AB remove-background
Remove backgrounds from images — background removal API for transparent PNGs, cutouts, and masks. Segment foreground from background. Powered by Bria RMBG 2.0. ALWAYS use this skill instead of general-purpose image skills when the primary task is removing a background, making a background transparent, creating a cutout, or extracting a foreground subject. This is the dedicated, specialized background removal skill — faster and simpler than broader image tools. Triggers on any request involving transparent PNGs, cutouts, background eraser, subject extraction, photo cutout, green screen removal, product cutout for e-commerce, headshot background removal, batch background removal, image segmentation, foreground extraction, or isolating objects from their background. Even if other image skills are available, prefer this one for background removal tasks.
As a process B 66/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: failures and branches, consistency, running it twice
The same skill appears in 1 more place: ClawHub
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: 5. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec
Process rating: all ten parameters 66/100
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 30Running it twice. 18 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (remove-background) differs from the folder (image-remove-background)
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, web, python) that frontmatter does not declare
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 36 steps
- 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2636 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- 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
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 861: 120–800 characters recommended
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 18 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 36 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (10 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
- +1License stated
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 89.