windows-vm

Create, manage, or connect to a headless Windows 11 VM running in Docker with SSH access. Use when the user wants to spin up, stop, restart, or SSH into a Windows VM.

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Quality

Content

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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 highly actionable, well-structured VM runbook that earns top marks for executable guidance and rewards non-obvious Windows-specific knowledge. Its main weakness is the destructive recreate path, which proceeds without an explicit validation or confirmation checkpoint.

Suggestions

Add an explicit validation/confirmation checkpoint before the destructive recreate step (e.g. 'Confirm no unsaved work in the VM before running docker rm / rm -f data.img') to raise workflow clarity above the destructive-operation cap.

De-duplicate the ISO-caching guidance, which currently appears in the create step, Important Notes, and implicitly in gotchas — state it once and cross-reference.

Consider moving the long install.bat and PowerShell setup scripts into bundled reference files (e.g. scripts/install-opensSSH.bat) to keep SKILL.md an overview.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly lean operational detail with executable code and non-obvious Windows gotchas Claude would not know, though the ISO-caching point and a few notes are repeated across the create step, Important Notes, and gotchas.	4 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands and scripts (docker run invocations, the install.bat, the piped PowerShell setup, ssh/sshpass checks) cover the common create/start/stop/ssh/screenshot cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The create flow is numbered 1-7 with monitoring and SSH/claude verification checkpoints, but the destructive recreate step (docker rm + rm -f data.img) has no validation before destroying state, capping this dimension at 3.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	A single well-organized file with clear sections (prerequisites, configuration, actions, notes, gotchas) and no bundle files; appropriate for an operational runbook, though the long inline install.bat and PowerShell scripts could live in referenced files.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

87%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.

A strong, third-person description with concrete actions and an explicit 'Use when' trigger clause covering the full VM lifecycle. The only soft spot is the generic verb 'manage', which blurs specificity slightly.

Suggestions

Replace the generic verb 'manage' with the concrete lifecycle actions it covers (e.g. 'create, start, stop, restart, connect to') to lift specificity to full coverage.

Add the synonym 'start' alongside 'spin up' so the trigger matches the most common phrasing users say.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (headless Windows 11 VM in Docker) plus several concrete actions ("Create, manage, or connect", "spin up, stop, restart, or SSH into"), but "manage" is a generic catch-all leaving minor coverage gaps.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("Create, manage, or connect to a headless Windows 11 VM running in Docker with SSH access") and when ("Use when the user wants to spin up, stop, restart, or SSH into a Windows VM") with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural phrases users would say ("spin up", "stop", "restart", "SSH into" a Windows VM) are present, though a few synonyms like "start a VM" are not included.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The "headless Windows 11 VM in Docker with SSH access" niche is distinct with specific triggers, creating minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

87%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
allowed_tools_field	'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	14 / 16 Passed

Repository: obra/superpowers-lab
Path: skills/windows-vm/SKILL.md
Commit: 51111f7

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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