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Generate or update chat customization files for AI coding agents

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Quality

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

68%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.

The content is a concise, well-structured instruction skill with concrete guidance and appropriate delegation to a related skill. Its main weakness is the absence of an explicit verification checkpoint for the file modifications it performs.

Suggestions

Add an explicit validation/verification step before finishing, e.g. re-read each modified file to confirm it is non-duplicative, valid Markdown, and consistent with existing conventions.

Show a concrete example of the final summary table format so the output step is copy-paste ready.

Tighten the opening paragraph to avoid restating 'create or update' in both prose and the bullet list.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence, with only minor restatement (the 'create or update' phrasing recurs in prose and bullets); it does not explain concepts Claude already knows.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, copy-pasteable guidance (the discovery search glob, file-preference rules, three explicit writing principles) with minor gaps where detail is delegated to the agent-customization skill.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Four numbered steps are clearly sequenced with a feedback loop in step 4, but there is no validation/verification checkpoint before finalizing; because the skill modifies existing user files (a destructive/batch risk), the rubric caps workflow clarity at 3.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into purpose and a numbered workflow with clearly signaled one-level-deep references to the agent-customization skill and related commands; not a 5 because references are slightly scattered and no bundle files exist to confirm structure.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Description

50%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.

The description states a clear purpose and target audience but lacks an explicit 'when to use' trigger and keyword variations. It is adequately specific yet not comprehensive enough to score above mid-range.

Suggestions

Add a 'Use when ...' clause naming concrete triggers, e.g. 'Use when setting up or refreshing agent instructions, skills, or custom agents for a codebase.'

Include natural synonyms and file names users might say (AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules) to improve trigger term coverage.

Enumerate the kinds of customization files generated (instructions, skills, custom agents) to lift specificity and distinctiveness.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('chat customization files') with two concrete actions ('Generate or update'), matching the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions' anchor; not a 4 because the verbs are broad and coverage of what is customized is not enumerated.

3 / 5

Completeness

Has a clear 'what' (generate/update chat customization files) but no 'when'/'Use when' clause; per the rubric a missing explicit trigger caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Contains relevant natural terms ('chat customization files', 'AI coding agents') but offers no trigger phrase or synonyms/variations users would say, fitting 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The phrase targets a specific niche but 'customization files' is broad and could overlap with related agent-setup skills, matching 'somewhat specific but could still overlap'.

3 / 5

Total

12

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
posit-dev/positron
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