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vfx-text-cursor

Cursor light trail, chromatic rays, and directional flares for word-by-word quote reveals in video intros.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

86%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 content is a lean, dense, highly actionable spec with exact values and clear section organization that fully respects Claude's competence; the only gaps are a missing complete worked HTML example and an absent verification checkpoint.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is a dense spec of exact values (colors like #ff3b6f/#00d4ff, sizes 6-8vw/16px, timings 80ms/200ms/1.0s, CSS fragments) with no concept over-explanation and full assumption of Claude's HTML/CSS/JS competence, matching the 'lean, every token earns its place' anchor; not 4 because there is no padding to trim.

5 / 5

Actionability

Highly concrete guidance (text-shadow '2px 0 #ff3b6f, -2px 0 #00d4ff', linear-gradient(45deg, transparent, accent20, transparent), mix-blend-mode: screen, specific fonts and field copy) but only CSS fragments rather than a complete copy-paste HTML example; the scoring note forgives absent code for instruction skills, yet the missing worked example is a minor gap, so anchor 4 fits better than 5 or 3.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A single-purpose generation skill organized into clear sections (canvas → content → effects → fields → details) with an unambiguous single action, but no verification checkpoint (e.g. confirm the typing animation runs and prefers-reduced-motion disables it); the destructive/batch cap-3 rule does not apply, so anchor 4 is the best fit rather than 5 (no explicit validation) or 3 (clear and unambiguous).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines, self-contained with no external references needed (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ bundles present), and well-organized into labeled sections, so the simple-skill exception grants a 5 for well-organized sections without external file references.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Description

66%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 and distinct, naming concrete visual effects for a well-defined video-intro niche, but it lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, leaving the 'when' only weakly implied and capping completeness.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when creating video intros, title cards, or quote reveals that need a cursor typing effect with light trails.'

Include natural synonyms users might say — 'typewriter effect', 'kinetic text', 'title card' — alongside the current jargon terms to broaden trigger coverage.

Lead with a verb-first action phrase (e.g. 'Reveals quotes word-by-word with...') to make the 'what' read as a concrete action rather than an effect list.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists several concrete capabilities — 'cursor light trail', 'chromatic rays', 'directional flares', 'word-by-word quote reveals' — matching the 'several specific actions, minor gaps' anchor; not 5 because it enumerates effects rather than a comprehensive set of actions, and not 3 because it clearly goes beyond 1-2 items.

4 / 5

Completeness

A clear 'what' is present ('Cursor light trail, chromatic rays, and directional flares for word-by-word quote reveals') but the 'when' is only weakly implied by 'in video intros' with no explicit 'Use when...' clause, which per the guidelines caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user terms appear ('cursor', 'light trail', 'quote reveal', 'video intro') though 'chromatic rays' and 'directional flares' are designer jargon; good coverage with a few natural synonyms missing (e.g. typewriter, kinetic text), so anchor 4 fits better than 3 or 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The combination 'cursor light trail, chromatic rays, and directional flares for word-by-word quote reveals in video intros' carves a clear niche with a distinct visual signature; minor overlap risk remains with other video-intro/text-reveal templates, matching anchor 4 rather than 5 or 3.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
nexu-io/open-design
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