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novu-design-workflow

Design notification workflows the Novu way — choose channels, set severity, decide when a workflow is critical, configure digests, and route based on subscriber state. Applies to BOTH dashboard-authored and code-first (`@novu/framework`) workflows. Use when planning a new workflow, deciding which channels to include, picking severity, configuring digest behavior, or matching a use case (order confirmation, payment failed, account suspended, comment, trial expiring, password reset, webhook fan-out, fetch-then-notify) to a proven template.

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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.

The body is a well-structured design guide: dense tables, concrete defaults, clear decision branches, and clean progressive disclosure into five real reference files. The only soft spot is actionability where framework code is deferred rather than shown inline.

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Add a one-line executable `skip: () => …` Framework example next to the JSON-Logic snippet so both surfaces have copy-paste condition code in-body.

Consider a short 'Design checklist' recap (channels ≤3, severity unset by default, critical skips digest, push only when offline) to make the workflow's terminal verification step explicit.

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Conciseness

Lean, table-driven guidance that assumes Claude's competence — no padding about what notifications or digests are, and every section (priority order, defaults, pitfalls) earns its tokens.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, copy-ready defaults (digest type "regular", 5-min look-back, 1-hour digest, key subscriberId, channel priority In-App > Email > Chat > Push > SMS, cap 3) plus a JSON-Logic snippet; minor gap is the framework `skip` callback being named but not shown and full code deferred to other skills.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Decision flow is clearly branched ("If the user specified channels" vs "did NOT specify") with a 9-row template table and an 8-item Common Pitfalls checklist; no validation checkpoints, but this design skill does not perform destructive/batch execution requiring them.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Overview body points to five one-level-deep reference files (all verified present in ./references/), each inline-signaled with a one-line "See … for …" and consolidated in a References section, giving easy navigation.

5 / 5

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Description

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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 exemplary: it states concrete capabilities, an explicit 'Use when…' trigger clause with many natural use-case phrases, and a sharply scoped Novu-notification niche. It uses third-person imperative voice and avoids fluff.

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Specificity

Lists five concrete design actions — "choose channels, set severity, decide when a workflow is critical, configure digests, and route based on subscriber state" — giving comprehensive coverage rather than vague abstraction.

5 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ("Design notification workflows the Novu way…") and when ("Use when planning a new workflow, deciding which channels to include, picking severity…") with concrete trigger phrases.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural trigger phrasings users would say ("planning a new workflow", "picking severity", "configuring digest behavior") plus nine named use cases (order confirmation, payment failed, account suspended, etc.), including synonyms.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear Novu-notification-workflow niche with domain-specific triggers (severity, critical, digest, @novu/framework), making collision with unrelated skills unlikely.

5 / 5

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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.

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Relative link issues: 11 suspicious

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novuhq/novu
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