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domain-strategy

Plan, manage, and optimize a domain portfolio. Use this skill for DNS architecture decisions, redirect strategies, registrar choice, parking unused domains, multi-site setups, and domain consolidation or split planning. Triggers on DNS, domain, registrar, redirect, parking, subdomain, apex, www vs non-www, multi-site, portfolio, hreflang setup, domain migration. Also triggers when planning a new site that needs domain decisions made before launch.

67

Quality

81%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

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Quality

Discovery

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.

This is a strong skill description that clearly defines its scope around domain portfolio management with specific, actionable capabilities. It excels at providing explicit trigger guidance with a comprehensive list of natural keywords users would use. The description is well-structured with clear 'what', 'when', and trigger information, making it easy for Claude to select appropriately.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: DNS architecture decisions, redirect strategies, registrar choice, parking unused domains, multi-site setups, domain consolidation or split planning. These are clearly defined, actionable capabilities.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (plan, manage, optimize domain portfolio with specific sub-tasks) and 'when' (explicit 'Use this skill for...' clause plus a detailed 'Triggers on' list and an additional situational trigger for pre-launch domain decisions).

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: DNS, domain, registrar, redirect, parking, subdomain, apex, www vs non-www, multi-site, portfolio, hreflang, domain migration. These are terms users would naturally use when seeking help with domain management.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche around domain portfolio management and DNS architecture. The specific trigger terms like 'registrar', 'parking', 'apex', 'www vs non-www', and 'domain consolidation' are highly distinctive and unlikely to conflict with general web development or hosting skills.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Implementation

62%

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

This is a well-organized strategic planning skill with a clear framework and solid workflow sequencing. Its main weaknesses are limited actionability (mostly advisory rather than executable) and moderate verbosity—it reads more like a consulting playbook than a technical skill file. The content would benefit from more concrete DNS record examples, configuration snippets, and actual bundle files to support the referenced paths.

Suggestions

Add concrete DNS record examples (e.g., actual A record, CNAME, CAA record syntax) inline or ensure the referenced dns-record-reference.md bundle file exists with this content.

Include example redirect configurations for common platforms (nginx, Cloudflare, etc.) to make Step 4 more actionable and copy-paste ready.

Trim the failure patterns section by removing entries that duplicate guidance already given in the framework (e.g., apex vs www, subdomain vs subfolder), or move it to a separate reference file.

Remove explanatory sentences Claude already knows, such as 'The registrar is where the domain is registered' and 'The DNS provider is where DNS records live.'

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The content is generally well-structured and avoids explaining basic concepts Claude would know, but it's somewhat verbose for what it covers. Sections like 'When to use' and 'When NOT to use' are helpful but could be tighter. The failure patterns section, while useful, repeats guidance already given in the framework. Some entries like explaining what a registrar is ('The registrar is where the domain is registered') are unnecessary.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides a solid conceptual framework and decision tables, but is light on executable commands or concrete code. The only concrete command is `curl -I` for verification. There are no DNS record examples with actual syntax, no example redirect configurations, and no registrar-specific commands. The referenced dns-record-reference.md would help but the bundle file doesn't exist. The guidance is more strategic/advisory than copy-paste actionable.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 7-step workflow is clearly sequenced and logically ordered (inventory → classify → audit → configure → document → monitor → review). Step 4 includes a concrete validation checkpoint (curl verification). Step 3 explicitly creates an audit checklist. Step 6 establishes monitoring as a validation layer. The workflow has good feedback loops—gaps become tickets, and quarterly review catches drift.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references one external file (references/dns-record-reference.md) and cross-references other skills (content-migration, email-deliverability, etc.), which is good structure. However, the main file is quite long (~200 lines of content) and some sections like the full failure patterns list and the detailed output format could be split into reference files. The referenced bundle file doesn't actually exist, which undermines the progressive disclosure promise.

2 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

Validation

90%

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

Validation10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

10

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11

Passed

Repository
rampstackco/claude-skills
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