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backlog-batch-delivery

Plan, order and deliver a batch of backlog items (e.g. every High item) in a Conventional Docs repo, one decision, branch, worktree, draft PR, review and merge per item. Use when asked to work through the backlog, implement all items of a priority, or sequence several backlog items end to end.

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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, well-sequenced pipeline skill with excellent validation and feedback loops for batch delivery. Its main weakness is structure: everything lives in one inlined file with project-specific traps and gate details that would be better split into well-signaled reference files.

Suggestions

Move the project-specific trap list (Bazel deps, commitlint line lengths, lint-markdown limits, mise env-var interference) out of Phase 2 step 5 into a references/traps.md file, linked with a one-line pointer.

Split the release and deploy procedures in "After the batch" into a references/release-deploy.md, keeping only a brief trigger condition inline.

Move the omp-specific plan-mode mechanics (`xd://propose`, Alt+Shift+P fallback) into a reference so the core two-phase pipeline stays tool-agnostic and leaner.

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Conciseness

The body is dense and assumes competence with no concept explanations ("One owner per worktree", the traps list), but project-specific minutiae such as omp commands, lint-docs section-ordering rules, and commitlint line-length details could be trimmed or split out. It sits between the 4 anchor (minor trimming possible) and the 5 anchor (every token earns its place).

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, executable commands appear throughout: `git ls-remote --heads origin '*<slug>'`, `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=true git rebase -i --autosquash origin/main`, `gh pr checks <n> --watch --fail-fast=false`, plus exact commit message formats (`decision: propose <id>`) and PR title constraints ("at most 70 characters"). This matches the fully-executable top anchor.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Two clearly sequenced phases with 12 numbered steps, pinned stop conditions ("A stop condition means stop and ask, not improvise"), and validation checkpoints at every stage: CI-form local gates, smoke of the changed path, validation of every reviewer finding, and CI watch with a feedback loop ("On failure, run `ci-fix`"). Batch operations are well protected, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and no references are linked; all content is inlined in a single ~85-line file. Section headers are clear, but content that plausibly belongs in separate reference files (the project-specific traps list, gate commands, release/deploy details) is inline, matching the 3 anchor ("content that should be separate is inline") rather than the 4 anchor's "references mostly clear".

3 / 5

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17

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20

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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: third-person voice, concrete pipeline actions, and an explicit "Use when" clause with natural trigger phrases. The only gap is modest synonym coverage in the trigger terms (e.g., "clear the backlog").

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Specificity

"Plan, order and deliver a batch of backlog items... one decision, branch, worktree, draft PR, review and merge per item" lists multiple specific concrete actions covering the entire pipeline comprehensively, matching the top anchor rather than the 4 anchor's 'minor gaps in coverage'.

5 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both "what" (the full per-item pipeline: decision, branch, worktree, draft PR, review, merge) and "when" (an explicit "Use when" clause with three concrete trigger phrases), matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Use when asked to work through the backlog, implement all items of a priority, or sequence several backlog items end to end" gives good natural trigger phrases, but common variations like "clear the backlog" or "finish all High-priority items" are missing, so it falls between the 4 and 5 anchors rather than clearly at 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"in a Conventional Docs repo" plus batch-specific triggers ("implement all items of a priority", "sequence several backlog items end to end") carve a clear niche with minimal conflict risk; the 4 anchor's "minor overlap risk" would only apply if a competing single-item delivery skill existed with overlapping triggers.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

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Validation

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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