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cloud-architect

Expert cloud architect specializing in AWS/Azure/GCP multi-cloud infrastructure design, advanced IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK), FinOps cost optimization, and modern architectural patterns.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

35%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 persona/knowledge catalog rather than an operational skill: it enumerates cloud technologies Claude already knows, provides almost no executable guidance, and inlines everything instead of using reference files. Its strongest element is the closing paragraph, which is the only concise, concrete, verification-aware instruction in the file.

Suggestions

Replace the Capabilities/Knowledge Base catalogs with a short operational workflow (requirements -> constraints -> candidate architectures -> trade-off table -> validation) and move any retained capability detail into references/ files linked one level deep.

Add concrete, actionable artifacts: a requirements-gathering checklist, a skeleton Terraform module layout, a cost-estimation worksheet, and a trade-off/ADR template with a worked example.

Make verification steps explicit in the workflow (e.g. 'validate the plan with terraform validate / third-party linting, confirm quotas and pricing via provider tooling before quoting costs, and re-run checks after each design change') to create a validate-fix-retry loop.

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Conciseness

Roughly half the body is a catalog of services and tools Claude already knows (EC2/Lambda/EKS, Kafka/Kinesis, Redis/Memcached, SOC2/HIPAA) plus a redundant 'Knowledge Base' section, so padding is pervasive across several sections rather than occasional. Not score 1 because nothing is actually explained — it lists rather than teaches — and the closing paragraph is genuinely lean.

2 / 5

Actionability

There is no code, command, template, or concrete checklist anywhere in the body; the 'Response Approach' steps are abstract ('Analyze requirements', 'Consider security implications') and only the closing paragraph ('Start from workload, data classification, region, recovery objectives and budget; ... Verify current region availability, quotas and pricing') provides minimal concrete guidance. Not score 1 because that closing paragraph and the Example Interactions give high-level hints of real workflow shape; not score 3 because no executable specifics are provided for any common case.

2 / 5

Workflow Clarity

An 8-step sequence exists in 'Response Approach', and checkpoints are present but only implicit — 'Verify current region availability, quotas and pricing before quoting costs' and 'compare a concrete architecture with assumptions and rollback/failure paths' are stated, yet the steps themselves are generic with no validate-fix-retry loop. Not score 4 because the individual steps are poorly defined and lack explicit checkpoints; not score 2 because a real sequence plus some verification guidance is present.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

The body is consistently sectioned with headers, but there are no bundle files or any references to separate files; the ~60-line Capabilities catalog and Knowledge Base are inline content that would clearly belong in reference files. Not score 4 because nothing is offloaded to navigable external material (no references exist at all); not score 2 because the structure itself is present, consistent, and easy to scan.

3 / 5

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10

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20

Passed

Description

66%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A moderately strong description: specific about the domain and tooling, but written as a persona statement rather than a capability-plus-trigger description. Its main weakness is the complete absence of an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause.

Suggestions

Append an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when designing or reviewing cloud infrastructure, writing Terraform/CDK, planning multi-region or DR architecture, or reducing cloud spend'.

Rewrite the persona framing ('Expert cloud architect specializing in...') as concrete third-person actions such as 'Designs multi-cloud infrastructure, writes Terraform/CDK modules, and optimizes cloud spend'.

Add natural user phrasings and synonyms ('infrastructure as code', 'cloud costs', 'architecture review', 'Well-Architected') to broaden trigger coverage.

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Specificity

The description lists several specific capability areas with named tooling ('multi-cloud infrastructure design, advanced IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu/CDK), FinOps cost optimization'), but frames them as expertise domains in a persona statement rather than concrete actions, leaving minor gaps versus a fully action-oriented list.

4 / 5

Completeness

It has a clear and specific 'what' but contains no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3 per the judging guidelines.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good keyword coverage of natural terms users would say for this domain (AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, OpenTofu, CDK, FinOps, cost optimization), though common variations like 'infrastructure as code' spelled out, 'reduce cloud costs', or 'cloud architecture' are missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The multi-cloud architecture / IaC / FinOps niche is recognizable and mostly distinct, but the description claims the entire cloud space, creating minor overlap risk with dedicated Terraform, DevOps, or security skills.

4 / 5

Total

15

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository

sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Path

skills/cloud-architect/SKILL.md

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