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Handles one-off operations: the request is a concrete effect that happens once — export or copy data somewhere, a migration, a backfill, a cleanup — with no trigger, schedule, or reuse intent. The workflow is the vehicle, not the deliverable. Users rarely say "one-off"; infer it from the task's shape. Load before building for such a request, or when a build-workflow result contains postBuildFlow.reason "direct-one-off-build-succeeded". Do not load for automations the user will run again — that is the normal build + post-build-flow path.

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SKILL.md
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Content

81%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 high-quality instruction-only skill body: domain-specific decision rules, concrete tool actions with parameters, and a well-sequenced flow with genuine validation checkpoints (live read-back, consent gates, simulated-run honesty rules). The main improvements are small: deduplicate the read-back/consent-gate statements and consider one complete example call for the direct-execution path.

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Conciseness

The body is dense with decision rules and assumes competence — it never explains what a workflow or node is. Small inefficiencies keep it below the 5 anchor: the read-back rule is stated twice (step 4 and "Claiming success"), and the run-approval/consent-gate point repeats across the direct-execution and flow sections.

4 / 5

Actionability

Guidance is tied to concrete, named tool actions with parameters — `nodes(action="execute")`, `nodes(action="type-definition")`, `credentials(action="list")`, `executions(action="run")`, `executions(action="get-node-output")`, `workflows(action="setup")`, `executionIntent: "one-off"`, and the node shape `{ type, version, config: { parameters, credentials } }`. It falls short of the copy-paste-ready 5 anchor only in lacking one complete example invocation; the gating conditions ("sufficient when ALL of these hold") are fully explicit.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The multi-node flow is a clearly numbered sequence (Build → Setup → Run live → Read back → Offer cleanup) with explicit checkpoints: "Do not run before setup is complete", mandatory read-back via `executions(action="get-node-output")`, error-recovery fallbacks ("If it fails because a credential is not accessible there, fall back to the one-off workflow flow below"; reclassify when an event source is needed), and honesty rules for simulated verification. This matches the 5 anchor's explicit validation, feedback loops, and error-recovery structure for batch write operations.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The single SKILL.md (~130 lines) is well-organized into scannable sections (recognizing, single-node path, multi-node flow, pre-flight verification, claiming success) with the one cross-skill reference ("Cleaning up after a live test" in `post-build-flow`) clearly signaled and one level deep — no bundle files exist to fragment. It sits above the 3 anchor (content is not inlined that belongs elsewhere) but below the 5 anchor, which expects well-signaled one-level-deep file references splitting content appropriately; the single-node direct-execution section is borderline content that could live in a reference if the file grows.

4 / 5

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Description

87%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 description: it defines a clear niche, gives concrete task shapes, and provides explicit positive and negative trigger guidance including a machine-readable postBuildFlow reason. Minor room remains in adding more natural-language phrasings users actually say for one-off requests.

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Specificity

The description enumerates concrete task shapes — "export or copy data somewhere, a migration, a backfill, a cleanup" — anchored to a well-defined domain (one-off operations). It stops short of comprehensively listing the skill's own actions (direct node execution, one-off workflow build, read-back), which is why it is not a 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both halves are explicit: what — "Handles one-off operations: the request is a concrete effect that happens once"; when — "Load before building for such a request, or when a build-workflow result contains postBuildFlow.reason 'direct-one-off-build-succeeded'" with a concrete anti-trigger ("Do not load for automations the user will run again"). This matches the 5 anchor's what-and-when-with-concrete-trigger-phrases standard; the 4 anchor's "when could be more explicit" does not apply.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user phrasings are well covered: "export", "copy", "migration", "backfill", "a cleanup", plus trigger/schedule vocabulary ("when", "every", "daily") as negative signals. It misses a few common variations users would say ("put this data in a spreadsheet", "one time", "delete these rows"), keeping it just below the comprehensive 5 anchor.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is sharply carved out against the sibling automation path: "with no trigger, schedule, or reuse intent", "the workflow is the vehicle, not the deliverable", and an explicit disambiguation from the normal build path. The 4 anchor's "minor overlap risk" is exceeded because the description actively instructs when NOT to load.

5 / 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.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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