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github-workflow-automation

Advanced GitHub Actions workflow automation with AI swarm coordination, intelligent CI/CD pipelines, and comprehensive repository management

49

2.41x
Quality

27%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

87%

2.41x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Low

Low-risk findings worth noting

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The canonical home for this skill is github-workflow-automation in ruvnet/agentic-flow

SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

22%

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

This skill is a sprawling, verbose catalog of commands and templates for a specific toolchain (ruv-swarm/claude-flow) rather than a focused, actionable skill. It massively over-explains by listing 8 nearly identical mode descriptions and 8 workflow templates inline, violating token efficiency. Critical workflow safety elements — validation steps, error handling, and feedback loops — are entirely absent despite the skill involving destructive operations like deployments and releases.

Suggestions

Reduce content by 70%+: collapse the 8 modes into a summary table with one representative example, move workflow templates to a separate TEMPLATES.md file, and eliminate duplicated caching/optimization snippets.

Add explicit validation and verification steps to all multi-step workflows, especially deployment and release pipelines (e.g., 'Validate deployment health: gh api /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{id}/statuses').

Remove descriptive metadata bullets (e.g., 'Coordination Mode: Hierarchical', 'Review Mode: Automated') that provide no actionable value — Claude doesn't need feature marketing copy.

Verify that referenced tools (ruv-swarm, claude-flow@alpha, ruvnet/swarm-action@v1) actually exist and work as described, or clearly mark examples as illustrative templates rather than executable commands.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Extremely verbose at 700+ lines. Massive amounts of repetitive content — 8 nearly identical 'mode' descriptions with bullet-point metadata Claude doesn't need, 8 workflow templates that are largely variations of the same pattern, duplicated caching examples, and extensive command listings. Most content describes what tools do rather than providing unique, non-obvious instructions.

1 / 3

Actionability

Commands and YAML snippets appear concrete and copy-paste ready, but they reference tools (ruv-swarm, claude-flow@alpha, ruvnet/swarm-action@v1) that may not exist or be verifiable. The code looks plausible but is essentially pseudocode dressed as real commands — there's no way to confirm these CLIs and actions actually work as shown.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Despite showing multi-step processes (CI/CD pipelines, release workflows), there are no validation checkpoints, error recovery steps, or feedback loops anywhere. The 'self-healing pipeline' template is ironic — it shows no actual validation. Destructive operations like deployment and release have no verification steps. The setup checklist at the end is a checklist, not a validated workflow.

1 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Uses HTML details/summary tags for collapsible sections, which is a reasonable progressive disclosure technique. However, with no bundle files, all content is monolithically packed into one massive file. The 'Related Skills' section references other skills but they aren't provided. The sheer volume of inline content (8 workflow templates, 8 modes, command reference) should be split into separate files.

2 / 3

Total

6

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12

Passed

Description

32%

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 relies heavily on buzzwords ('advanced', 'intelligent', 'comprehensive', 'AI swarm coordination') without explaining concrete actions or providing trigger guidance. While it identifies the GitHub Actions domain, it fails to specify what concrete tasks it performs and completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause, making it difficult for Claude to reliably select this skill at the right time.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with trigger terms like 'GitHub Actions', 'workflow YAML', 'CI/CD pipeline', 'build automation', 'deploy workflow', '.github/workflows'.

Replace vague qualifiers ('advanced', 'intelligent', 'comprehensive') with concrete actions such as 'create and debug GitHub Actions workflows, configure build/test/deploy pipelines, manage workflow triggers and secrets'.

Remove or clarify 'AI swarm coordination' — either explain what it concretely does or drop it, as it reads as buzzword fluff that doesn't help with skill selection.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (GitHub Actions) and some actions (workflow automation, CI/CD pipelines, repository management), but uses vague qualifiers like 'advanced', 'intelligent', and 'comprehensive' rather than listing concrete specific actions. 'AI swarm coordination' is buzzwordy without explaining what it actually does.

2 / 3

Completeness

Provides a vague 'what' but completely lacks any 'when should Claude use it' guidance. There is no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2, but the 'what' itself is also weak and buzzword-heavy, bringing this to a 1.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes some relevant keywords like 'GitHub Actions', 'CI/CD pipelines', and 'repository management' that users might naturally say. However, it misses common variations like 'workflows', '.github', 'YAML', 'build', 'deploy', 'test automation', or 'pull request checks'. 'AI swarm coordination' is not a term users would naturally use.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The mention of 'GitHub Actions' provides some distinctiveness, but 'CI/CD pipelines' and 'repository management' are broad enough to overlap with general DevOps, Git, or CI/CD skills. The vague qualifiers reduce clarity about what specifically this skill handles versus adjacent skills.

2 / 3

Total

7

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12

Passed

Validation

81%

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

Validation9 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (1066 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

Warning

Total

9

/

11

Passed

Repository
ruvnet/ruv-FANN
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