CF research-with-sources
Investigate a topic against preserved sources and write a draft-status research article under `research/` in a Knowledge Base project (the `knowledge-base` starter pack). Read when asked to research a topic, compare options, synthesize sources, gather evidence, or extend an existing research doc. Carries the full procedure: scan existing coverage, agree a research rubric, capture every source verbatim before analyzing, write the article incrementally so a crash never loses work, cite every claim, and link it back into the graph. Does not promote findings to canonical knowledge — that is the sibling `consolidate-notes` skill, after a decision lands.
Investigate a topic against preserved sources and write a draft-status research article under research/ in a Knowledge Base project (the knowledge-base…
As a process F 37/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: ../external-sources/source-a.md, ../external-sources/source-b.md, relative/path.md
How to improve
- The SKILL.md body is over 5,000 tokens: move reference detail into references/ and load it when needed.
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- 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: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 5311 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../external-sources/source-a.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../external-sources/source-b.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: relative/path.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../external-sources/llm-agents.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/ingest-and-sources.md - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "type" - note
edit-residuethe text marks something as outdated (lines 17): check that old rules are not kept next to new ones — the full check reads the text for contradictions
Process rating: all ten parameters 37/100
- 0Tools and files. 5 referenced file(s) missing: ../external-sources/source-a.md, ../external-sources/source-b.md, relative/path.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 40Consistency. Frontmatter name (research-with-sources) differs from the folder (research)
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 70Failures and branches. 10 branches
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 5311 tokens
- 85Steps. 67 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low 15 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
- low The response is described with custom markup (9 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
- -5TODO / placeholder text left in the skill
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 656: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 27 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 67 items
- +4Has examples (5 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 56.