task-analyzer

Performs metacognitive task analysis and skill selection. Use when determining task complexity, selecting appropriate skills, or estimating work scale.

Quality

87%

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Quality

Content

100%

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-structured, token-efficient decision framework with concrete rules, named skills, a worked example, a defined output schema, and a single well-signaled reference file. It is a strong instruction-only skill with no significant content-quality weaknesses.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is dense and decision-oriented with compact tables and no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section (scale rules, tag matching, output schema) earns its place, matching the score-3 anchor of lean, efficient content that assumes competence.	3 / 3
Actionability	It gives concrete executable guidance: explicit decision rules ('Scale >= Large -> include documentation-criteria with priority high'), named skills with priorities, a worked tag-matching example, and a complete YAML output schema, matching the score-3 anchor of specific, copy-paste-ready instruction.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The five-step analysis process is clearly sequenced with explicit per-step actions, and the Warning Patterns table provides a feedback/flagging mechanism; since this is a non-destructive analysis task the absence of a validation checkpoint does not cap the score, matching the score-3 anchor of a clear sequence with feedback mechanisms.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md acts as an overview with a single, clearly signaled one-level-deep reference to the verified references/skills-index.yaml bundle file, and no deeper nesting exists, matching the score-3 anchor of a clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

75%

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 cleanly answers both what the skill does and when to use it with an explicit trigger clause and a clear, distinctive niche. Its main weakness is the slightly abstract 'metacognitive' framing and trigger terms that could be more natural to how users actually phrase such requests.

Suggestions

Replace or demote the jargon 'metacognitive' with a plainer concrete action (e.g., 'Analyzes tasks and selects the right skills') to raise specificity.

Add natural user-facing trigger phrases such as 'which skills do I need', 'how complex is this task', or 'how big is this change' to broaden trigger-term coverage.

Name a third concrete capability (e.g., 'estimates work scale and skill priority') to move specificity toward the score-3 anchor.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names two concrete actions ('metacognitive task analysis' and 'skill selection') but 'metacognitive' is abstract jargon and the action list is not comprehensive, matching the score-2 anchor of naming a domain and some actions without full coverage.	2 / 3
Completeness	It explicitly states what it does ('Performs metacognitive task analysis and skill selection') and when to use it via an explicit 'Use when determining task complexity, selecting appropriate skills, or estimating work scale' clause, matching the score-3 anchor for clearly answering both what and when.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	The 'Use when' clause offers relevant keywords ('determining task complexity', 'selecting appropriate skills', 'estimating work scale') but misses common user phrasings like 'which skills do I need' and leans on slightly formal language, fitting the score-2 anchor of some relevant keywords missing common variations.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The skill-selection niche and its specific triggers (task complexity, selecting skills, work scale) are distinct and unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, matching the score-3 anchor of a clear niche with distinct triggers.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: shinpr/claude-code-workflows
Path: skills/task-analyzer/SKILL.md
Commit: 56ab6c1

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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