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biorxiv-search

Search bioRxiv biology preprints with natural language queries. Semantic search powered by Valyu.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

77%

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

The body is highly actionable with a clear setup workflow, but it is padded with marketing fluff and redundant examples, and it keeps all content inline rather than splitting reference material into separate files.

Suggestions

Remove or drastically trim the 'Why This Skill is Powerful' section and the repeated 'Common Use Cases' blocks, which add tokens without adding instruction.

Move the Python/TypeScript 'Adding to Your Project' integration examples to a separate reference file (or drop them) to improve progressive disclosure.

Resolve the path-signaling inconsistency: either consistently use the find-based full path or consistently the relative scripts/ path, rather than mixing both.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Core instructions are efficient, but the 'Why This Skill is Powerful' marketing bullets, the near-identical repeated 'Common Use Cases' blocks, and the Python/TypeScript integration section pad the body with content Claude does not need.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides fully executable commands throughout — search invocations, the setup command, the find-based path resolution, jq pipelines, and copy-paste Python/TypeScript snippets.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The API Key Setup Flow is a clearly sequenced multi-step process with an explicit feedback loop (setup_required -> ask user -> setup -> retry), and search is non-destructive so the missing-validation cap does not apply.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

All content is inline in one 224-line file with clear headers (not a wall of text), but content that could be split — integration examples and use cases — is inline and the scripts/ path signaling is inconsistent (relative vs find-located).

2 / 3

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Description

57%

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 concrete and clearly scoped to a distinct bioRxiv niche, but it omits explicit 'when to use' trigger guidance and could broaden its natural-language keyword coverage.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause, e.g. 'Use when searching bioRxiv for biology or life-sciences preprints, or when the user mentions bioRxiv, preprints, or unpublished biology research.'

Broaden trigger terms with natural variations users might say, such as 'life sciences', 'research papers', and 'manuscripts'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('bioRxiv biology preprints') and concrete actions ('Search ... with natural language queries', 'Semantic search'), but describes only one core capability rather than multiple distinct actions.

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly states what the skill does but provides no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 2.

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes genuine natural keywords ('bioRxiv', 'biology', 'preprints', 'search') but lacks common variations a user might say such as 'life sciences', 'research papers', or 'manuscripts'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'bioRxiv biology preprints' niche is specific and distinct, making it unlikely to trigger for or conflict with other skills.

3 / 3

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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

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

frontmatter_unknown_keys

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

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referenced_paths_exist

Referenced path issues: 11 missing

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

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