CtrlK
BlogDocsLog inGet started
Tessl Logo
SkillPublic

ncbi-datasets-skill

Submit compact NCBI Datasets v2 requests for assembly, genome, taxonomy, and related metadata endpoints. Use when a user wants concise NCBI Datasets summaries; save raw JSON or text only on request.

68

Quality

85%

Does it follow best practices?

Run evals on this skill

Adds up to 20 points to the overall score

View guide
SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No findings from the security scan

SKILL.md
Quality
Evals
Security

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.

A tight, fully executable skill body: complete interface documentation, runnable examples, and verified bundle structure, with only a duplicated 'prefer targeted calls' line and absent error-recovery guidance as minor blemishes.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean bullet-style sections with no concept over-explanation, but "Prefer targeted metadata paths instead of broad unfiltered pulls" (Operating rules) near-duplicates "Prefer targeted endpoint calls instead of broad unfiltered dumps" (Execution behavior) — a minor instance that could be trimmed, so anchor 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully copy-paste-ready: a complete executable bash example with the full JSON payload, three concrete common-case request patterns (genome/taxon, genome/accession, taxonomy/taxon), and exact input, output, and error schemas — all verified to match the actual script interface.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The single action (construct JSON input, pipe to scripts/ncbi_datasets.py, interpret output) is unambiguous, and the failure checkpoint is documented ("Failure returns ok=false with error.code and error.message"), but there is no error-recovery guidance on what to do after a failure, matching anchor 4's minor validation gap.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with clearly organized sections; the only referenced bundle file (scripts/ncbi_datasets.py) exists and matches the documented interface, and the body explicitly states no further references are needed — satisfying the simple-skill exception for a 5.

5 / 5

Total

18

/

20

Passed

Description

78%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 specific, well-scoped description with an explicit use-when clause and minimal conflict risk. Its main gaps are limited trigger-term breadth (no RefSeq/GenBank/accession synonyms) and a single narrow trigger phrasing.

Suggestions

Broaden the 'Use when' clause to cover the concrete triggers users actually type, e.g. "Use when a user wants genome, assembly, taxonomy, or RefSeq/GenBank accession metadata from NCBI Datasets".

Add one or two common synonyms or identifiers users mention naturally (RefSeq, GenBank, accession, GCF/GCA) so the skill triggers on those phrasings.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and several concrete capability areas ("Submit compact NCBI Datasets v2 requests for assembly, genome, taxonomy, and related metadata endpoints", "save raw JSON or text"), matching the several-specific-actions anchor rather than the 1-2 actions of anchor 3.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both "what" (submit compact requests for Datasets v2 endpoints) and an explicit "when" ("Use when a user wants concise NCBI Datasets summaries") are present, but the single trigger clause is narrower than anchor 5's multiple concrete trigger phrases.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural-term coverage ("NCBI Datasets", "assembly", "genome", "taxonomy", "metadata", "JSON") but missing common user variations like "RefSeq", "GenBank", "accession", or "NCBI API", so it fits anchor 4 rather than the comprehensive synonym coverage of 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"NCBI Datasets v2" is a clear niche with domain-specific triggers; virtually no overlap risk with other skills, matching anchor 5.

5 / 5

Total

17

/

20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

openai/plugins

Path

plugins/life-science-research/skills/ncbi-datasets-skill/SKILL.md

Reviewed

Table of Contents

Is this your skill?

If you maintain this skill, you can claim it as your own. Once claimed, you can manage eval scenarios, bundle related skills, attach documentation or rules, and ensure cross-agent compatibility.