Name: testland/skill-matrix-author
Rating: 70.39999999999999 (1 reviews)
Author: testland

testland/skill-matrix-author

Build-an-X workflow that produces a QA team skill matrix - team members crossed with competency dimensions at explicit proficiency levels, each cell backed by observable evidence - then derives the full gap analysis: classify each gap (coverage / capability / bus-factor / surplus), rank the gaps against the team's roadmap, and recommend a closing move per gap (train / peer-learn vs hire vs external expert). Competency dimensions follow ISTQB CTAL-TM v3.0 chapter 3 (Managing the Team): professional, methodological, social, and personal competence. Maps the existing team on an ongoing basis - not a point-in-time score of external candidates and not one new hire's ramp plan. Use when a QA manager needs to know what the team can do today versus what its projects demand - before quarterly planning, a training-budget decision, or opening a requisition.

Quality

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

A highly actionable, well-sequenced workflow with strong validation checkpoints and a properly externalized worked example. The main weakness is conciseness - repeated verbatim syllabus quotations add tokens that do not always earn their place.

Suggestions

Trim the verbatim CTAL-TM quotations in Steps 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 to the load-bearing phrase plus a section citation, rather than reproducing multi-sentence syllabus excerpts.

Consider moving the extended test-activity-to-skill mapping in Step 2 (the §3.1.2 enumeration) into a reference file, keeping only the column-selection guidance inline.

The 'Build-an-X workflow' prefix in the description reads as a template placeholder; rephrase to name the artifact directly (e.g., 'Produces a QA team skill matrix and its gap analysis...').

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and information-dense (tables, scales, halt conditions, guardrails), but the extended verbatim quotes from CTAL-TM sections 3.1.1-3.1.4 scattered across Steps 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 are heavier than needed and could be tightened.	3 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable guidance: input table, 0-3 scale with minimum-evidence rules, copy-paste markdown matrix template with footnotes, gap-class table, explicit ranking dimensions, closing-move heuristics, and a 5-section report structure with a concrete filename pattern.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clearly sequenced 7-step process with explicit validation checkpoints (MISSING_REQUIRED_SKILLS_CONTEXT, MISSING_DEMAND_INPUT halt conditions), feedback loops (fix the matrix before analyzing), and guardrail checklists for a batch team-assessment operation.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Good structure with a clear overview and a well-signaled one-level-deep reference (references/skill-matrix-example.md, verified to exist) that externalizes the full worked example; the main body is long and dense, and some syllabus-quote material could be further externalized.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 highly specific, well-triggered description that clearly states both capability and use conditions while carving out a distinct niche from neighboring hiring skills. The only minor weakness is trigger-term naturalness, which leans formal/managerial.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions - produces a skill matrix, classifies each gap (coverage/capability/bus-factor/surplus), ranks gaps against the roadmap, and recommends a closing move per gap (train/peer-learn vs hire vs external expert) - with comprehensive coverage.	5 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (matrix + full gap analysis with classification, ranking, closing moves) and 'when' via a concrete 'Use when a QA manager needs to know... before quarterly planning, a training-budget decision, or opening a requisition' trigger clause.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Good natural keyword coverage for the audience ('QA team skill matrix', 'gap analysis', 'QA manager', 'quarterly planning', 'training-budget decision', 'opening a requisition'), though a few colloquial synonyms are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (ongoing team capability mapping) and explicitly distinguishes itself from qa-hiring-kit's candidate-scoring and onboarding stages, minimizing conflict risk.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
metadata_version	'metadata.version' is missing	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Reviewed

19 days ago

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