AB vmware-debug
Use this skill whenever the user is troubleshooting a VMware/vSphere problem — a reported error, an exception, a log dump, a slow or failed VM, a host that went sideways — and needs help locating the root cause. It is the diagnostic brain of the VMware family: it drives a systematic investigation, pulls the right signals from the other skills, correlates events into one timeline, ranks root-cause hypotheses, and tells you what to check next even when you don't know where to start. Always use this skill for "diagnose this VMware issue", "why is my VM slow", "troubleshoot this vSphere error", "what does this log mean", "help me figure out what broke" when the context is explicitly VMware/vSphere/ESXi/NSX. It never touches vSphere: its only writes are to a local case ledger. Do NOT use it to execute fixes — single fixes go to vmware-aiops, multi-step gated remediation goes to vmware-pilot. Do NOT use it for routine inventory or health checks with no problem to solve — use vmware-monitor.
Use this skill whenever the user is troubleshooting a VMware/vSphere problem — a reported error, an exception, a log dump, a slow or failed VM, a host that…
As a process B 65/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: result and completion, inputs and preconditions, running it twice
What is at stake
Medium-severity findings: the skill is probably honest, but read what alarmed the scanner.
Below is the worst case for this category. The finding here is medium: the guard saw a sign, not a proof.
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.
Narrow allowed-tools and the variable list to the minimum; replace binaries with readable sources or scripts.
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 · 1
✓ No critical or high findings
Medium and low: 1
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medium Broad scope
meta-broad-allowed-toolsSKILL.md:1Broad tool permissions pre-approved: Bashallowed-tools: Bash
Files scanned: 8. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "installer"
Process rating: all ten parameters 65/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 30Running it twice. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 4278 tokens
- 100Tools and files. Tools declared in frontmatter
- 100Steps. 32 steps
- 100When it triggers. States when to use and when not to
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 13 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
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
- +3Description length 999: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 5 example trigger phrases
- +4Description says when NOT to use the skill
- +4Structure: 18 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 32 items
- +4Has examples (4 code blocks)
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (4 of 6)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 93.