springboot-patterns

Spring Boot architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, and logging. Use for Java Spring Boot backend work.

Quality

66%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

Pending

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Securityby

Passed

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Quality

Discovery

67%

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 adequately identifies its domain (Java Spring Boot) and lists relevant topic areas, and it includes an explicit 'Use for' trigger clause. However, it reads more like a list of topics than concrete actions, and the trigger terms could be expanded to cover more natural user language variations. The broad scope of capabilities listed (from architecture to logging) could cause overlap with other backend-related skills.

Suggestions

Replace topic-area nouns with concrete action phrases, e.g., 'Design REST endpoints, implement service/repository layers, configure Spring Data JPA repositories, set up Redis/Caffeine caching, implement @Async processing, and configure structured logging.'

Expand trigger terms in the 'Use for' clause to include common variations: 'Use when working with Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Java backend services, @RestController, JPA, Hibernate, or Maven/Gradle projects.'

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several domain areas (REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, logging) but these are more like topic categories than concrete actions. It doesn't describe specific actions like 'create REST endpoints', 'configure Redis caching', or 'implement repository patterns'.	2 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both 'what' (architecture patterns, REST API design, layered services, data access, caching, async processing, logging) and 'when' ('Use for Java Spring Boot backend work'). The 'Use for...' clause serves as an explicit trigger guidance.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes relevant keywords like 'Spring Boot', 'REST API', 'Java', 'caching', 'async processing' that users might naturally mention. However, it misses common variations like 'Spring Framework', '@RestController', 'JPA', 'Hibernate', 'microservices', '.java files', or 'Maven/Gradle'.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Spring Boot / Java focus provides reasonable distinctiveness, but terms like 'REST API design', 'caching', 'async processing', and 'logging' are generic enough to overlap with skills for other backend frameworks (e.g., Node.js, Python Flask/Django). The 'Java Spring Boot' qualifier helps but the broad scope increases conflict risk.	2 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Implementation

64%

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

This is a solid reference skill with excellent, actionable code examples covering the major Spring Boot patterns. Its main weaknesses are the lack of an explicit end-to-end workflow with validation checkpoints and the monolithic structure that could benefit from splitting advanced topics into separate files. The rate limiting section is disproportionately verbose compared to the rest of the skill.

Suggestions

Add a brief end-to-end workflow section (e.g., '1. Define entity → 2. Create repository → 3. Build service with @Transactional → 4. Add controller → 5. Add exception handler → 6. Verify with integration test') with explicit validation checkpoints.

Condense the rate limiting security note to 2-3 lines in the code comment and move detailed proxy configuration guidance to a separate reference file.

Split advanced topics (observability, Kafka/event-driven patterns, rate limiting) into separate referenced files to improve progressive disclosure and reduce the main file's token footprint.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The skill is mostly efficient with good code examples, but the rate limiting section has an excessively long security note (both in comments and preceding text) that could be condensed significantly. The 'When to Activate' section and some brief explanatory lines add minor bloat. Overall it's reasonably lean but not maximally token-efficient.	2 / 3
Actionability	Nearly every section provides fully executable, copy-paste-ready Java code with proper annotations, imports implied by context, and realistic patterns. The code examples are concrete, complete, and cover controller, service, repository, DTOs, exception handling, caching, async, logging, filters, retry logic, and rate limiting.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The skill presents individual patterns clearly but lacks an explicit workflow showing how to sequence building a Spring Boot service end-to-end. There are no validation checkpoints (e.g., 'run tests after adding exception handler', 'verify caching works'). For a skill covering layered architecture, a clear build sequence with verification steps would improve clarity.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The content is well-organized with clear section headers, but it's a long monolithic file (~250+ lines) with no references to external files for advanced topics like Kafka integration, detailed observability setup, or testing patterns. Topics like rate limiting and observability could be split into separate reference files.	2 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Validation

90%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: ysyecust/everything-claude-code
Commit: 79cc4e3

Reviewed: 8 days ago

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