linear-release-setup

Generate CI/CD configuration for Linear Release. Use when setting up release tracking, configuring CI pipelines for Linear, or integrating deployments with Linear releases. Supports GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, and other platforms.

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

A strong, well-structured interactive workflow that defers volatile details to the README while keeping the high-value pipeline-modeling decisions inline. Concrete specifics and a closing checklist make it actionable; minor conciseness and validation-loop refinements would lift it further.

Suggestions

Collapse the duplicated 'can these hold different commits at the same time' test so it appears once, referencing it from Step 2 instead of restating the full Stages-vs-Pipelines explanation.

Add a short feedback loop in the workflow (e.g. after generating config, run the CLI's dry-run/validate step and iterate on failures before committing the workflow file).

Consider moving the Key Concepts and Stages-vs-Pipelines material into a references file, keeping SKILL.md as a tighter workflow overview that links out.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean overall and defers command/flag details to the README rather than reproducing them, but the 'Stages vs Pipelines' test and ambiguous-cases list are restated after appearing in Step 2, adding some repetition that could be tightened.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, executable specifics (image tags like 'debian:bookworm-slim', CI variables 'GIT_STRATEGY: clone'/'GIT_DEPTH: 0', a template table with links, named secrets), with the minor gap that actual config snippets live in the external example templates.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear four-step sequence (Preflight, Map pipelines, Generate config, Remind about secrets) with a final validation checklist; falls short of 5 because explicit error-recovery feedback loops (e.g. what to do when a check fails) are not spelled out.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized sections with clearly signaled, one-level-deep external references (README as source of truth, example-template table, action README); the inline Key Concepts and Stages-vs-Pipelines content is substantial but appropriately represents the modeling decisions the README cannot make.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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A well-crafted description that states concrete capabilities and explicit trigger conditions in third person, with platform coverage that aids distinctiveness. Only minor keyword-variation gaps prevent a perfect trigger-term score.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions ('Generate CI/CD configuration', 'setting up release tracking', 'configuring CI pipelines', 'integrating deployments') plus concrete platform coverage (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI), giving comprehensive coverage of capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (Generate CI/CD configuration for Linear Release) and 'when' (Use when setting up release tracking, configuring CI pipelines for Linear, or integrating deployments with Linear releases) with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural trigger coverage ('setting up release tracking', 'configuring CI pipelines for Linear', 'integrating deployments with Linear releases') but missing a few common variations users might say (e.g. 'Linear release', 'release automation').	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clearly scoped to Linear Release CI/CD setup with distinct triggers tied to Linear releases; minimal risk of triggering for unrelated CI/CD or release skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: novuhq/novu
Path: .agents/skills/linear-release-setup/SKILL.md
Commit: f9d4993

Reviewed: about 11 hours ago

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