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Scaffold a complete knowledge system. Detects platform, conducts conversation, derives configuration, generates everything. Validates against 15 kernel primitives. Triggers on "/setup", "/setup --advanced", "set up my knowledge system", "create my vault".

agenticnotetaking/arscontexta Claude Code author: agenticnotetaking MIT 2 files body ≈ 18 957 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 31 h ago

Scaffold a complete knowledge system.

As a process D 42/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: scripts/queries/

TemplateWriting and documentsResearchInfrastructuretype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
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Technical rating
C
79/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
95
Quality 40%
56
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
D
42/100
Unfinished process
References files that are not bundled: scripts/queries/
Tools and files w 18
0
Result and completion w 14
0
Inputs and preconditions w 11
0
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

What is at stake

Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.

Broad scope medium severity

Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.

If you install

The skill asks for more than the task needs: broad tool access, credential environment variables, binaries. Every extra permission widens the damage from a mistake or a compromise.

For the author

Narrow allowed-tools and the variable list to the minimum; replace binaries with readable sources or scripts.

How to improve

  1. Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
  2. The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
  3. The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
For the model run — optional
  • 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 · 1

✓ No critical or high findings

Medium and low: 1
  • medium Broad scope meta-broad-allowed-tools SKILL.md:1
    Broad tool permissions pre-approved: Bash
    allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Bash Glob Grep AskUserQuestion

Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

Against the Agent Skills spec

  • warning description-no-when description does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")
  • warning body-long SKILL.md body ≈ 18957 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/
  • warning missing-ref reference to a missing file: scripts/queries/

Process rating: all ten parameters 42/100

Will not run. References files that are not bundled: scripts/queries/
  • 0Tools and files. 1 referenced file(s) missing: scripts/queries/
  • 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
  • 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
  • 10Execution cost. Instruction body is 18957 tokens: crowds the task out of the window
  • 60Steps. 190 steps, 5 vague phrases
  • 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
  • 100Failures and branches. 5 branches, has a failure section
  • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
  • 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
  • 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
  • medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
  • high The skill tells the model to perform an irreversible action with no human approval

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

  • +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
  • +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
  • -5TODO / placeholder text left in the skill
  • +1No license
  • +2Single-language instructions
  • +5Description quotes 4 example trigger phrases
  • +3Description length 255: enough signal without eating the budget
  • +4Structure: 54 headings
  • +3Step-by-step instructions: 190 items
  • +4Has examples (34 code blocks)

Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 56.