CD mcp-integration-reference
Template for skills that integrate with an MCP server. Demonstrates the reference file pattern: Claude reads a domain-specific MCP cheatsheet before making any tool calls, reducing query failures caused by server-specific gotchas. Fork this skill and replace the Sentry example with your target MCP.
Template for skills that integrate with an MCP server.
As a process D 36/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: references/<mcp-name>.md, references/<your-mcp>.md
How to improve
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/<mcp-name>.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/<your-mcp>.md - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "effort"
Process rating: all ten parameters 36/100
- 0Tools and files. 2 referenced file(s) missing: references/<mcp-name>.md, references/<your-mcp>.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 85Steps. 24 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1019 tokens
- low The response is described with custom markup (3 tags): a typed call is more reliable
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 299: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 9 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 24 items
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 66.