Search GIF providers with CLI/TUI, download results, and extract stills/sheets.
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77%
Does it follow best practices?
Impact
93%
2.16xAverage score across 3 eval scenarios
Passed
No known issues
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./openclaw/skills/gifgrep/SKILL.mdQuality
Discovery
67%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 specific about its capabilities, clearly identifying a niche around GIF searching, downloading, and frame extraction via CLI/TUI. Its main weakness is the absence of an explicit 'Use when...' clause, which limits Claude's ability to know when to select it. Adding trigger guidance and a few more natural user terms would strengthen it.
Suggestions
Add a 'Use when...' clause, e.g., 'Use when the user wants to search for GIFs, download animated images, or extract frames/sprite sheets from GIF files.'
Include more natural trigger terms and variations such as 'animated images', '.gif', 'Giphy', 'Tenor', 'sprite sheet', 'frame extraction' 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 | Clearly answers 'what does this do' (search, download, extract), but lacks an explicit 'Use when...' clause or trigger guidance for when Claude should select this skill. | 2 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | Includes relevant terms like 'GIF', 'CLI/TUI', 'download', 'stills', 'sheets', but misses common user variations like 'animated images', '.gif files', 'sprite sheet', 'frame extraction', or specific provider names (e.g., Giphy, Tenor). | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The combination of GIF providers, CLI/TUI interface, downloading, and still/sheet extraction is a very specific niche unlikely to conflict with other skills. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 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 examples organized into logical sections. Its main weakness is the lack of an explicit sequenced workflow with validation steps for the multi-step search→download→extract pipeline, which would help Claude handle errors and edge cases. Overall it's a strong reference card for the gifgrep tool.
Suggestions
Expand the 'Search → preview → download → extract' workflow into a numbered step-by-step sequence with explicit validation (e.g., check file exists after download before running `gifgrep still`/`gifgrep sheet`).
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is lean and efficient. Every line provides actionable command examples or essential configuration details. No unnecessary explanations of what GIFs are or how CLI tools work—it assumes Claude's competence throughout. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Nearly every section provides concrete, copy-paste-ready commands. The quick start, download, stills/sheets, and provider sections all give specific CLI invocations with real flags and arguments that are immediately executable. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The opening line mentions a 'Search → preview → download → extract' workflow, but the steps aren't sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints. The sections are organized by feature rather than as a guided multi-step process, and there's no error handling or verification guidance (e.g., checking if download succeeded before extracting stills). | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | For a simple, single-purpose CLI skill under 50 lines with no bundle files, the content is well-organized into clearly labeled sections (Quick start, TUI, Download, Stills, Providers, Output, Environment). No external references are needed and the structure supports easy 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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