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Advanced swarm orchestration patterns for research, development, testing, and complex distributed workflows

61

3.84x
Quality

42%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

100%

3.84x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Low

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Quality

Content

27%

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

The body provides concrete, parameterized tool calls and clearly sequenced phases, but it is far too long and repetitive, depends on undefined placeholder variables, and keeps all detail inline with no progressive disclosure. It reads as a reference dump rather than a lean skill overview.

Suggestions

Collapse the four near-identical patterns into one canonical workflow plus a compact table of topology/strategy/team variations to remove ~600 lines of repetition.

Move the full tool catalog (swarm_init, parallel_execute, memory_usage, neural_patterns, etc.) into a separate REFERENCE.md and keep SKILL.md as a concise overview with one-level-deep links.

Replace placeholder variables (findings, researchData, testSuites) with inline literals or clearly marked stubs, and add explicit validation checkpoints between phases (e.g. verify swarm_status before proceeding to the next phase).

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is a monolithic ~970 lines with four near-identical patterns and large repetitive tool-call blocks (e.g. spawn-team forEach blocks and parallel_execute task arrays repeated for research, development, testing, and analysis), padding tokens with content Claude does not need repeated; this matches the "verbose; padded with unnecessary context" anchor.

1 / 3

Actionability

Tool calls include specific parameters and named MCP functions, which is more concrete than pseudocode, but many blocks rely on undefined variables (findings, researchData, sourcesArray, successfulWorkflows, testSuites) making them templates rather than copy-paste executable, fitting the "some concrete guidance but incomplete" anchor.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Each pattern is sequenced into explicit phases (gather, analyze, validate, synthesize) and there is a try/catch retry in the Error Handling section, but most workflows lack explicit validation checkpoints before proceeding and the feedback loops are implicit rather than checklist-driven, matching the "steps listed but validation gaps" anchor.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No references/scripts/assets bundle exists and the entire body is a single inline wall of text with no offloaded reference files or one-level-deep navigation, fitting the "monolithic wall of text; poor organization" anchor.

1 / 3

Total

6

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12

Passed

Description

57%

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 clearly identifies a distinctive niche (swarm orchestration) and lists several application domains, but it stops at naming capabilities rather than concrete actions and omits any explicit "Use when..." trigger. It is solid but not exemplary on specificity, triggers, and completeness.

Suggestions

Add a concrete "Use when..." clause naming the user-facing triggers, e.g. "Use when coordinating many parallel agents for research, development, or testing."

Replace abstract category words ("patterns," "complex distributed workflows") with concrete actions like "spawn, coordinate, and monitor parallel agent swarms."

Include natural user phrasings alongside technical terms, such as "multi-agent," "parallel agents," or "coordinate agents."

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The phrase "Advanced swarm orchestration patterns for research, development, testing, and complex distributed workflows" names the domain (swarm orchestration) and several application areas, but describes categories of patterns rather than concrete actions a user can point to, matching the "names domain and some actions, but not comprehensive" anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

It states what the skill covers (orchestration patterns for several workflows) but provides no "Use when..." clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, so "when" is only implied and completeness is capped at 2 per the guidelines.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Terms like "swarm," "orchestration," "distributed," "research," "development," and "testing" are relevant but lean technical and lack common phrasings a user would naturally say; coverage is present but missing natural variations, fitting the "some relevant keywords but missing common variations" anchor.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Advanced swarm orchestration patterns" carves a clear niche tied to a specific tool/paradigm, making it unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills; this matches the "clear niche with distinct triggers" anchor.

3 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (974 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

14

/

16

Passed

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