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plugin-overlay-bundling

Pattern for keeping published plugin templates stable while layering source-owned helper files and skill content.

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Quality

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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Quality

Content

57%

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

The body is a well-organized, niche-specific instruction skill with concrete paths and schema details, but it lacks executable commands and explicit validation/feedback steps for its batch build-and-publish workflow. Progressive disclosure is strong given the compact, cleanly sectioned format.

Suggestions

Add a concrete, runnable invocation of the build script (e.g. the actual 'scripts/Build-Plugins.ps1' command line and expected output) to lift actionability.

Insert an explicit validation checkpoint in the workflow (e.g. 'After applying the overlay, verify the manifest resolves and the skill content refreshed before publishing').

Tighten step 6 by moving the legacy/migration tolerance into a short 'Migration' note so the core pattern stays lean.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean and well-sectioned without explaining concepts Claude already knows, but step 6's migration hedging ('prefer the canonical... but tolerate the legacy... until the published repo is updated') and slight redundancy between Pattern and Why could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

It gives concrete specifics (exact paths like '.github/plugins/<plugin-name>/', schema fields 'metadata.version' vs 'version', and named scripts), but shows no runnable command or script invocation, so the guidance is specific yet not copy-paste executable.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The six steps are clearly sequenced and step 5 adds a sync-gate checkpoint, but this batch build/publish workflow has no explicit validate-then-fix feedback loop, which caps workflow clarity at 2 per the rubric's batch-operation guidance.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

At under 50 lines with no bundle files and clear section headers (Context, Pattern, Why, Example), the content is well-organized and self-contained, meeting the rubric's allowance for simple skills to score 3 on structure alone.

3 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

Description

50%

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 conveys a clear, specific niche but reads as a label ('Pattern for...') rather than an action-and-trigger statement. It lacks an explicit 'Use when...' clause and natural trigger terms, capping several dimensions at 2.

Suggestions

Rewrite as concrete actions, e.g. 'Keeps published plugin templates stable while layering source-owned helper files and skill content into the build.'

Add an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when building/publishing plugin artifacts from copied templates and the source repo must own release-coupled helper files or skill content.'

Include natural trigger terms users would say ('plugin bundling', 'plugin build', 'marketplace publish', 'release-coupled helpers') to improve trigger quality and distinctiveness.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

It names the domain ('published plugin templates', 'source-owned helper files and skill content') and the actions of 'keeping...stable' and 'layering', but frames the skill as a 'Pattern for...' rather than listing multiple concrete actions, so it stops short of the comprehensive anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

It clearly states what the skill does but provides no explicit 'Use when...' trigger, so the 'when' is only implied, which caps completeness at 2 per the rubric guidelines.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant domain terms like 'plugin templates', 'helper files', and 'skill content' appear, but they lean technical/project-specific ('source-owned', 'layering') and lack the natural user-facing variations a person would actually say.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The plugin-overlay-bundling niche is fairly specific, but the weak trigger phrasing and generic terms ('plugin', 'skill content') leave it somewhat overlapping with adjacent release/build skills rather than carrying distinct triggers.

2 / 3

Total

8

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12

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 1 missing

Warning

Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
sbroenne/mcp-server-excel
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