities and tools, includes explicit 'Use for' trigger guidance with natural user keywords, and is clearly distinguished from other skills — all in third person.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete research capabilities (neuroanatomy, neural circuits, neurotransmitter biology, disease genetics, neural-protein function) and names the specific databases used (Allen Brain Atlas, WormBase, UniProt, PubMed), rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both what it does ('Neuroscience research workflows: ... Uses Allen Brain Atlas, WormBase ...') and when to use it via the explicit 'Use for brain-region biology, neural development, neurodegeneration mechanisms ...' trigger clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms users would say — 'brain-region biology', 'Alzheimer's', 'Parkinson's', 'ALS', 'neurodegeneration', 'neuroanatomy' — alongside subfield names, giving good coverage of likely user phrasings.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear neuroscience niche with distinct triggers (C. elegans connectome, brain-region biology, neurodegeneration mechanisms) unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

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12

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Validation

100%

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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