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rationalize-deps

Analyze Cargo.toml dependencies and attempt to remove unused features to reduce compile times and binary size

77

1.40x
Quality

76%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

62%

1.40x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Low

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Quality

Content

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 content is a strong, actionable workflow: concrete commands, explicit validation with feedback loops, and a rollback path cover the risky batch-edit nature of the task. It is token-efficient and well structured, with only minor tightening possible and a modest case for moving per-crate patterns into a reference file.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is command-first and lean with minimal padding ('Run: cargo tree -p <crate> -f "{p} {f}" --edges features'), though the Overview section restates the description and a few phrases like 'Look up the crate on crates.io or check its Cargo.toml to understand' could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands throughout (cargo tree, cargo metadata piped to jq, cargo check --workspace --all-targets, git checkout for rollback) plus concrete before/after TOML snippets and worked patterns for serde, tokio, and reqwest.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Steps 1-5 are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (cargo check after each change), an error-recovery feedback loop ('If compilation fails: read the error messages... add only the required features... re-run cargo check'), a final full-build verification, and a rollback section, so the batch-operation cap does not apply.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A well-organized single-file skill with no bundle files; sections are clearly headed and content is appropriately placed, but at ~126 lines (over the 50-line simple-skill threshold) the Common Patterns and per-crate guidance could arguably live in a reference file.

4 / 5

Total

18

/

20

Passed

Description

65%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 concrete and clearly niche-scoped to Rust dependency optimization, with good natural keyword coverage. Its main weakness is the absence of any 'Use when...' trigger guidance, which caps completeness, and its action list is limited to two operations plus stated goals.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when the user wants to trim dependencies, speed up Rust builds, reduce binary size, or mentions default features in Cargo.toml.'

Enumerate the concrete actions more fully (e.g., 'inspect enabled features with cargo tree, disable default-features, and binary-search the minimal feature set') to raise specificity.

Include natural synonyms users might say such as 'default features', 'trim deps', or 'build times' to broaden trigger coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('Cargo.toml dependencies') and two concrete actions ('Analyze', 'attempt to remove unused features'), but 'reduce compile times and binary size' states goals rather than additional actions, so coverage is not comprehensive.

3 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear (analyze dependencies, remove unused features), but there is no 'Use when...' or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural Rust-ecosystem keywords users would actually say ('Cargo.toml', 'dependencies', 'unused features', 'compile times', 'binary size'), but misses common variations like 'default features', 'trim dependencies', or 'dependency audit'.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Cargo.toml dependencies' and 'unused features' carve a clear Rust-specific niche with distinct triggers and minimal conflict risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

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.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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