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replicate

Discover, compare, and run AI models using Replicate's API. Strong fit for image, audio, and video generation pipelines that swap models frequently.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

47%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 a short, well-sectioned catalogue stub that is token-efficient and honestly frames itself as an advertisement for the upstream bundle. Its substantive weakness is that it defers all real work to an external repo without providing any concrete install or invocation steps, so an agent reading it cannot act beyond opening a URL.

Suggestions

Replace the `open https://github.com/replicate/skills` hint with concrete, executable install commands (e.g., git clone with the actual repo URL and the copy/symlink path into the agent's skills directory).

Add a minimal quick-start example of invoking the skill (a sample prompt or API call) so the entry is actionable without leaving the file.

Remove the verbatim duplication of the frontmatter description in 'What it does' and drop the "> Curated from Replicate." line to tighten the token budget.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean with no concept explanations, but the "What it does" section repeats the frontmatter description verbatim and the "> Curated from Replicate." line adds nothing — minor over-explanation that could be trimmed. Fits 'efficient; minor instances of over-explanation'.

4 / 5

Actionability

The guidance says to "install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory" but provides no install command (no git clone, no copy path), and the only code block is `open https://github.com/replicate/skills`, which is a navigation hint rather than an executable step. Fits 'minimal concrete guidance; high-level hints but missing the specific steps to execute'.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A rough two-step sequence is present (install upstream bundle, then invoke by name or trigger phrase), but the key step is undefined — no concrete install path, no example invocation, and no check that the bundle landed. Fits 'rough sequence present but many gaps; steps poorly defined'.

2 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Judged against the actual (empty) bundle structure: no references/, scripts/, or assets/ exist, and the body defers detail to a single well-signaled external reference (the upstream repo URL) with clean section headers. Good structure and easy navigation, but the actual skill content lives entirely outside the skill with no bundled reference files, leaving minor organization gaps. Fits 'good structure; most content appropriately placed; minor organization gaps'.

4 / 5

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12

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20

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Description

67%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 specific, third-person, and names a clear niche with three concrete capabilities plus a fit clause. Its main weakness is trigger-term coverage: natural user phrasings and synonyms are underrepresented relative to the named-platform terms.

Suggestions

Add natural trigger phrases users would actually say, e.g., 'generate an image', 'text-to-image', 'run a model on Replicate', alongside the existing platform terms.

Tighten the 'when' into an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user wants to generate images, audio, or video, or compare/run hosted AI models' instead of the softer 'Strong fit for...' statement.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

"Discover, compare, and run AI models using Replicate's API" lists three concrete actions tied to a named service, matching the anchor 'lists several specific actions; minor gaps in coverage'. Not 5 because coverage is incomplete — no mention of what running a model entails (inputs, outputs, parameters).

4 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear (discover, compare, run models via Replicate's API) and a fit clause — "Strong fit for image, audio, and video generation pipelines that swap models frequently" — serves as a 'when', but it is a suitability statement rather than an explicit 'Use when...' formulation. Matches 'has both what and when; when could be more explicit or specific'.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords are present ("Replicate's API", "run AI models", "image, audio, and video generation") but common natural variations users would say are missing (e.g., "generate an image", "text-to-image", "run a model"); the frontmatter trigger list ("replicate", "run ai model", "model comparison", "replicate api") partially covers this but is somewhat redundant. Fits 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Replicate's API" pins a clear niche with minimal conflict risk, but the generic model-running triggers ("run ai model", "model comparison") could overlap with other model-hub skills (Hugging Face, fal.ai, OpenAI). Matches 'mostly distinct; minor overlap risk with closely related skills'.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

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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

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

nexu-io/open-design

Path

skills/replicate/SKILL.md

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