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Search, read, and extract attachments from Apple Mail's local storage. Query emails by sender, recipient, subject, body, date, mailbox, and flags. Read raw RFC822 messages and extract file attachments.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

100%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The content is a tightly written, fully executable reference for a simple read-only tool: every section earns its tokens, commands are copy-paste ready, and the structure is clean and navigable with no unnecessary explanation.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean and efficient: no explanation of concepts Claude already knows, tight command examples, a compact flag table, and concise Notes; nearly every token earns its place (only a minor one-line intro restate).

5 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste ready bash commands covering search/read/info/attachment/mailboxes, plus a complete flag reference table and explicit output-format spec with concrete IDs and addresses.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A simple, single-purpose read-only tool ("never modifies mail data") with an unambiguous search -> info/read -> attachment flow and well-organized sections, qualifying for the simple-skill exception; the destructive/batch validation cap does not apply.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A single self-contained SKILL.md (~68 lines) with no external bundle files and clear, navigable sections (Quick Reference, Search Options, Output Format, Notes); no nested references and no content that needs splitting.

5 / 5

Total

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20

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Description

75%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 specific, actionable, and clearly distinctive, but it omits any explicit "Use when..." trigger clause, which caps completeness at 3 and slightly limits trigger-term coverage.

Suggestions

Add an explicit "Use when..." clause, e.g. "Use when the user needs to search or read emails in Apple Mail on macOS, or extract attachments from local mail messages."

Include natural synonyms and file extensions (Mail.app, .emlx, EMLX) to broaden trigger-term coverage.

Consider adding a brief trigger phrase referencing common user requests (e.g. "find an email", "pull an attachment from Mail") to strengthen the "when" dimension.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions (search, read, extract attachments) plus seven query dimensions and raw RFC822 handling, giving comprehensive capability coverage rather than several actions with minor gaps.

5 / 5

Completeness

The "what" is clear and concrete, but there is no "Use when..." or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, so per the rubric cap completeness cannot exceed 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keywords users would say ("Apple Mail", "emails", "attachments", "sender", "subject", "mailbox"), but missing common synonyms and file extensions ("Mail.app", ".emlx", "EMLX") for full coverage.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Targets a specific platform (Apple Mail's local SQLite/.emlx storage) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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mitsuhiko/agent-stuff
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