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netlify-forms

Guide for using Netlify Forms for HTML form handling. Use when adding contact forms, feedback forms, file upload forms, or any form that should be collected by Netlify. Covers the data-netlify attribute, spam filtering, AJAX submissions, file uploads, notifications, and the submissions API.

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No eval scenarios have been run

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No known issues

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Content

77%

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

A highly actionable, well-structured reference with executable examples and clear workflows. Its main weakness is progressive disclosure — everything lives in one file — plus mild redundancy around the SSR fetch-path caveat.

Suggestions

Consolidate the repeated SSR skeleton-path warning into a single clearly marked note to remove redundancy across the vanilla-JS, React, and troubleshooting sections.

Move the Submissions API endpoint table and detailed framework-specific examples into references/ files (e.g. SUBMISSIONS_API.md) linked one level deep from the overview.

Add a one-line 'Prerequisites' note that form detection must be enabled in the Netlify UI before any submission can succeed, so the upfront setup state is unambiguous.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean and assumes Claude's competence, but the SSR skeleton-path caveat ('fetch must target /__forms.html, not /') is restated roughly four times — in code comments, two blockquote warnings, and the troubleshooting section — and could be tightened to a single authoritative note.

2 / 3

Actionability

It provides complete, copy-paste-ready HTML, vanilla JS, and TSX examples plus a concrete API endpoint table, with specific limits (8 MB, 30 s) — fully executable guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The JS-rendered-forms setup is a clearly sequenced process (create skeleton file, match form-name, include every field) with explicit rules and a troubleshooting feedback loop for the silent-failure case.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well organized, but the ~170-line body is monolithic with no bundle references, and content that could be split out (full Submissions API reference, per-framework examples) sits inline rather than behind one-level-deep references.

2 / 3

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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.

A strong description: it states concrete capabilities, gives an explicit 'Use when' trigger with natural terms, and occupies a clear niche. No first/second-person voice issues; no fluff.

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Specificity

It lists multiple concrete capabilities — 'the data-netlify attribute, spam filtering, AJAX submissions, file uploads, notifications, and the submissions API' — matching the top anchor for specific concrete actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what ('Guide for using Netlify Forms for HTML form handling... Covers...') and when ('Use when adding contact forms, feedback forms, file upload forms...'), with explicit triggers.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

'Use when adding contact forms, feedback forms, file upload forms, or any form that should be collected by Netlify' provides good coverage of natural terms a user would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The Netlify Forms niche is specific with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to fire for the wrong skill.

3 / 3

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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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netlify/context-and-tools
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