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Spawn parallel task agents to explore a given area of the codebase from multiple angles, then use their findings to answer the question or build a plan. Use when a task needs broad fan-out exploration across many files before acting.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

50%

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

The content gives a clear high-level 3-step workflow (gather, spawn agents, synthesize) but relies on vague phrasing, lacks explicit checkpoints, and has no section organization.

Suggestions

Replace vague phrasing ("dig around", "out of the box for variance", "do what the user wants") with concrete instructions, e.g., how to scope each agent's task and how to combine their findings.

Add an explicit completion/validation checkpoint after the agents finish (e.g., "confirm all agents returned before synthesizing") to strengthen the workflow.

Add minimal section headers (e.g., ## Gather, ## Spawn agents, ## Synthesize) to give the short body clear organization.

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Conciseness

The body is short and avoids explaining concepts Claude knows, but "given area of interest" is repeated three times and phrases like "dig around" could be tightened, fitting the mostly-efficient-but-could-be-tightened anchor rather than fully lean.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides one concrete parameter ("n=10") and a clear spawn-instruction, but "dig deeper", "out of the box for variance", and "do what the user wants" are vague and missing key details, fitting the some-concrete-but-incomplete anchor rather than copy-paste-ready guidance.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Steps are numbered and sequenced with an implicit completion gate ("Once the task agents are done"), but there are no explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops, fitting the steps-listed-but-implicit-checkpoints anchor rather than explicit-validation.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is short with no external references (so no nesting risk), but it has no section headers or navigation structure — just a flat numbered list — fitting some-structure-but-could-be-better-organized rather than well-organized sections.

2 / 3

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8

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12

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Description

77%

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 specific and complete with an explicit "Use when" trigger, but its trigger terms are somewhat technical and it can overlap with general codebase-exploration skills.

Suggestions

Add more natural user-spoken trigger phrases (e.g., "explore this area of the codebase", "look into X from different angles") alongside the technical "fan-out" wording.

Sharpen the trigger to reduce overlap with general exploration skills, e.g., specify "when one pass won't cover many files" or contrast against single-agent exploration.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "Spawn parallel task agents", "explore...from multiple angles", "use their findings to answer the question or build a plan" — matching the anchor for listing several specific concrete actions rather than naming only a domain.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what (spawn agents, explore, synthesize into answer/plan) and when via an explicit "Use when a task needs broad fan-out exploration across many files before acting" clause, satisfying the what-and-when anchor rather than capping at 2.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Has relevant terms ("explore", "codebase", "many files") but leans technical with "fan-out" and lacks common user-spoken variations, fitting the anchor for some relevant keywords missing common variations rather than broad natural coverage.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The parallel-agent mechanism is distinctive, but the "explore a given area of the codebase" trigger overlaps with general exploration/cleanup skills, fitting the anchor for somewhat specific but still overlapping rather than a fully clear niche.

2 / 3

Total

10

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12

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.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Total

15

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16

Passed

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