Content
85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A well-structured, command-dense skill with strong actionability, explicit validation/feedback loops for an active scanning tool, and clean one-level-deep progressive disclosure to two real reference files. The main weaknesses are minor: some inline content overlaps flags.md (conciseness) and a cross-reference error in Step 2 pointing readers to Step 6 for DOS info that actually lives in Step 8.
Suggestions
Fix the Step 2 cross-reference: change '(see Step 6)' to '(see Step 8)' since DOS-capable template handling is in Step 8, not the custom-template step.
Add a complete working YAML custom template example in Step 6 so the custom-template-authoring workflow is fully copy-paste ready rather than a structural field list.
Consider trimming the inline common-flags summary table or the 6,500+ template category list to reduce overlap with flags.md and tighten conciseness.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly command-dense and tool-specific, but the inline common-flags table duplicates flags.md and prose like 'Each line is one finding, ready for cross-tool aggregation' and 'Each template is a YAML file defining a request plus matchers...' could be tightened; the 6,500+ template category list is borderline unnecessary context. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Copy-paste-ready commands at nearly every step: `go install -v ...nuclei@latest`, `nuclei -u https://staging.example.com -j -o nuclei-report.jsonl`, and the gating script `count=$(wc -l < nuclei-critical.jsonl); if [ "$count" -gt 0 ]; then echo "FAIL" >&2; exit 1; fi`; Step 6's custom template is a structural field list rather than a full YAML block but is detailed and paired with `nuclei -t ... -validate`. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Clear Steps 1-9 sequence with explicit validation checkpoints and feedback loops: 'Validate: `nuclei -t ./custom-templates/custom-debug-endpoint.yaml -validate`', 'always -validate and smoke-test against known-vulnerable endpoint', and 'validate it a second time before reporting it' / 'Use -debug to confirm matcher fired'; the Step 2 '(see Step 6)' DOS pointer is a minor mislabel (DOS content lives in Step 8), not a missing validation step. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Two clearly-signaled one-level-deep references that both exist via markdown links — 'Full flag reference: [references/flags.md](references/flags.md)' and 'Full GitHub Actions workflow ...: [references/ci-integration.md](references/ci-integration.md)' — with inline summary tables complementing the full references and core template-authoring content kept inline because no separate file exists for it. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |