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convert-documents-to-markdown

Convert an attached Word document, presentation, spreadsheet, OpenDocument file, RTF, EPUB, CSV, or text-based PDF into local Markdown. Use when a message supplies a local attachment path that must be read without uploading it to an external parser.

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Quality

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87%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.

The body is lean, fully executable, and well-organized for a simple single-purpose skill. Its one material weakness is the absence of validation/error-recovery checkpoints in a workflow that runs a CLI over untrusted document data.

Suggestions

Add a verification step after conversion: check the anydoc/timeout exit status and confirm the output file is non-empty before reporting success.

Add a feedback loop for the documented failure modes (unsupported/image-only input, encryption, malformed content) so Claude detects the specific failure and reports the matching limitation rather than proceeding.

Show how to handle a non-zero exit (e.g., fall back to running anydoc without the timeout wrapper, or surface the failure category to the user) to close the destructive/batch validation gap.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean and efficient with no padding; it never explains what PDF/Markdown is and every line is actionable (quoting rules, commands, security bullets, limits), assuming Claude's competence.

5 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready bash (mkdir, mktemp, timeout anydoc, printf), an explicit stdin CSV case, and a concrete hostile-filename quoting example covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear sequence is present (mkdir → mktemp → convert → report), but this CLI-on-untrusted-data skill has no validation/verification step (no exit-status or output-file check, no detect-and-recover loop for the listed failure modes), which caps the score at 3 per the destructive-operation guideline.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no external references needed and no bundle files present; the body is well-organized into clear sections, qualifying for the top score under the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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Description

88%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.

The description is concrete, comprehensive across input formats, and explicitly provides a "Use when" trigger clause. It is slightly below the top tier on trigger-term breadth (missing extensions/synonyms) and has minor overlap risk with generic document-handling skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

States a concrete action ("Convert ... into local Markdown") across a comprehensive list of source formats (Word, presentation, spreadsheet, OpenDocument, RTF, EPUB, CSV, PDF), matching the comprehensive-coverage anchor.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (convert attachment formats to local Markdown) and when ("Use when a message supplies a local attachment path that must be read without uploading it to an external parser").

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural format terms users say ("Word document", "presentation", "spreadsheet", "PDF", "CSV", "EPUB") and an explicit "Use when" trigger, but omits file extensions and synonyms like PowerPoint/xlsx, so it falls just short of comprehensive.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The local-attachment-path trigger and the explicit framing against uploading to an external parser carve a distinct niche, though "convert documents to Markdown" leaves minor overlap risk with generic document skills.

4 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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nanocoai/nanoclaw
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