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adr-skill

Create and maintain Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) optimized for agentic coding workflows. Use when you need to propose, write, update, accept/reject, deprecate, or supersede an ADR; bootstrap an adr folder and index; consult existing ADRs before implementing changes; or enforce ADR conventions. This skill uses Socratic questioning to capture intent before drafting, and validates output against an agent-readiness checklist.

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Quality

Content

92%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.

A well-architected skill body with a clear multi-phase workflow, strong validation gates, executable scripts, and clean progressive disclosure into verified bundle files. Minor conciseness gains are available in the prose sections.

Suggestions

Tighten the Philosophy section by converting imperative bullet rationale into the shortest defensible form, trimming phrases like 'not vibes' and 'no tribal knowledge assumptions' that assume less competence than the rest of the doc.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Mostly lean and assumes Claude's competence with concrete commands and paths, but the Philosophy section and a few explanatory asides ('not vibes', 'no tribal knowledge assumptions') add tokens that could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready script invocations with real flags ('--title', '--template madr', '--update-index', '--json'), concrete directory paths, and filled intent-summary examples covering the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced four-phase workflow with explicit validation checkpoints — the Intent Summary Gate, the Phase 3 checklist review with Passes/Gaps/Recommendation, and 'Do NOT proceed until the human confirms' feedback loops.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

SKILL.md serves as a clear overview with well-signaled, one-level-deep references to references/ and assets/templates/ — all verified to exist — and content is appropriately split rather than inlined.

5 / 5

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Description

92%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.

A strong, specific description that answers both 'what' and 'when' with concrete trigger phrases and a well-defined niche. Only minor room to broaden trigger synonyms.

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Specificity

Enumerates many concrete actions — 'propose, write, update, accept/reject, deprecate, or supersede', 'bootstrap an adr folder and index', 'consult existing ADRs', 'enforce ADR conventions' — giving comprehensive coverage of the domain's verbs.

5 / 5

Completeness

Clearly states what the skill does ('Create and maintain Architecture Decision Records') and provides an explicit 'Use when you need to...' trigger clause listing concrete scenarios.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Strong natural terms users would say — 'ADR', 'Architecture Decision Records', 'bootstrap', 'consult' — but coverage stops short of synonyms or file extensions, leaving a few natural variants missing.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (ADR authoring/maintenance) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk against other skills.

5 / 5

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19

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20

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Validation

81%

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

Validation — 13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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metadata_version

'metadata.version' is missing

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metadata_field

'metadata' should map string keys to string values

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referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 5 deeper-than-1-level

Warning

Total

13

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16

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Repository
vercel/ai
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