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agent-release-manager

Agent skill for release-manager - invoke with $agent-release-manager

40

2.51x
Quality

13%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

78%

2.51x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Low

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

27%Scale 1-3

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

This skill is excessively verbose and repo-specific, reading more like a project-specific release runbook for ruvnet/ruv-FANN than a reusable skill. It contains hardcoded version numbers, repo paths, and PR body templates that inflate token usage without adding generalizable value. The workflow has reasonable structure but lacks error recovery feedback loops and suffers from poor progressive disclosure with everything inlined into one massive file.

Suggestions

Extract the PR body template, CI/CD YAML config, and release strategies into separate referenced files to dramatically reduce the main skill's token footprint

Replace hardcoded repo names, versions, and paths with placeholder variables (e.g., {{repo}}, {{version}}) to make the skill reusable

Add explicit validation checkpoints with error recovery: 'If tests fail → diagnose errors → fix → re-run before proceeding'

Remove the abstract data structure sections (versionStrategy, validationStages, rollbackPlan) — either make them actionable checklists or delete them entirely

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Extremely verbose at ~250+ lines with massive inline PR body templates, repeated version numbers, hardcoded repo-specific details (ruvnet/ruv-FANN), and conceptual explanations Claude doesn't need (what semantic versioning means, what rollback triggers are). The 'Release Strategies' section is entirely abstract data structures that add no actionable value. Much of this content is filler.

1 / 3

Actionability

Contains concrete tool invocations and bash commands, but they are heavily repo-specific (hardcoded paths, versions, repo names) making them templates rather than truly executable guidance. The JavaScript-style MCP calls use a non-standard syntax that isn't clearly executable. The validation stages and rollback strategy sections are abstract object literals, not actionable instructions.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 'Batch Release Workflow' section provides a sequential pipeline with TodoWrite tracking, which is good. However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints with error recovery — the tests are run but there's no 'if tests fail, do X' feedback loop. The workflow assumes everything succeeds linearly without branching on failure conditions.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Monolithic wall of content with no references to external files. Everything is inlined — the massive PR body template, the CI/CD config, the release strategies, monitoring metrics — all crammed into a single file. No bundle files are provided, and the content would greatly benefit from splitting into separate reference files for PR templates, CI configs, and strategy docs.

1 / 3

Total

6

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12

Passed

Description

0%Scale 1-3

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 description is critically deficient across all dimensions. It functions more as a label or invocation instruction than a meaningful description, providing no information about what the skill does, what actions it performs, or when it should be selected. Claude would have almost no basis for choosing this skill appropriately from a list of available skills.

Suggestions

Add concrete actions the skill performs, e.g., 'Creates release branches, generates changelogs, bumps version numbers, tags releases, and manages deployment workflows.'

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms, e.g., 'Use when the user asks about cutting a release, creating a changelog, bumping versions, tagging a release, or managing deployment pipelines.'

Remove the invocation instruction ('invoke with $agent-release-manager') from the description and replace it with functional content that helps Claude understand the skill's purpose and when to select it.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description provides no concrete actions whatsoever. 'Agent skill for release-manager' is entirely vague and does not describe what the skill actually does.

1 / 3

Completeness

Neither 'what does this do' nor 'when should Claude use it' is answered. The description only states it's an agent skill and how to invoke it, providing no functional or contextual information.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The only keyword is 'release-manager', which is a tool name rather than a natural user query term. No natural language triggers like 'release', 'deploy', 'version bump', 'changelog', etc. are included.

1 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description is so generic that it provides no distinguishing characteristics. 'Agent skill' could apply to any agent-based skill, and 'release-manager' without elaboration doesn't clearly carve out a niche.

1 / 3

Total

4

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12

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.

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
ruvnet/claude-flow
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