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debugging-executions

Debug failed or wrong-output workflow executions using executions tools. Load when the user reports execution failures, unexpected node output, empty parameter values after a successful run, or a node showing a red or failed expression error.

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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.

A tight, highly actionable debugging skill with concrete tool calls and clear per-scenario guidance that respects Claude's competence and the context budget. The main improvement room is converting the prose workflows into explicit numbered validate-inspect-retry sequences.

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Conciseness

The body is lean, assumes Claude knows n8n, and avoids explaining basic concepts; the only trimming room is the stacked "Do not restate... and do not attribute..." guardrail clauses, which sit just above the efficient anchor rather than the fully lean one.

4 / 5

Actionability

It gives concrete parameterized calls such as `executions(action="debug")` and `executions(action="get-resolved-node-parameters", executionId, nodeName)` plus a precise "Check `emptyResolutions` first" directive, matching the fully-executable anchor covering common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Each scenario (failed execution, wrong-value, event-triggered) has a clear sequenced path with checkpoints like "inspect the real result before responding" and "do this unprompted", but it is prose rather than an explicit validate-fix-retry loop, leaving it just below the top anchor.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

At under 50 lines and single-purpose, it is well organized into clear sections with one clearly-signaled, conditionally-gated external reference and no local bundle files, satisfying the simple-skill exception for a top score.

5 / 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 description that cleanly answers both what the skill does and when to load it, using concrete n8n-specific trigger phrases. It is slightly narrow on action breadth and trigger synonyms, capping specificity and trigger-term quality just below the top anchors.

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Specificity

"Debug failed or wrong-output workflow executions using executions tools" names the domain and one concrete action (debug), but offers no second verb or broader action list, so it sits at the anchor naming domain plus 1-2 concrete actions rather than comprehensive.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly states what it does ("Debug failed or wrong-output workflow executions") and gives concrete "Load when the user reports..." triggers, matching the anchor that clearly answers both what and when with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"execution failures, unexpected node output, empty parameter values... red or failed expression error" are natural phrases users would say, with good coverage, but synonyms and common variations are limited so it falls short of the comprehensive anchor.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The executions/node/expression-error vocabulary carves a clear n8n niche with distinct triggers, but it could still overlap with generic workflow-debugging skills, placing it just below the minimal-conflict-risk anchor.

4 / 5

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Validation

93%

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

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