websocket-implementation

Implements real-time WebSocket communication with connection management, room-based messaging, and horizontal scaling. Use when building chat systems, live notifications, collaborative tools, or real-time dashboards.

Quality

84%

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Content

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A highly actionable reference with copy-paste code across server, client, and integration layers, plus a clearly signaled external reference for Python variants. It is weaker on workflow sequencing and validation checkpoints, as expected of a reference-style skill.

Suggestions

Add a short sequenced "get started" workflow with validation checkpoints (e.g., start server → connect client → confirm handshake/auth → verify room broadcast) to lift workflow clarity above 3.

Trim the redundant intro line and consider moving the Best Practices, Never Do, and monitoring endpoint sections into the references file to improve progressive disclosure toward 5.

Include an explicit validation/health-check step tied to the scaling considerations so deployment-focused workflows have a feedback loop.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Code blocks are largely lean and assume Claude's competence, with minor padding such as the redundant intro line "Build scalable real-time communication systems with proper connection management" and a few utility helpers that could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready code for server, client, React hook, message protocol, and monitoring endpoints covering the common cases, with user-supplied helpers (verifyToken/getToken) explicitly flagged and given example implementations.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Content is organized as a reference guide (server → client → protocol → scaling → monitoring) rather than a sequenced procedure, and lacks explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops for deployment/scaling operations.	3 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Good section structure with one well-signaled, one-level-deep reference ("See references/python-websocket.md for:" pointing to a real file) that offloads the Python implementations; minor gaps where the long Best Practices, Never Do, and monitoring sections remain inline rather than split out.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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A strong, specific description that concretely states capabilities and gives multiple natural use-case triggers. It clearly answers both what the skill does and when to invoke it, with low conflict risk.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete capabilities—"connection management, room-based messaging, and horizontal scaling"—giving comprehensive coverage rather than a single abstract action.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers what ("Implements real-time WebSocket communication with connection management, room-based messaging, and horizontal scaling") and when (the "Use when building..." clause) with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	"Use when building chat systems, live notifications, collaborative tools, or real-time dashboards" provides several natural user-facing triggers, but lacks synonyms or file-extension variations that would push it to comprehensive (5).	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (real-time WebSocket communication) with distinct scenario-based triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

100%

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: secondsky/claude-skills
Path: plugins/websocket-implementation/skills/websocket-implementation/SKILL.md
Commit: ad16332

Reviewed: 12 days ago

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