AB why-do-i-keep-failing
Why do I keep failing? What is the pattern behind my errors? Use this when errors pile up — three or more failed tool calls (exec, write, web_fetch, API) in a session — before retrying anything. Clusters this session's failed tool calls and failed requests by tool, host and error signature, names the single cause behind most of them with its share, and returns a compact trail of the last failures to reason about. Returns FIX_DOMINANT_CAUSE, HOLD_APPROACH_VARY_ONE_INPUT or NO_TOOL_FAILURES. Do not use for a single failure — use why-did-my-request-fail for a failing host.
Why do I keep failing?
As a process B 74/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: inputs and preconditions, running it twice, progress reporting
How to improve
- 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
- note
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Process rating: all ten parameters 74/100
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 30Running it twice. 5 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 26 steps
- 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1221 tokens
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
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Description says when NOT to use the skill
- +3Description length 576: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 7 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 26 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (1 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 91.