tessl install github:daymade/claude-code-skills --skill skill-reviewergithub.com/daymade/claude-code-skills
Reviews and improves Claude Code skills against official best practices. Supports three modes - self-review (validate your own skills), external review (evaluate others' skills), and auto-PR (fork, improve, submit). Use when checking skill quality, reviewing skill repositories, or contributing improvements to open-source skills.
Review Score
80%
Validation Score
12/16
Implementation Score
73%
Activation Score
85%
Review and improve Claude Code skills against official best practices.
Before using this skill, ensure skill-creator is installed for automated validation.
Auto-install sequence:
# 1. Check if skill-creator exists
SKILL_CREATOR=$(find ~/.claude/plugins/cache -name "skill-creator" -type d 2>/dev/null | head -1)
# 2. If not found, install it
if [ -z "$SKILL_CREATOR" ]; then
claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills
claude plugin install skill-creator@daymade-skills
SKILL_CREATOR=$(find ~/.claude/plugins/cache -name "skill-creator" -type d 2>/dev/null | head -1)
fi
echo "skill-creator location: $SKILL_CREATOR"Check your own skill before publishing.
Automated validation (run after setup):
# Quick validation
python3 "$SKILL_CREATOR"/*/quick_validate.py <target-skill>
# Security scan
python3 "$SKILL_CREATOR"/*/security_scan.py <target-skill> --verboseManual evaluation: See references/evaluation_checklist.md.
Evaluate someone else's skill repository.
Review Workflow:
- [ ] Clone repository to /tmp/
- [ ] Read ALL documentation first
- [ ] Identify author's intent
- [ ] Run evaluation checklist
- [ ] Generate improvement reportFork, improve, and submit PR to external skill repository.
Auto-PR Workflow:
- [ ] Fork repository (gh repo fork)
- [ ] Create feature branch
- [ ] Apply additive improvements only
- [ ] Self-review: respect check passed?
- [ ] Create PR with detailed explanation| Category | Check | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Frontmatter | name present? | |
| description present? | ||
| description in third-person? | ||
| includes trigger conditions? | ||
| Instructions | imperative form? | |
| under 500 lines? | ||
| workflow pattern? | ||
| Resources | no hardcoded paths? | |
| scripts have error handling? |
Full checklist: references/evaluation_checklist.md
When improving external skills, NEVER:
ALWAYS:
❌ "Removed metadata.json (non-standard)"
✅ "Added marketplace.json (metadata.json preserved)"
❌ "Rewrote README in English"
✅ "Added README.en.md (Chinese preserved as default)"# Before
description: Browse YouTube videos and summarize them.
# After
description: Browses YouTube videos and generates summaries. Use when...# Before
description: Processes PDF files.
# After
description: Extracts text from PDFs. Use when working with PDF files or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.Add checklist for complex tasks:
## Workflow
Copy this checklist:
\`\`\`
Task Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: ...
- [ ] Step 2: ...
\`\`\`mkdir -p .claude-plugin
# Create marketplace.json from templateSee references/marketplace_template.json.
When submitting PRs to external repos:
❌ "Your skill doesn't follow best practices"
✅ "This PR aligns with best practices for better discoverability"
❌ "Fixed the incorrect description"
✅ "Improved description with trigger conditions"Template: references/pr_template.md
Before submitting any PR:
Respect Check:
- [ ] No files deleted?
- [ ] No functionality removed?
- [ ] Original language preserved?
- [ ] Author's design decisions respected?
- [ ] All changes are additive?
- [ ] PR explains the "why"?references/evaluation_checklist.md - Full evaluation checklistreferences/pr_template.md - PR description templatereferences/marketplace_template.json - marketplace.json template