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Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Cite authoritative external sources. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

65%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 clean, token-efficient overview that delegates detail correctly to references/rule.md, but its guidance stays at the level of direction rather than instruction — no link examples, no anchor-text samples, and no verification step in the Check/Fix flow. Structure is a strength; concreteness is the main gap.

Suggestions

Add a short good/bad example pair in the Fix section (e.g., descriptive anchor text vs. bare "click here" or a raw URL) so the guidance becomes copy-paste actionable.

Include a concrete verification step in the Check or Fix flow, such as confirming each added link resolves (HTTP 200) and points to a reputable domain in the rendered HTML, not just the source template.

Tighten the opening E-E-A-T sentence to a single clause since Claude already knows the E-E-A-T framework.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and well-sectioned (Quick Reference, Check, Fix, Explain, Code Review) with no padding of concepts Claude already knows. The one-sentence E-E-A-T intro slightly over-explains a framework Claude is familiar with, which keeps it just below the 'every token earns its place' level of 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Guidance such as "Add external links to reputable websites (e.g., .gov, .edu, or industry leaders)" and "Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule" is concrete at a high level, but there are no examples of good vs. bad anchor text or sample link HTML for what is ultimately an HTML-output task. This falls between 'some concrete guidance but incomplete' (3) and 'mostly executable' (4), closer to 3 due to the missing specifics.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Check → Fix → Explain → Code Review sections provide a recognizable sequence, but each step is loosely defined ("Review the content for any factual claims") with no verification checkpoint for confirming added links are actually authoritative or render correctly. Steps present but checkpoints missing matches the 3 anchor; it is not a destructive/batch operation so the cap is not a factor, but the missing validation also blocks a 4.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

This is a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines with well-organized sections and exactly one clearly signaled, one-level-deep reference ("see `references/rule.md`") that exists in the bundle. Implementation detail is appropriately deferred to the reference file, matching the simple-skill exception for a top score.

5 / 5

Total

15

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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.

The description has an explicit 'Use when' trigger and a concrete verification action, but the ungrammatical "related to Cite authoritative external sources" fragment makes the core capability unclear, and its trigger terms would collide with other SEO-audit skills in the same series. It sits noticeably above the midpoint: functional but imprecise.

Suggestions

Rewrite the garbled fragment into a proper capability statement, e.g., "Audit and add citations to authoritative external sources. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files."

Add distinctive trigger terms such as "citations", "external links", "backlinks to sources", or "E-E-A-T trust signals" so the description does not collide with other SEO-audit skills sharing the metadata/crawlability/structured-data triggers.

State the core action (linking factual claims to reputable sources) before the verification instruction so the 'what' is unambiguous.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ("auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability") and one concrete action ("Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files"), but coverage is not comprehensive. The garbled phrase "related to Cite authoritative external sources" blurs what the skill actually does, keeping it below the 'several specific actions' level of 4.

3 / 5

Completeness

Both parts are explicitly present: "Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability..." (when) and "Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files" (what). Not a 5 because the 'what' describes a verification habit rather than the skill's core function of citing authoritative sources, which is only awkwardly implied via the embedded rule title.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Triggers like "auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability" are natural phrases for this domain and would be said by a user needing SEO auditing. A few common variations are missing (e.g., "SEO", "citations", "external links", "E-E-A-T"), which prevents the comprehensive level of 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The trigger clause "auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability" reads as a generic SEO-audit trigger that would equally match sibling SEO skills from the same rule series, so overlap risk with closely related skills remains. It is not vague enough to score 2, since the rendered-HTML verification detail narrows the scope somewhat.

3 / 5

Total

14

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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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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist
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