Search GIF providers with CLI/TUI, download results, and extract stills/sheets.
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68%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
93%
2.16xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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Discovery
50%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 concise and names specific concrete actions in a clear niche (GIF searching and processing via CLI/TUI), giving it strong specificity and distinctiveness. However, it completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause, which is critical for Claude to know when to select this skill from a large pool. Trigger terms could also be expanded to include common user language variations.
Suggestions
Add a 'Use when...' clause with explicit triggers, e.g., 'Use when the user wants to search for GIFs, download animated images, create sprite sheets, or extract frames from GIF files.'
Include common natural trigger terms and variations such as 'animated images', 'giphy', 'tenor', '.gif', 'sprite sheet', 'frames', 'thumbnails' to improve keyword coverage.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | Lists multiple specific concrete actions: search GIF providers, download results, extract stills/sheets. Also mentions CLI/TUI as the interface mechanism. | 3 / 3 |
Completeness | Describes what the skill does but completely lacks a 'Use when...' clause or any explicit trigger guidance for when Claude should select this skill. Per rubric guidelines, a missing 'Use when...' clause caps completeness at 2, and since the 'when' is entirely absent, this scores at 1. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes relevant terms like 'GIF', 'CLI/TUI', 'download', 'stills', 'sheets', but misses common user variations like 'animated images', 'giphy', 'tenor', 'sprite sheet', or file extensions like '.gif'. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The combination of GIF searching, downloading from providers, and extracting stills/sheets via CLI/TUI is a very specific niche unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
87%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-crafted, concise skill that provides highly actionable CLI commands organized into clear sections. Its main weakness is the lack of an explicit end-to-end workflow connecting the search-preview-download-extract pipeline, though for a relatively simple CLI tool this is a minor gap. The content respects Claude's intelligence and wastes no tokens on unnecessary explanation.
Suggestions
Add a brief end-to-end workflow example showing the full search → download → extract pipeline as numbered steps (e.g., 1. Search: `gifgrep cats --max 5`, 2. Download: `gifgrep cats --download --max 1`, 3. Extract still: `gifgrep still ~/Downloads/result.gif --at 1s -o still.png`)
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Very lean and efficient. No unnecessary explanations of what GIFs are or how CLI tools work. Every line provides actionable information—commands, flags, or environment variables. The brief annotations (e.g., 'Kitty/Ghostty only; still frame') add value without bloat. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete, copy-paste-ready commands throughout. Every feature is demonstrated with a specific CLI invocation, flags are documented with their effects, and environment variables are clearly named. Claude can immediately use any of these commands. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 'Search → preview → download → extract (still/sheet)' pipeline is mentioned but not elaborated as a sequenced workflow with explicit steps. The individual sections cover each capability well, but there's no connected multi-step walkthrough showing the full flow from search to final output, and no validation/verification steps for the download or extraction process. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | For a skill under 50 lines covering a single CLI tool, the content is well-organized into logical sections (Quick start, TUI, Download, Stills/sheets, Providers, Output, Environment). No external references are needed and the structure enables quick scanning. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |
Validation
72%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 8 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
| Criteria | Description | Result |
|---|---|---|
metadata_version | 'metadata.version' is missing | Warning |
metadata_field | 'metadata' should map string keys to string values | Warning |
frontmatter_unknown_keys | Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata | Warning |
Total | 8 / 11 Passed | |
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