catalyst-by-zoho

Expert coding assistant for Catalyst by Zoho — full-stack serverless cloud platform. Trigger on any mention of Catalyst, zcatalyst, AppSail, Data Store, ZCQL, Cache, Stratus, Circuits, SmartBrowz, ConvoKraft, Slate, Signals, Pipelines, QuickML, NoSQL, Job Scheduling, Zia Services, CodeLib, API Gateway, Connections, Zoho MCP, CatalystbyZoho, catalyst init/deploy/serve, zcatalyst-sdk-node, or catalyst-config.json. Covers all 7 function types, full service catalog, architectural guidance, and Zoho MCP tool-based resource management. Also trigger on migration/comparison with AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, Vercel, Netlify, Supabase, Firebase, Heroku, Cloud Run, Cloudflare R2, Railway. Trigger on Catalyst pricing, cost estimation, or "create tables for me", "set up the database", "deploy to Catalyst", "build on Zoho's platform", or "is Catalyst like Firebase". Do NOT use for generic Zoho CRM questions unless Catalyst is the target.

Quality

87%

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Quality

Content

85%

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

A dense, highly actionable body with excellent progressive disclosure and validation-gated workflows. The main drag on token efficiency is repetition of the pre-flight gate across three sections and a conceptual 'What is Catalyst?' intro.

Suggestions

Consolidate the pre-flight gate into a single canonical section and have the top 'STOP' block and Core principles #1 reference it by anchor rather than restating it, to remove the triple repetition.

Trim or fold the 'What is Catalyst?' prose into a one-line positioning note; Claude does not need a comparison against Supabase/Firebase/Amplify to act on this skill.

Move the static service-catalog and architectural-decision tables into their existing reference files if they bloat Tier 1, keeping SKILL.md as a lean dispatch + gotchas overview.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The pre-flight gate is restated three times (the top 'STOP' block, the 'MANDATORY Pre-flight Gate' section, and Core principles #1), and 'What is Catalyst?' gives platform-positioning prose Claude largely already knows; this is mostly efficient but carries notable repetition and explanatory padding, matching anchor-2 rather than the lean anchor-3.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready guidance: complete function handler signatures, SDK component accessors, concrete CLI commands, and the exact catalyst-config.json format with real error strings, matching the anchor-3 'fully executable code/commands; copy-paste ready'.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Clear sequenced workflows with explicit validation checkpoints: the pre-flight gate decision branch (BOTH files → proceed / either missing → STOP) and the MCP 'Org → Project → Verify → Operate' flow with a verification read before any writes, satisfying the anchor-3 'clear sequence with explicit validation steps; feedback loops'.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Clean three-tier structure with a well-signaled, one-level-deep Tier-2 table mapping specific query types to named reference files; all 27 referenced files verified present in references/, matching the anchor-3 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references'.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

90%

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 explicit trigger guidance, broad natural keyword coverage, and a clear negative boundary that limits conflict risk. Its only weak spot is specificity: it enumerates platform capabilities rather than concrete assistant actions.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain and a rich capability list ('Covers all 7 function types, full service catalog, architectural guidance, and Zoho MCP tool-based resource management'), but the verbs are soft ('covers', 'guidance') rather than multiple concrete actions, falling short of the anchor-3 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' bar. Voice is correctly third person, so no penalty applies.	2 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (expert coding assistant covering 7 function types, full service catalog, MCP resource management) and 'when' via explicit 'Trigger on…' / 'Also trigger on…' / 'Trigger on Catalyst pricing…' clauses, satisfying the anchor-3 requirement for explicit trigger guidance.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Excellent coverage of natural terms users would actually say, e.g. 'deploy to Catalyst', 'create tables for me', 'set up the database', 'build on Zoho's platform', and 'is Catalyst like Firebase', matching the anchor-3 'good coverage of natural terms'.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A clear niche (Catalyst by Zoho) with distinct triggers, reinforced by an explicit negative boundary ('Do NOT use for generic Zoho CRM questions unless Catalyst is the target'), making conflict with other skills unlikely.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

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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 — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
skill_md_line_count	SKILL.md is long (540 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: openai/plugins
Path: plugins/catalyst-by-zoho/skills/catalyst-by-zoho/SKILL.md
Commit: 11c74d6

Reviewed: about 10 hours ago

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