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pulumi-debug-failed-operation

Debug a Pulumi update or preview that failed: read the failure Pulumi already recorded, find what caused it, and fix it. Load this skill when the user asks to debug, diagnose, or fix a failed update or preview, or points at a failing `pulumi up` or `pulumi preview`. Don't load it for authoring new infrastructure, migrations, or provider upgrades; those have their own skills.

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88%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 body is highly actionable with copy-paste commands, clear sequencing, confirmation checkpoints, and an error-recovery loop. It is mostly concise and well-structured, with only minor over-explanation and a case for splitting some detail into a reference file.

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Conciseness

Largely lean and assumes Claude's competence, but a few narrative passages like 'Pulumi recorded the error when the operation failed, so once you know which operation it is you can read the error from that record without running anything again' could be trimmed, placing it at anchor 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands for both update and preview event retrieval ('pulumi api .../events | jq -r ... | sed ...') plus a concrete fallback procedure with exact API paths, matching anchor 5.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Clear sequence (identify → confirm → read events → diagnose → fix) with explicit confirmation checkpoints ('Briefly confirm which operation you landed on') and an error-recovery feedback loop ('When a diagnostic is empty or too thin to act on... stop and tell the user'), matching anchor 5.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized into clear section headers with no nested references and self-contained content, but at ~110 lines some material (e.g., the 'If the user didn't say which operation' fallback or the API-path catalog) could be split into a reference file, so it sits at anchor 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

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Description

87%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 is precise and well-scoped, clearly answering both what it does and when to load it, with explicit exclusions that reduce conflict risk. Minor gaps in synonym coverage and action specificity keep it just short of perfect on two dimensions.

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Specificity

Lists three concrete actions — 'read the failure Pulumi already recorded, find what caused it, and fix it' — but 'find what caused it' and 'fix it' stay somewhat high-level, so it sits at anchor 4 rather than the comprehensive coverage of anchor 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('read the failure...recorded, find what caused it, and fix it') and when ('Load this skill when the user asks to debug, diagnose, or fix a failed update or preview, or points at a failing pulumi up or pulumi preview') with concrete trigger phrases, matching anchor 5.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong natural trigger coverage — 'debug, diagnose, or fix a failed update or preview' plus the exact user-facing commands 'pulumi up' and 'pulumi preview' — but a few common phrasings like 'deployment failed' or 'stack update failed' are absent, keeping it just below anchor 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (debugging failed Pulumi operations) reinforced by explicit negative boundary ('Don't load it for authoring new infrastructure, migrations, or provider upgrades; those have their own skills'), giving minimal conflict risk per anchor 5.

5 / 5

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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

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