validation-gates

Defines 10 sequential validation gates: secret scanning, lint/test/build checks, blast radius analysis, dependency auditing, browser testing, cache management, regression checks, smoke tests. Use when running pre-deploy validation or CI checks, CI/CD pipelines, deployment pipeline validation, pre-merge checks, continuous integration, or pull request validation.

Quality

94%

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Quality

Content

96%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.

A lean, highly actionable validation-gate skill with concrete commands, explicit sequencing, and strong validation/feedback loops for batch and destructive-adjacent operations. Progressive disclosure is well designed but loses a point because the referenced REFERENCE.md file is not actually shipped in the bundle.

Suggestions

Ship the referenced REFERENCE.md (dependency-audit checklist and browser-testing options) in a references/ directory so the in-body links resolve to real files.

Consider moving the full Gate 8 ripgrep recipes and Gate 3 sensitive-file glob list into REFERENCE.md as well, to keep the main body focused on gate order and decision thresholds.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is dense, table-driven, and command-first with no concept padding or restatement of what Claude already knows; every line carries actionable signal ("Block on any token...", "fail on any findings", "≤200 / 201–500 / >500").	5 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready, executable commands throughout ("gitleaks detect --source . --verbosity warn", "npm run lint && npm test --silent && npm run build", "npm audit --audit-level=moderate", "rm -rf node_modules/.cache .next/cache", "npm run build && npm test && npx playwright test") with concrete thresholds and specific tool selection.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Ten gates are explicitly sequenced with per-gate 'Runs When' triggers, a Normal/Warning/Escalate decision matrix, and feedback loops (Gate 5: "FAIL → re-delegate (max 2); 3× FAIL → Gate 9"; Gate 3 escalate: "STOP; verify partition; split or revert; no auto-PASS"), with the directive to scan before any other gate.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Bulk detail is offloaded to clearly signaled, one-level-deep references ([REFERENCE.md](REFERENCE.md) for the dependency checklist and browser-testing options) keeping the body lean, but the referenced REFERENCE.md is not present in the bundle (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ directories exist), so a referenced path is unresolved.	4 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

92%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.

A strong, third-person description that concretely enumerates capabilities and provides an explicit, trigger-rich 'Use when' clause. It is specific, complete, and well-differentiated; the only minor gap is that the trigger terms cluster around CI/deploy phrasings rather than spanning a wider natural vocabulary.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists many concrete, distinct actions ("secret scanning, lint/test/build checks, blast radius analysis, dependency auditing, browser testing, cache management, regression checks, smoke tests"), giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("Defines 10 sequential validation gates" plus the enumerated list) and when ("Use when running pre-deploy validation or CI checks, CI/CD pipelines, deployment pipeline validation, pre-merge checks, continuous integration, or pull request validation").	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural phrases users say ("pre-deploy validation", "CI checks", "CI/CD pipelines", "pre-merge checks", "pull request validation") with good synonym coverage, though the trigger set is concentrated on variations of the CI/deploy theme rather than spanning broader natural phrasings.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Has a clear niche (sequential pre-deploy validation gates) with distinct, deployment/CI-specific triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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 — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
relative_links	Relative link issues: 2 missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: monkilabs/opencastle
Path: src/orchestrator/skills/validation-gates/SKILL.md
Commit: fa0c341

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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