skill-registry
Create or update the project skill registry. Trigger: update skills, skill registry, actualizar skills, or after skill changes.
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Quality
Discovery
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.
The description is functional and well-structured with clear trigger terms and explicit 'when' guidance. Its main weakness is limited specificity about what creating or updating the skill registry actually involves (e.g., scanning for skills, generating an index, updating metadata). The trigger terms are strong and distinctive, making it easy for Claude to select this skill appropriately.
Suggestions
Add more concrete actions describing what the skill does, e.g., 'Scans project for skill files, generates or updates a centralized skill registry with metadata and descriptions.'
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Names the domain ('project skill registry') and two actions ('create or update'), but doesn't elaborate on what creating or updating entails or what the registry contains. | 2 / 3 |
Completeness | Explicitly answers both 'what' (create or update the project skill registry) and 'when' (trigger conditions are clearly listed: 'update skills, skill registry, actualizar skills, or after skill changes'). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes natural trigger phrases users would say: 'update skills', 'skill registry', 'actualizar skills', and the contextual trigger 'after skill changes'. Good coverage including a Spanish variant. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The concept of a 'skill registry' is a very specific niche that is unlikely to conflict with other skills. The trigger terms are distinct and narrowly scoped. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-crafted operational skill with excellent actionability and workflow clarity — every step has concrete paths, templates, and examples. Its main weakness is moderate verbosity: repeated explanations of the delegation model and sub-agent behavior add tokens without adding actionable value. The inline registry template and examples are thorough but make the file long; some could be split into referenced files for better progressive disclosure.
Suggestions
Remove repeated explanations of what sub-agents do/don't read (appears in Purpose, Step 3 template, and Rules) — state it once at the top.
Consider extracting the full registry markdown template (Step 3) into a separate template file and referencing it, reducing the SKILL.md length significantly.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is fairly detailed and well-structured, but includes some unnecessary verbosity — e.g., repeated explanations of what compact rules are, what sub-agents do/don't read, and motivational context ('This is the foundation of the Skill Resolver Protocol'). Some sections like the Step 5 summary template and the 'When to Run' section could be tightened. However, most content is actionable and not explaining concepts Claude already knows. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides highly concrete, executable guidance: specific glob paths to scan, exact directory names to skip, precise markdown templates for the registry output, exact mem_save parameters with field-level detail, and a complete example of compact rules (the React 19 example). Every step has clear, copy-paste-ready outputs and specific file paths. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 5-step workflow is clearly sequenced (Scan → Generate Rules → Scan Conventions → Persist → Return Summary) with explicit sub-steps. Step 4 includes a mandatory persistence checkpoint with fallback logic (engram availability). The deduplication rules, 200-line guard, and skip rules serve as validation constraints. The 'This step is MANDATORY — do NOT skip it' callout is an explicit checkpoint. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references `_shared/skill-resolver.md` for the full resolution protocol, which is good progressive disclosure. However, the skill itself is quite long (~180 lines of content) and could benefit from splitting the detailed registry template and compact rules examples into separate reference files. Without bundle files to verify the referenced path exists, and with all content inline, it's functional but not optimally structured. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 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
Validation for skill structure
No warnings or errors.
- Repository
- sergiodvillegas-art/gentle-ai
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