workflow-automation
Automate repetitive development tasks and workflows. Use when creating build scripts, automating deployments, or setting up development workflows. Handles npm scripts, Makefile, GitHub Actions workflows, and task automation.
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Does it follow best practices?
Impact
92%
1.33xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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Discovery
92%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This is a well-crafted skill description that clearly articulates capabilities with specific tools and includes an explicit 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms. The main weakness is potential overlap with other development or CI/CD skills due to the broad scope of 'development workflows' and 'task automation'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: 'creating build scripts, automating deployments, setting up development workflows' and names specific tools: 'npm scripts, Makefile, GitHub Actions workflows, task automation'. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Clearly answers both what ('Automate repetitive development tasks and workflows', 'Handles npm scripts, Makefile, GitHub Actions workflows') AND when ('Use when creating build scripts, automating deployments, or setting up development workflows'). | 3 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes natural keywords users would say: 'build scripts', 'deployments', 'workflows', 'npm scripts', 'Makefile', 'GitHub Actions'. These are terms developers naturally use when discussing automation tasks. | 3 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | While it specifies automation tools, there's potential overlap with CI/CD-specific skills or general scripting skills. The term 'development workflows' is somewhat broad and could conflict with other development-related skills. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
64%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This skill provides highly actionable, executable examples for workflow automation covering npm scripts, Makefiles, git hooks, and CI/CD. However, it's verbose with unnecessary metadata sections and empty placeholders, and the relationship between the five 'steps' is unclear - they appear to be independent tools rather than a sequential workflow. The content would benefit from clearer organization and trimming of boilerplate.
Suggestions
Remove the empty 'Examples' section placeholders and the verbose 'Metadata' block - these add no value and waste tokens
Clarify whether Steps 1-5 are alternatives, complementary tools, or a sequential setup process - currently the relationship is ambiguous
Add explicit validation checkpoints, e.g., 'After setting up npm scripts, verify with `npm run lint` before proceeding to Makefile setup'
Consider splitting detailed GitHub Actions workflows and deployment scripts into separate reference files, keeping SKILL.md as a concise overview
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill provides useful examples but includes some unnecessary sections like the metadata block with version/tags and empty example placeholders. The 'When to use this skill' section explains obvious concepts Claude already understands. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Excellent executable code throughout - complete package.json scripts, full Makefile with working targets, bash scripts with proper error handling, and a complete GitHub Actions workflow. All examples are copy-paste ready. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are numbered and sequenced, but the relationship between steps is unclear - are these alternatives or a progression? The deploy script has validation (tests before deploy) but the overall workflow lacks explicit checkpoints for verifying each step succeeded before proceeding. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is reasonably structured with clear sections, but it's a monolithic document with ~200 lines of inline code. The references section links to external docs but there's no splitting of content into separate files for advanced topics like the GitHub Actions details or deployment strategies. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Validation
90%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 10 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
metadata_version | 'metadata.version' is missing | Warning |
Total | 10 / 11 Passed | |
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