AC coala-client
How to use the coala-client CLI for chat with LLMs, MCP servers, and skills. Use when the user asks how to use coala, run coala chat, add MCP servers, import CWL toolsets, list or call MCP tools, or import or load skills.
As a process C 52/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, inputs and preconditions, failures and branches
How to improve
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: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "homepage"
Process rating: all ten parameters 52/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 30Running it twice. 3 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (coala-client) differs from the folder (coala)
- 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Steps. 23 steps
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 741 tokens
- low The response is described with custom markup (10 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
- +4No input/output examples
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 221: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 8 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 23 items
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 79.
External checks
ClawHub: clean
This is a documentation-style skill for using the Coala CLI, with expected but important cautions around installing a CLI, using API keys, and importing remote tools or skills.
LLM: benign (high) · VirusTotal: suspicious · 28 May 2026