ink

Ink terminal renderer for json-render that turns JSON specs into interactive terminal UIs. Use when working with @json-render/ink, building terminal UIs from JSON, creating terminal component catalogs, or rendering AI-generated specs in the terminal.

Quality

91%

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Quality

Content

92%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A lean, highly actionable reference skill with executable examples and a clear build sequence, weakened only by progressive disclosure: the entire component catalog and exports tables are inlined in SKILL.md with no separate reference files to offload detail.

Suggestions

Move the full Standard Components catalog and the Key Exports / Providers tables into a separate references file (e.g. references/COMPONENTS.md) and link to it from a concise overview, so SKILL.md stays a lean entry point.

Add a short 'Validation / troubleshooting' note or pointer for common render-time pitfalls (missing provider, unregistered component, bad $bindState path) to give the build flow an explicit feedback checkpoint.

Trim the Streaming and Server-Side Prompt Generation sections to one-line pointers unless they are needed up front, keeping the Quick Start sequence as the unambiguous primary path.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Sections are dense and assume Claude's competence — terse one-line component descriptions and copy-paste code with no padding about what terminals, React, or Ink are; not level 2 because there is no extraneous explanation to tighten, and each reference entry earns its place for a rendering skill.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides fully executable TypeScript in Quick Start plus complete JSON spec examples and runnable snippets for events, repeat, streaming, server-side prompt generation, and createRenderer; not level 2 because the code is real and copy-paste ready rather than pseudocode or abstract direction.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Quick Start lays out a clear build sequence (define catalog → defineRegistry → wrap in JSONUIProvider → render) and the skill involves no destructive or batch operations requiring validation checkpoints, so clear organization suffices per the simple-skill guidance; not level 2 because the sequence is unambiguous and no feedback loop is warranted.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	All ~270 lines are inline in SKILL.md with no bundle files and no one-level-deep references — the full standard-component catalog and Key Exports/Providers tables are reference material that could live in separate files, matching the level-2 anchor of content that should be separate being inline; not level 1 because section organization is clean with no nested references, not level 3 because there are no well-signaled external references at all.	2 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

90%

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 strong description with an explicit what+when structure, third-person voice, and good natural trigger coverage for a well-scoped niche. The only weak spot is specificity, which states one core capability rather than enumerating several distinct concrete actions.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Quotes a single concrete core action — "turns JSON specs into interactive terminal UIs" — with the "Use when" clause restating that one capability as variations (building, creating catalogs, rendering specs) rather than listing multiple distinct actions like the level-3 anchor; not level 1 because the domain and a real action are named, not level 3 because no comprehensive set of distinct operations is enumerated.	2 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what ("Ink terminal renderer ... that turns JSON specs into interactive terminal UIs") and when ("Use when working with @json-render/ink, building terminal UIs from JSON ..."), matching the level-3 anchor with an explicit trigger clause; not level 2 because the "when" is explicit, not merely implied.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	The "Use when" clause covers natural phrasings a user would say — "building terminal UIs from JSON", "terminal component catalogs", "rendering AI-generated specs in the terminal" — giving good coverage of the domain's common variations; not level 2 because it spans multiple natural trigger phrasings rather than a single keyword.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The scoped "@json-render/ink" package and "Ink terminal renderer" niche make it clearly distinguishable and unlikely to trigger for unrelated skills; not level 2 because the niche is distinct rather than broadly overlapping, and voice is third person so no specificity penalty applies.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

Repository: vercel-labs/json-render
Path: skills/ink/SKILL.md
Commit: 9d3dfc8

Reviewed: about 12 hours ago

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