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behavioral-modes

AI operational modes (brainstorm, implement, debug, review, teach, ship, orchestrate). Use to adapt behavior based on task type.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

50%

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

The content is well-structured and easy to navigate with useful tables, but it leans on verbose illustrative templates over executable guidance and lacks validation checkpoints in its multi-step flows. It is competent but not lean.

Suggestions

Replace the verbose per-mode 'Output style' prose templates with concise, concrete rules or short executable examples to improve conciseness and actionability.

Add explicit validation/feedback checkpoints to the PLAN-EXECUTE-CRITIC flow (e.g., 'Critic reviews output; if issues found, return to Executor and re-review').

Move the detailed per-mode behavior into reference files (e.g., MODES.md) and keep SKILL.md as a concise overview with one-level-deep links to improve progressive disclosure.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient with clear headers and tables, but the long output-style code blocks are verbose prose templates and several behaviors restate things Claude already knows ('Ask clarifying questions', 'Explain the root cause, not just the fix').

2 / 3

Actionability

Concrete guidance exists (mode-detection table, manual switching commands like '/brainstorm new feature ideas'), but the per-mode 'Output style' blocks are illustrative templates/pseudocode rather than executable code, and references like 'Use clean-code skill standards' are vague.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Mode chaining is sequenced via the 'Combining Modes' and 'Mode Detection' tables, but the PLAN-EXECUTE-CRITIC multi-step flow lacks explicit validation/feedback checkpoints, leaving error-recovery implicit.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single well-organized file with no bundle files or external references, but at ~245 lines the per-mode detail could be split out rather than presented as one monolithic document.

2 / 3

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12

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Description

100%

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, specific, and complete, naming concrete modes and giving an explicit use-trigger in third person. It is a strong, low-conflict description.

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Specificity

The description enumerates seven concrete mode names ('brainstorm, implement, debug, review, teach, ship, orchestrate') and a concrete action ('adapt behavior based on task type'), listing multiple specific concrete actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

It answers 'what' (the operational modes) and provides an explicit 'when' via 'Use to adapt behavior based on task type', reinforced by the when_to_use field giving explicit trigger guidance.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Terms like 'brainstorm', 'implement', 'debug', 'review', 'teach', and 'ship' are natural words users would say when requesting these task types, giving good coverage of common phrasings.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The behavioral-mode framing is a clear niche with distinct task-type triggers, making it unlikely to fire for the wrong skill.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

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

Validation14 / 16 Passed

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'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

14

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16

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vudovn/ag-kit
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