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behavioral-modes

AI operational modes (brainstorm, implement, debug, review, teach, ship, orchestrate). Use to adapt behavior based on task type.

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SKILL.md
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Content

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

The body delivers a usable catalog of modes with concrete output templates and a clear detection table, making it largely actionable and navigable. Its weaknesses are padding artifacts — an empty 'Combining Modes' section, dated multi-agent additions, and boilerplate limitations text — and unresolved ambiguity around conflicting triggers. With no bundle files, all content lives appropriately in one well-sectioned file.

Suggestions

Fill or remove the empty '## Combining Modes' section and add trigger-precedence rules to the detection table so conflicting keywords (e.g. 'build' vs 'deploy') resolve deterministically.

Drop the '(2025)' date from the multi-agent section and trim or compress it, since time-sensitive labels and brief one-liner patterns add tokens without executable guidance.

Replace the circular '## When to Use' boilerplate with a concrete statement of when the mode system applies, and specify the 'clean-code' skill reference or remove it since no such bundled skill exists.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient with concrete templates, but an entirely empty '## Combining Modes' section, a circular boilerplate '## When to Use' ('applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview'), and the time-sensitive 'Multi-Agent Collaboration Patterns (2025)' heading add padding that could be trimmed.

3 / 5

Actionability

Each mode carries concrete, executable output templates and behaviors (e.g. the DEBUG template 'Symptom/Root cause/Fix/Prevention') plus an explicit detection table; minor gaps remain, such as 'Use clean-code skill standards' referencing a skill not present in any bundle and 'discovery-report.json' being named but never specified.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The detect-mode-via-trigger-table to apply-behaviors to output-template workflow is clearly sequenced, but no precedence rules exist for conflicting triggers and the 'Combining Modes' section that would resolve multi-mode cases is empty, so it falls short of explicit-checkpoint clarity.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

This is a single-file skill (no references/, scripts/, or assets/ exist) with well-organized headers and easy navigation; the mode catalog fits inline acceptably, though the ~250-line body and per-mode templates could reasonably be split into reference files and the empty section slightly breaks organization.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Description

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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 enumerates the modes clearly and includes natural keywords, but its trigger guidance is circular and its action description generic. It answers 'what' adequately while leaving 'when' weak, and it risks firing on everyday words like 'review' and 'debug' that many task-specific skills also target.

Suggestions

Replace 'Use to adapt behavior based on task type' with explicit trigger phrases, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to brainstorm ideas, review or audit code, debug an error, or learn a concept.'

Add one or two concrete capability statements per mode (e.g. 'review: categorize findings by severity with improved code examples') so the description conveys actions, not just mode names.

Reconcile the mode list with the body: 'orchestrate' appears in the description but the body defines EXPLORE/PEC patterns instead, and no mode named 'orchestrate' exists.

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Specificity

The description names seven concrete modes ('brainstorm, implement, debug, review, teach, ship, orchestrate') but the only stated action is the generic 'adapt behavior based on task type', with no per-mode capabilities described.

3 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear (defines behavioral modes), but the only 'when' is the circular 'Use to adapt behavior based on task type', which never states when a user actually needs this skill; explicit trigger guidance is only weakly implied.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

The mode names (brainstorm, debug, review, teach, ship) are natural terms users would say, giving good keyword coverage, though common variations like 'explain', 'code review', or 'troubleshoot' are missing and the 'Use to adapt behavior' clause is not a natural trigger phrase.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The meta-concept of behavioral modes is somewhat distinct, but trigger words like 'review', 'debug', and 'implement' are ubiquitous in development conversations and would compete with dedicated task skills for the same utterances.

3 / 5

Total

13

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Path

skills/behavioral-modes/SKILL.md

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