golang-stay-updated

Provides resources to stay updated with Golang news, communities and people to follow. Use when seeking Go learning resources, discovering new libraries, finding community channels, or keeping up with Go language changes and releases.

Quality

56%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

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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 essentially a curated resource directory for the Go ecosystem — useful as a reference but lacking actionability for Claude. It contains no executable code, no concrete instructions, and no workflows. The content is well-organized with tables but is largely a static list of URLs and social media handles that will become stale over time and doesn't teach Claude how to perform any specific task.

Suggestions

Reframe the skill around actionable tasks Claude can perform, such as 'When a user asks about Go resources, recommend from these curated lists based on their experience level and interest area' with concrete decision logic.

Add concrete examples of how Claude should use this information, e.g., example user queries and expected responses that reference specific resources from the lists.

Move the extensive developer social media tables to a separate reference file to keep the main SKILL.md focused on key resources and actionable guidance.

Remove the 'Quick Tips for Staying Updated' section — these are human-oriented suggestions that Claude cannot act on (e.g., 'Attend a GopherCon').

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The content is mostly well-organized in tables, but includes a lot of information that is essentially a static reference list (social media handles, URLs) that could become stale. The 'Quick Tips' section is generic advice Claude doesn't need. However, the table format is reasonably efficient for the amount of data presented.	2 / 3
Actionability	This skill is purely a reference/resource list with no executable guidance, commands, or concrete steps Claude can take. It tells Claude where to look but doesn't instruct Claude how to do anything specific. The 'Quick Tips' are vague suggestions aimed at a human reader, not actionable instructions for Claude.	1 / 3
Workflow Clarity	There is no workflow or process defined. The skill is a static list of resources with no sequencing, validation, or multi-step process. Even the 'Quick Tips' section is a loose list of suggestions rather than a clear workflow.	1 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The content is well-structured with clear section headers and tables, making it easy to scan. However, the document is quite long and monolithic — the extensive developer lists with social media handles could be split into a separate reference file. No bundle files are provided despite the content being lengthy enough to warrant splitting.	2 / 3
	Total	6 / 12 Passed

Description

89%

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 solid description with a clear 'Use when' clause and good trigger term coverage for the Go ecosystem resources domain. Its main weakness is that the capability description could be more specific about what concrete outputs or actions the skill provides (e.g., listing specific resource types like newsletters, blogs, conferences, Slack channels). Overall it performs well for skill selection purposes.

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions/outputs like 'Lists Go newsletters, blogs, podcasts, Slack/Discord communities, and influential developers to follow' to improve specificity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain (Golang news, communities, people to follow) and some actions (stay updated, discovering libraries, finding community channels), but the actions are more about information provision than concrete specific tasks. It doesn't list specific concrete outputs like 'lists newsletters, recommends Twitter accounts, links to forums.'	2 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both what ('Provides resources to stay updated with Golang news, communities and people to follow') and when ('Use when seeking Go learning resources, discovering new libraries, finding community channels, or keeping up with Go language changes and releases') with an explicit 'Use when' clause.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Good coverage of natural terms users would say: 'Golang', 'Go', 'learning resources', 'libraries', 'community channels', 'releases', 'news', 'people to follow'. These are terms a user would naturally use when looking for Go ecosystem resources.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Clearly scoped to Go/Golang ecosystem resources, communities, and news — a distinct niche that is unlikely to conflict with general programming skills or Go coding skills. The focus on community/news/resources rather than writing Go code makes it distinctive.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

81%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 9 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_field	'metadata' should map string keys to string values	Warning
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	9 / 11 Passed

Repository: samber/cc-skills-golang
Commit: a5e0e59

Reviewed: 14 days ago

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