AB skill-release-lifecycle
A lightweight release-quality workflow for OpenClaw / ClawHub skills. Use when deciding whether a skill is ready to publish, verifying a release, and turning post-release feedback into actionable updates.
As a process B 66/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: when it triggers, inputs and preconditions
How to improve
- For Hermes the description must be one sentence under 60 characters; move the conditions to a "When to Use" section.
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 · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 11. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-long-hermesdescription is 204 chars; the Hermes authoring standard requires ≤ 60 (one sentence, ending with a period) - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "status"
Process rating: all ten parameters 66/100
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 55Failures and branches. 1 branches
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 60Consistency. The Hermes dialect needs category and tags
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 35 steps
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 838 tokens
- 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
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)
- -49 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 204: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 11 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 35 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (3 code blocks)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 77.
External checks
ClawHub: clean
This is a documentation-only release checklist skill with disclosed verification commands and no hidden executable behavior.
LLM: benign (high) · VirusTotal: · 28 May 2026