paperclip-create-agent

Create new agents in Paperclip with governance-aware hiring. Use when you need to inspect adapter configuration options, compare existing agent configs, draft a new agent prompt/config, and submit a hire request.

Quality

92%

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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 well-structured, executable workflow with concrete commands, explicit validation/feedback loops, and clean progressive disclosure into verified bundle files. Minor conciseness trimming in the drafting guidance would push it to a perfect score.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Largely lean and command-driven with no padding of concepts Claude already knows, but step 6's prose-heavy bullets and step 4's explanatory framing could be tightened slightly.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides copy-paste-ready curl commands at each step plus a complete JSON hire-request payload example, covering the common case end-to-end.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Nine clearly sequenced steps with an explicit validation checkpoint (step 7 draft-review fix loop) and a governance feedback loop (step 9 approval handling), including a referenced checklist.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Body is an overview pointing to one-level-deep reference files (templates, baseline guide, checklist, API reference, agents/), all of which exist in the bundle, with a clear closing References section.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Description

92%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 that clearly names both the capability and the triggering situations with concrete actions. The only minor gap is trigger-term breadth, which is slightly technical rather than user-vernacular.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Create new agents', 'inspect adapter configuration options', 'compare existing agent configs', 'draft a new agent prompt/config', and 'submit a hire request' — giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states the 'what' ('Create new agents in Paperclip with governance-aware hiring') and the 'when' ('Use when you need to inspect... compare... draft... and submit a hire request') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural triggers like 'hire' and 'agent configs', but leans on domain jargon ('adapter configuration options') and omits common synonyms a user might say; good but not exhaustive coverage.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a clear niche (Paperclip agent hiring with governance) with distinct triggers, making overlap with unrelated skills unlikely.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 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
relative_links	Relative link issues: 3 suspicious	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: paperclipai/paperclip
Path: skills/paperclip-create-agent/SKILL.md
Commit: 890ab9a

Reviewed: about 16 hours ago

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