tooluniverse-organic-chemistry

Organic chemistry reasoning guide for reaction product prediction, mechanism analysis (electrophilic/nucleophilic substitution, addition, elimination, pericyclic, radical), and spectroscopy interpretation (1H/13C NMR, IR, MS). Reasons from first principles (electron flow, kinetic vs thermodynamic) rather than pattern-matching named reactions. Use for organic synthesis problems and mechanism explanations.

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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 reasoning guide with concrete script commands, explicit verification feedback loops, and well-organized sections pointing to real bundled scripts. Its main weakness is mild over-explanation of introductory chemistry concepts and a monolithic inline structure that could offload some deep-dive material to reference files.

Suggestions

Trim or condense basic-concept primers (stereocenter definition, enantiomer/diastereomer/meso, introductory DoU and IR/NMR explanations) that Claude already knows, keeping only the non-obvious heuristics.

Consider moving the longer deep-dive sections (e.g. retrosynthetic analysis, the named-reaction decision tree) into one-level-deep reference .md files linked from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure.

Document or remove the bundled molecular_complexity.py script, which exists in scripts/ but is not referenced anywhere in the body.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient and packed with specific heuristics (Burgi-Dunitz angle, Hofmann vs Zaitsev, Wittig E/Z rules, decision trees), but includes some over-explanation of basics Claude already knows (stereocenter definition, enantiomer/diastereomer/meso, basic DoU and IR/NMR primers), so it sits at efficient-with-minor-trimmables rather than fully lean.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands (e.g. 'python smiles_verifier.py --smiles "..." --mw X --heavy_atoms Y') and specific tool names (PubChem, OPSIN, ChEMBL, HMDB) covering the common cases, matching the copy-paste-ready anchor.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step processes are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (Step 5 sanity-check, 'Verify: does your proposed structure predict every observed signal?') and feedback loops ('If any constraint FAILs, revise and re-run until all pass'), matching the clear-sequence-with-feedback-loops anchor.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Six well-organized numbered sections with clearly signaled, one-level-deep references to real bundled scripts in scripts/, but the SKILL.md is well over 50 lines with no reference .md files for the substantial inline reasoning content, placing it at good-structure/minor-gaps rather than the ideal split.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

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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 is concise, uses third person, names multiple concrete capabilities, and explicitly pairs a 'what' statement with a 'Use for...' trigger clause. It is distinguishable and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete capabilities with comprehensive coverage: 'reaction product prediction, mechanism analysis (electrophilic/nucleophilic substitution, addition, elimination, pericyclic, radical), and spectroscopy interpretation (1H/13C NMR, IR, MS)', matching the comprehensive-actions anchor rather than the minor-gaps level below.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ('Organic chemistry reasoning guide for...') and when ('Use for organic synthesis problems and mechanism explanations.'), matching the anchor that requires concrete trigger phrases rather than the weaker-when level below.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Covers natural terms a user would actually say including synonyms and abbreviations — 'organic chemistry', 'organic synthesis problems', 'mechanism explanations', '1H/13C NMR, IR, MS' — which is comprehensive coverage rather than the 'a few natural terms missing' level.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (organic chemistry reasoning from first principles) with distinct, specific triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills, rather than the minor-overlap level below.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

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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 — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: mims-harvard/ToolUniverse
Path: plugins/tooluniverse/skills/tooluniverse-organic-chemistry/SKILL.md
Commit: 1b02920

Reviewed: 1 day ago

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