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Search claude-mem's persistent cross-session memory database. Use when user asks "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or needs work from previous sessions.

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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.

A strong, action-oriented skill body with executable tool calls and a clearly gated multi-step workflow. The main improvements are trimming the redundant 'Why This Workflow?' section and adding an empty-result fallback path.

Suggestions

Add an explicit error-recovery step for the search/fetch loop (e.g., 'if Step 1 returns nothing, broaden the query or drop the project filter') to strengthen workflow clarity.

Remove or condense the 'Why This Workflow?' section, whose token-cost bullets duplicate guidance already given inline.

Consider moving the per-tool parameter tables into a references file so the SKILL.md body stays a lean overview.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean tool calls and parameter tables, but the 'Why This Workflow?' section repeats token-cost points already stated and the raw-I/O section includes some explanatory prose that could be trimmed; not a 5 due to these minor redundancies.

4 / 5

Actionability

It provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready MCP calls (search, timeline, get_observations, get_tool_uses) with complete parameter specs and concrete examples covering common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The four-step layered workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit gating checkpoints ('NEVER fetch without filtering first', 'Do not start here', 'Only when Step 3 was not enough'); not a 5 because it lacks an explicit error-recovery feedback loop (e.g., what to do when a search returns nothing).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Content is well-organized into clear, navigable sections with no nested references; not a 5 because, at ~160 lines, some detailed parameter tables could be split into a reference file rather than fully inlined.

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.

A concise, well-formed description that clearly states both capability and trigger conditions using natural user phrasing, with minimal conflict risk. Its only weak spot is specificity, since it surfaces just a single action (search) despite the workflow covering several tools.

Suggestions

Expand the action list beyond 'Search' to reflect the workflow's other tools (e.g., 'search, browse timeline, and fetch past observations') for stronger specificity.

Add a couple of natural synonyms ('recall', 'last week', 'remember when') to broaden trigger coverage.

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Specificity

It names the domain ("persistent cross-session memory database") and one concrete action ("Search"), matching the anchor that names a domain plus 1-2 actions but is not comprehensive; not a 4 because only a single action is listed.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what ("Search claude-mem's persistent cross-session memory database") and when ("Use when user asks...") with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It quotes natural user phrases ("did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", "needs work from previous sessions") giving good keyword coverage; not a 5 because coverage of synonyms is incomplete (no "recall"/"remember"/"last week" variants).

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

It targets a clear niche (claude-mem cross-session memory) with distinct, specific triggers, making overlap with other skills unlikely.

5 / 5

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