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.
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Discovery
100%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 strong skill description that clearly communicates specific capabilities (WebSocket communication, connection management, room-based messaging, horizontal scaling) and provides explicit trigger guidance via a 'Use when' clause with natural user-facing terms. It uses proper third-person voice and is concise without being vague.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'real-time WebSocket communication', 'connection management', 'room-based messaging', and 'horizontal scaling'. These are distinct, concrete capabilities. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both 'what' (implements WebSocket communication with connection management, room-based messaging, horizontal scaling) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clause listing chat systems, live notifications, collaborative tools, real-time dashboards). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes strong natural trigger terms users would say: 'WebSocket', 'chat systems', 'live notifications', 'collaborative tools', 'real-time dashboards', 'real-time', 'room-based messaging'. Good coverage of common variations. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | WebSocket communication with room-based messaging and horizontal scaling is a clear, distinct niche. The specific technology (WebSocket) and use cases (chat, live notifications, collaborative tools) make it unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 12 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
52%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill excels at providing concrete, executable code examples covering server, client, React integration, and monitoring. However, it lacks a clear workflow sequence for assembling these components into a working system, and the best practices / never-do lists are verbose with advice Claude already knows. The referenced bundle file doesn't exist, weakening progressive disclosure.
Suggestions
Add a numbered workflow section at the top (e.g., '1. Set up Redis, 2. Implement server, 3. Verify with health endpoint, 4. Connect client, 5. Test message delivery') with explicit validation checkpoints.
Remove or drastically condense the 'Best Practices' and 'Never Do' bullet lists — most items are general knowledge Claude already has. Keep only project-specific or non-obvious constraints.
Either provide the referenced 'references/python-websocket.md' bundle file or remove the broken reference.
Remove the explanatory comments about getToken() in the React hook — Claude can infer how to obtain an auth token.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The code examples are mostly well-structured and useful, but the 'Best Practices' and 'Never Do' bullet lists are verbose and largely contain advice Claude already knows (e.g., 'send sensitive data unencrypted', 'implement comprehensive error handling'). The React hook's comments explaining getToken() are unnecessary padding. The skill could be tightened significantly. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready code for server implementation, client implementation, React hook, monitoring endpoints, and message protocol with TypeScript interfaces. The code is concrete and complete with real library imports and configuration. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | There is no clear sequenced workflow for setting up a WebSocket system. The skill presents code blocks but lacks step-by-step instructions, validation checkpoints, or any guidance on the order of operations. For a multi-component system (server, client, Redis, monitoring), the absence of a setup sequence and verification steps is a significant gap. | 1 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | There is a reference to 'references/python-websocket.md' for Python implementations, which is good progressive disclosure. However, the bundle has no files, so the reference is broken. The main content includes substantial inline code that could benefit from being split into separate reference files (e.g., client vs server), and the scaling table and best practices lists could be better organized. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |
Validation
100%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
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