Name: apple-notes
Rating: 66.4 (1 reviews)
Author: openclaw

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apple-notes

Create, view, edit, delete, search, move, or export Apple Notes via the memo CLI on macOS.

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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 concise, actionable, and well-structured for a simple CLI skill, but its destructive delete/move operations lack confirmation or verification guidance. Adding validation steps for those operations would lift workflow clarity.

Suggestions

Add a confirmation/verification step for destructive commands (e.g. remind to confirm the selected note before `memo notes -d`).

Note how to verify a move or export succeeded (e.g. re-list the folder or check the output file).

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	A lean command reference with no padding or over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every line is a concrete command or a brief, relevant note.	5 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready, executable commands for every supported operation (e.g. `memo notes -a`, `-e`, `-d`, `-m`, `-ex`), covering the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Commands are clearly listed, but destructive operations (delete, move) lack any validation or verification steps, which caps workflow clarity at 3 per the destructive-operation guideline.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Under 50 lines, single-purpose, with no external references needed and well-organized section headers, qualifying for the simple-skill exception.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

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 specific and distinctive, naming concrete actions and a clear niche, but lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause that would raise completeness. Adding a usage-trigger sentence would round it out.

Suggestions

Append a 'Use when...' clause (e.g. 'Use when managing Apple Notes from the terminal on macOS.') to raise completeness.

Add a couple of natural synonyms users might say (e.g. 'find notes', 'note-taking') to broaden trigger term coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists seven concrete actions (Create, view, edit, delete, search, move, export) plus the specific tool (memo CLI) and platform (macOS), matching the comprehensive-coverage anchor.	5 / 5
Completeness	It clearly states what the skill does but has no 'Use when...' trigger clause, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 3.	3 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Natural terms like 'Apple Notes', 'search', 'export', and 'create' are present, but common synonyms or phrasings users might say (e.g. 'find my notes', 'note-taking') are missing, so it sits above the midpoint but short of comprehensive.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Scoped to Apple Notes via the memo CLI on macOS, giving it a clear niche with minimal overlap risk against other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Validation

81%

Warnings & errors only

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

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	13 / 16 Passed

Repository: openclaw/openclaw
Path: skills/apple-notes/SKILL.md
Commit: 0b76854

Reviewed: 3 days ago

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