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Parse FCS (Flow Cytometry Standard) files v2.0-3.1. Extract events as NumPy arrays, read metadata/channels, convert to CSV/DataFrame, for flow cytometry data preprocessing.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

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 is highly actionable with comprehensive executable examples and a well-signaled reference, but suffers from redundant reading examples and lacks validation checkpoints on batch/write workflows.

Suggestions

Consolidate the repeated FlowData reading examples into a single canonical snippet and reference it from downstream sections to reduce token redundancy.

Add explicit validation/verification steps to the batch-processing and create_fcs/write_fcs workflows (e.g., re-open the written file to confirm it parses, or assert event counts match).

Move the more exhaustive API/keyword reference material that overlaps with the body into references/api_reference.md to tighten the main SKILL.md.

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Conciseness

It avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows, but the basic FlowData reading pattern is repeated across Quick Start, Core Workflows, Inspecting, Batch Processing, CSV conversion, and Filtering sections, so it could be tightened.

3 / 5

Actionability

Abundant copy-paste-ready, executable code covering the common cases (reading, metadata, creation, multi-dataset, export, filtering, batch) with specific API calls and parameters.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sequences are present and there is error-handling recovery for parsing, but batch processing and FCS creation/writing workflows lack explicit output validation checkpoints, capping workflow clarity at 3 per the batch/destructive guideline.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

A real, well-signaled one-level-deep reference exists ('Read: references/api_reference.md') with clear section organization, though the body itself is long and contains redundant material that could be consolidated into the reference.

4 / 5

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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 is specific, actionable, and clearly niched, but lacks an explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, leaving the 'when to use' guidance only weakly implied.

Suggestions

Add an explicit trigger clause such as 'Use when parsing FCS files, extracting flow cytometry events, or converting .fcs data to NumPy/CSV/DataFrame.'

Include the '.fcs' file extension and the synonym 'flow cytometry standard' to broaden natural trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Parse FCS... files v2.0-3.1', 'Extract events as NumPy arrays', 'read metadata/channels', 'convert to CSV/DataFrame' — giving comprehensive coverage of capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'what' is clear and concrete, but the 'when' is only weakly implied by 'for flow cytometry data preprocessing' with no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, capping completeness at 3 per the guidelines.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms like 'FCS', 'Flow Cytometry Standard', 'NumPy arrays', 'CSV/DataFrame', and 'flow cytometry data preprocessing', but omits the '.fcs' file extension and some synonyms.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

FCS / flow cytometry file handling is a clear, narrow niche with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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Passed

Validation

81%

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

Validation13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (608 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

13

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16

Passed

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