BF debug-extension
Diagnose and fix failures in a built third-party `.ppmplugin` control: crashes, silent no-ops, PCF error outputs, or incorrect behavior. Uses the reported symptom, `shared/error-codes.md`, and file-level evidence to trace the manifest, Android/iOS modules, PCF dispatch, and build configuration. Produces a ranked diagnosis, asks for approval, then applies a surgical fix while keeping the committed manifest and affected contracts synchronized. Re-validates manifest changes through /generate-ppmplugin-manifest.
Diagnose and fix failures in a built third-party .ppmplugin control: crashes, silent no-ops, PCF error outputs, or incorrect behavior. Uses the reported…
As a process F 43/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: ../../shared/naming-conventions.md, ../../shared/self-critique-protocol.md
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
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- 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 · 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: Read Write Edit Bash Glob Grep AskUserQuestion Skill
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when") - warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 6636 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../../shared/naming-conventions.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../../shared/self-critique-protocol.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 43/100
- 0Tools and files. 2 referenced file(s) missing: ../../shared/naming-conventions.md, ../../shared/self-critique-protocol.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 12 mutating operations with no state check
- 70Execution cost. Instruction body is 6636 tokens
- 100Steps. 67 steps
- 100Failures and branches. 2 branches, has a failure section
- 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 15 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
- low The response is described with custom markup (20 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
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 513: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 21 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 67 items
- +4Has examples (7 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 53.