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Cache and refresh remote git repositories under ~/.cache/checkouts/<host>/<org>/<repo> so future references can reuse a local copy. Use this skill when the user points you to a remote git repository as reference or you encountered a remote git repo through other means.

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Quality

Content

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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 concise and well-structured with concrete command examples, but it depends on an unbundled checkout.sh and lacks explicit validation/feedback checkpoints around the fetch and fast-forward refresh operations.

Suggestions

Bundle checkout.sh under scripts/ (or inline its essential logic) so the documented commands are executable directly from the skill bundle.

Add an explicit validation checkpoint before the fast-forward merge (e.g. confirm the working tree is clean and fetch succeeded) and a retry/recovery path if the fetch or merge fails.

Clarify how stale-vs-fresh is determined and what to do when the checkout is dirty or has no upstream, so the update behavior is unambiguous.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and well-sectioned (cache location, command, update strategy, workflow, notes) with no padding and no over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every token earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

It provides concrete executable commands with multiple example invocations (e.g. "bash checkout.sh mitsuhiko/minijinja --path-only"), but the referenced checkout.sh is not bundled in scripts/, so the commands are not fully self-contained within the skill bundle.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear 3-step "Recommended workflow" and an enumerated internal script sequence exist, but the fetch/fast-forward merge mutates the checkout with no explicit validation checkpoint or feedback loop (e.g. verify clean tree, handle fetch failure), so the validation cap applies.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized into short sections and is single-purpose, but it references checkout.sh as the primary command while that script is not part of the bundle, leaving a minor structural gap relative to a fully self-contained overview.

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, concise description that clearly states both capability and trigger conditions with a concrete cache-path scheme. It could be slightly improved by surfacing common trigger synonyms (owner/repo shorthand, host names) directly in the description rather than only in the body.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Cache and refresh remote git repositories" names the domain plus concrete actions and a concrete cache path scheme (~/.cache/checkouts/<host>/<org>/<repo>), giving several specific mechanisms with only minor coverage gaps.

4 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly states what the skill does (cache and refresh remote git repos at a predictable path) and when to use it ("Use this skill when the user points you to a remote git repository"), satisfying both what and when with concrete triggers.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural phrases like "points you to a remote git repository" and "remote git repo", but the description itself omits common synonyms/shorthand (owner/repo) and host names (GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket) that appear only in the body, so a few natural terms are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is narrow and specific (caching/refreshing remote git checkouts) with distinct triggers, giving minimal conflict risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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