session-checkpoints

Saves, restores session state including task progress, file changes, delegation history. Use when saving progress, resuming interrupted work, picking up where you left off, or checkpointing current work.

Quality

96%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

92%

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

This is a well-structured, actionable skill that efficiently covers session checkpoint creation, resumption, and cleanup. The trigger table, concrete template example, and numbered workflows with validation steps make it immediately usable. The only weakness is the progressive disclosure to CHECKPOINT-TEMPLATE.md which cannot be verified and creates minor redundancy with the inline example.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The content is lean and efficient. Every section serves a purpose — trigger table, quick creation steps, resume steps, and cleanup. No unnecessary explanations of what checkpoints are or why they matter; it assumes Claude understands the concepts.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete, copy-paste ready checkpoint template with realistic example content, specific file paths (.opencastle/SESSION-CHECKPOINT.md), specific commands (git checkout, pnpm dev, cat), and clear step-by-step instructions for both creation and resumption.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Multi-step processes for both checkpoint creation and resumption are clearly sequenced with numbered steps. Includes validation (step 3 of creation: verify files exist), error recovery (corrupt checkpoint: rebuild from git log), and staleness checks for in-progress tasks.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	References CHECKPOINT-TEMPLATE.md and the decomposition skill appropriately, but since no bundle files are provided, we cannot verify CHECKPOINT-TEMPLATE.md exists. The inline example is a good quick reference, but the split between the inline example and the referenced template creates slight ambiguity about which to use.	2 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

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.

This is a well-crafted skill description that clearly communicates both what the skill does and when to use it. It uses specific, concrete language for capabilities and includes a comprehensive set of natural trigger terms. The description is concise, uses third person voice, and occupies a distinct niche that minimizes conflict risk with other skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'saves, restores session state' and specifies what that includes: 'task progress, file changes, delegation history'. These are concrete, specific capabilities.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both 'what' (saves and restores session state including task progress, file changes, delegation history) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause with saving progress, resuming interrupted work, picking up where left off, checkpointing).	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes strong natural trigger terms users would say: 'saving progress', 'resuming interrupted work', 'picking up where you left off', 'checkpointing'. These cover multiple natural phrasings a user might employ.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Session state management, checkpointing, and resuming interrupted work form a clear niche that is unlikely to conflict with other skills. The terms 'session state', 'delegation history', and 'checkpointing' are highly distinctive.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository: monkilabs/opencastle
Commit: 7a69a05

Reviewed: about 1 month ago

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