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positron-issue-creator

This skill should be used when drafting GitHub issues for the Positron repository. It provides workflows for searching duplicates, selecting appropriate labels, gathering complete context through questioning, and writing terse, fluff-free issues that precisely describe what is needed or wrong. The skill prepares issues for manual submission by the user. Use this skill when the user asks to draft or prepare an issue for Positron.

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SKILL.md
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Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is highly actionable with a clear, well-validated workflow and real bundle files, but it is over-long and substantially duplicates its own reference materials rather than pointing to them. Trimming the inlined reference content and redundant restatements of the workflow would improve token efficiency and progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Remove the inlined writing principles, example bug/feature reports, anti-patterns, label options, and review checklist from SKILL.md and point to references/writing_guidelines.md and references/issue_templates.md instead, keeping only the high-level workflow in the body.

Consolidate the three-plus restatements of the workflow (Core Workflow, Important Guidelines, Common Mistakes, Success Criteria, Workflow Summary) into a single canonical sequence plus a brief checklist to cut redundancy.

Keep the scripts reference and submission-preparation templates inline since they are core to execution, but consider moving the full label catalog to the references to reduce inline bulk.

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Conciseness

The ~480-line body re-inlines material already present in the reference files (core writing principles, a full example bug report identical to the one in writing_guidelines.md, anti-patterns, label lists, and the review checklist) and restates the workflow across Core Workflow, Important Guidelines, Common Mistakes, Success Criteria, and a Workflow Summary diagram. It is mostly useful but carries substantial redundant padding.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete, executable commands with real flags (search_duplicates.sh, fetch_labels.sh --json/--limit), copy-paste-ready heredoc and clipboard templates, exact label names, and a direct GitHub issue URL—fully actionable guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Presents a clearly numbered 6-step sequence with explicit validation checkpoints (confirm-not-duplicate before drafting, ask rather than assume, show draft and get user approval before preparing, review checklist before presenting) and feedback loops for iteration.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Two real one-level-deep reference files and scripts are well-signaled via a References section, but the body duplicates large amounts of content that already lives in those references (writing principles, example issues, anti-patterns, labels, checklists)—content that should be separate is inline, matching the score-2 anchor.

2 / 3

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Description

100%

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, uses third-person voice, and clearly answers both what the skill does and when to use it with an explicit trigger clause. It is concise without padding and unlikely to conflict with other skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions—'searching duplicates, selecting appropriate labels, gathering complete context through questioning, and writing terse, fluff-free issues'—rather than vague abstractions, matching the score-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (duplicate search, labeling, context-gathering, terse issue writing, manual submission) and when via the explicit 'Use this skill when the user asks to draft or prepare an issue for Positron' clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Uses natural user phrasings like 'drafting GitHub issues', 'draft or prepare an issue', and 'when the user asks to draft or prepare an issue for Positron', giving good coverage of terms a user would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is narrowly scoped to Positron repo issues with manual (non-auto-created) submission, making it unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills; it even distinguishes itself from the intake-rotation skill.

3 / 3

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12

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Validation

100%

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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posit-dev/positron
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