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turborepo

Turborepo expert guidance. Use when setting up or optimizing monorepo builds, configuring task caching, remote caching, parallel execution, or the --affected flag for incremental CI.

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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, information-dense reference with strong section structure and almost no filler. Its weaknesses are structural: no validation/verification steps for file-mutating operations, one mislabeled code block, and a monolithic single-file layout where several topics belong in separate reference files.

Suggestions

Add validation checkpoints to file-mutating workflows: after `npx @turbo/codemod migrate` and `turbo prune`, show how to verify the result (e.g., run `turbo build --dry-run` or check the pruned lockfile installs with `bun i --frozen-lockfile`) before proceeding.

Move the Microfrontends, CI Matrix Strategies, and Bun Support sections into separate reference files (e.g., references/microfrontends.md, references/ci.md, references/bun.md) with brief one-line pointers in SKILL.md, keeping the core skill lean.

Fix the Boundary Rules code block: the "Add to your pipeline" JSON snippet is wrapped in a ```bash fence — label it as json (or show the full turbo.json) so it is executable as presented.

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Conciseness

The body is dense with runnable config and commands and largely assumes Claude's competence, avoiding concept explanations. Minor over-explanation remains — the slightly marketing-flavored "Key Features" bullets ("Rust-powered core", "the build system for agentic coding") and the long Microfrontends section could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Mostly executable, copy-paste-ready turbo.json examples, CI YAML, and bash commands covering common cases. One real gap: the Boundary Rules section embeds a JSON pipeline snippet inside a ```bash code block ("# Add to your pipeline" followed by a tasks object), which is not runnable as presented and invites mis-execution.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sequences exist (setup commands, the four-step --affected traversal, CI job chaining) but there are no validation checkpoints anywhere. File-mutating operations like `turbo prune` and `npx @turbo/codemod migrate` proceed with no verify step, matching the anchor 'steps listed but validation gaps'.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-organized and navigable, but this is a ~590-line single file with no bundle files at all. Clearly separable material — Microfrontends (~100 lines), CI matrix strategies, Bun/lockfile details — is inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into well-signaled reference files, matching the anchor 'some structure but content that should be separate is inline'.

3 / 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.

A strong description with an explicit, concrete 'Use when' trigger clause and specific domain actions. The main weakness is that the 'what' portion ("Turborepo expert guidance") leans generic and misses a few natural synonyms like "turbo" and "turbo.json" that users would say.

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Specificity

The description lists several concrete action domains — "setting up or optimizing monorepo builds, configuring task caching, remote caching, parallel execution, or the --affected flag for incremental CI" — with only minor gaps. It falls short of a 5 because the 'what' ("Turborepo expert guidance") is generic rather than enumerating concrete capabilities like configuring turbo.json task pipelines or filtering workspace tasks.

4 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: an explicit "Use when..." clause with concrete trigger conditions, and a 'what' statement. It is not a 5 because "Turborepo expert guidance" is a vague 'what' compared to the anchor's clearly stated capabilities (e.g., "Extract text and tables from PDF files, fill forms, merge documents").

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage: "monorepo builds", "task caching", "remote caching", "--affected flag", "incremental CI" are phrases users would actually say. A few natural terms are missing — users commonly say "turbo", "turbo.json", or "builds are slow in CI", and the tool's own name beyond 'Turborepo' is absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

It names a specific niche tool (Turborepo) plus distinctive triggers ("--affected flag", "remote caching") that no other skill would claim, giving it a clear niche with minimal conflict risk.

5 / 5

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17

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20

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Validation

81%

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

Validation — 13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (612 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

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'metadata.version' is missing

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metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

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Total

13

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16

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Repository

openai/plugins

Path

plugins/vercel/skills/turborepo/SKILL.md

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