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turborepo-caching

Configure Turborepo for efficient monorepo builds with local and remote caching. Use when setting up Turborepo, optimizing build pipelines, or implementing distributed caching.

87

1.05x
Quality

80%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

100%

1.05x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

High

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

72%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 highly actionable, lean reference packed with executable Turborepo configs and commands, but it lacks explicit validation checkpoints in its workflows and inlines all content with no progressive disclosure into bundle files. Splitting the advanced/self-hosted material into references and adding verify steps would lift the weaker dimensions.

Suggestions

Add explicit validation/verification checkpoints to multi-step workflows (e.g. after `turbo build --remote-only`, verify cache hits with `turbo build --summarize` or `--dry-run` to confirm artifacts were stored) to lift workflow clarity above 3.

Move the self-hosted Express remote-cache server and the advanced pipeline template into separate reference files (e.g. references/self-hosted-cache.md, references/advanced-pipelines.md) and link to them one level deep from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure.

Trim or briefly justify the verbose self-hosted server block, and ensure version-sensitive references (e.g. `turbo@^1.10.0`) are flagged as version-bound so they don't silently rot.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is largely lean — templates, a concepts table, debugging commands, and do/don't lists — with almost no over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows, but a few templates (notably the self-hosted Express server) are verbose enough to trim, keeping it at 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready turbo.json configs, bash commands, a TypeScript remote-cache server, and a CI workflow covering the common cases, matching the 5 anchor; it is not 4 because the examples are concrete and runnable rather than high-level hints.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Sequenced fragments exist (Template 3's login→link→run, the debugging commands) but there are no explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops for batch/CI build operations, so it sits at the 3 anchor; it is not 4 because checkpoints are missing rather than merely minor.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well-organized, but with no bundle files present all ~370 lines — including bulk reference-like material such as seven templates and the self-hosted server — are inlined in SKILL.md with no one-level-deep external references, matching the 3 anchor for content that should be partly separated.

3 / 5

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Passed

Description

87%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, third-person description that clearly states both the capability and concrete usage triggers with minimal fluff. It is highly specific to Turborepo, lowering conflict risk, with only minor room to expand trigger synonyms.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and several concrete actions — 'Configure Turborepo for efficient monorepo builds with local and remote caching' plus setup, pipeline optimization, and distributed caching — with only minor coverage gaps, matching the 'several specific actions' anchor rather than the comprehensive 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Configure Turborepo for efficient monorepo builds with local and remote caching') and 'when' ('Use when setting up Turborepo, optimizing build pipelines, or implementing distributed caching') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the 5 anchor; it is not the 4 anchor because the 'when' clause is explicit and specific rather than weakly implied.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural trigger phrases a user would say ('setting up Turborepo', 'optimizing build pipelines', 'implementing distributed caching') with good keyword coverage, though a few common synonyms (e.g. 'monorepo cache', 'CI cache') are missing, so it sits at 4 rather than 5.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Turborepo is a specific named tool with distinct caching/build triggers and minimal overlap with other skills, matching the 'clear niche with distinct triggers; minimal conflict risk' anchor.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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