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changelog-update

Update CHANGELOG.md following TalkPipe conventions. Use after implementing a feature, fixing a bug, or making any user-facing change. Ensures correct "update vs add" logic and entry format.

83

0.93x
Quality

85%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

70%

0.93x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No findings from the security scan

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Quality

Content

92%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

A tight, well-structured instruction-only skill: concrete examples, an explicit decision flow for the update-vs-add logic, and a verification checklist. The only blemish is mild redundancy between the Checklist and earlier sections.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence ('Present tense, sentence case', 'One bullet per logical change'), but the Checklist section reiterates rules already stated in Decision Flow and Format Rules ('Use present tense', 'Place new bullets at the top'), which could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, copy-paste-ready markdown entry examples cover the common cases (new feature, updating an existing bullet, bug fix, multiple related changes), and the format rules give exact placement and styling ('New entries go at the top of the Unreleased list (after the `## Unreleased` heading)').

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Decision Flow gives a clear sequenced yes/no branch ('Is this a minor change... Yes → Update that existing bullet; do not add a new one') and the Checklist provides explicit verification checkpoints; this is a simple, non-destructive single-task skill with no validation gaps.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, and none are needed for this simple, single-purpose skill; the body is well organized into clearly headed sections (When to Use, Decision Flow, Format Rules, Examples, Checklist) with a one-level link to CHANGELOG.md.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

Passed

Description

78%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description that answers both what and when with concrete, mostly third-person phrasing. It sits just below the top anchors because trigger coverage lacks common synonyms and user-request phrasing, though it is highly distinct and low-conflict.

Suggestions

Add user-request trigger phrasing to the when-clause, e.g. 'or when the user asks to update the changelog or add a release entry', so it fires on direct requests as well as post-change workflow moments.

Include a couple of natural synonyms such as 'changelog entry' or 'release notes' in trigger_term coverage.

Consider briefly extending the 'what' with one or two more concrete outcomes (e.g. correct placement and present-tense entry format) to approach comprehensive capability coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names concrete actions — 'Update CHANGELOG.md following TalkPipe conventions', 'Ensures correct "update vs add" logic and entry format' — but coverage is not fully comprehensive (placement, tense, and formatting details live only in the body).

4 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are present: a clear 'what' (update CHANGELOG.md per TalkPipe conventions with correct update-vs-add logic) and an explicit 'when' ('Use after implementing a feature, fixing a bug, or making any user-facing change'), but the trigger framing is workflow-event based and could be more specific about user-request triggers.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural phrases users would say — 'implementing a feature', 'fixing a bug', 'user-facing change', 'CHANGELOG.md' — though variations like 'changelog entry', 'release notes', or 'add to the changelog' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

A clear niche (changelog maintenance for a named project's conventions) with distinct triggers; 'Update CHANGELOG.md following TalkPipe conventions' is unlikely to fire for any unrelated skill.

5 / 5

Total

17

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

relative_links

Relative link issues: 2 missing

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
sandialabs/talkpipe
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