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release-mac-app

macOS app release: Sparkle, notarization, GitHub Release, Homebrew, closeout.

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SKILL.md
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Content

72%

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

Highly actionable and well-structured with implementation correctly offloaded to a real bundle script, but the dense 1Password/keychain prose could be tightened and the release workflow lacks an explicit sequenced walkthrough with intermediate checkpoints.

Suggestions

Add a numbered release sequence (e.g. status -> notes -> make-appcast -> verify-appcast -> release -> check-assets) with explicit validation checkpoints between steps so the workflow is not implicit.

Convert the long 1Password and codesign keychain rule paragraphs into a compact table or tighter bullet list to improve token efficiency and parseability.

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Conciseness

The body largely assumes Claude's competence and avoids explaining known concepts, but the 1Password and codesign keychain rules (e.g. the run-on paragraphs in the Manifest section) are verbose and could be tightened into a table or terser bullets.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides a copy-paste-ready command block with full paths and arguments, concrete manifest field lists, and specific verification commands ('codesign', 'spctl', 'stapler validate').

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Commands are listed flat rather than as an explicitly sequenced release workflow, and the Done checklist provides only end-state validation; intermediate checkpoints between steps are implicit.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Clear sectioned overview (Rules, Commands, Manifest, Done) with heavy implementation offloaded to the real one-level-deep bundled script (scripts/mac-release -> lib/mac_release.sh), both verified present.

3 / 3

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Description

82%

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 specific, well-targeted description with strong trigger terms and a clear niche, weakened only by the absence of an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause. Adding that guidance would raise completeness to full marks.

Suggestions

Append an explicit trigger clause, e.g. 'Use when releasing or updating a Sparkle-based macOS app to GitHub Releases and Homebrew.'

Keep the third-person noun-phrase voice as-is; it already matches the rubric's voice requirement.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete release activities — 'Sparkle, notarization, GitHub Release, Homebrew, closeout' — each a specific named sub-task rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly states what the skill does (the named release phases), but provides no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, so completeness is capped at 2 per the rubric.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Uses natural terms a user would say when needing this skill: 'macOS app release', 'Sparkle', 'notarization', 'Homebrew', 'GitHub Release'.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The macOS-app-release niche anchored by Sparkle/notarization/Homebrew is distinct and unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

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12

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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