CF workflow
Structured work: multi-phase tasks, feature builds, planning, objective loops, hill climbing.
Structured work: multi-phase tasks, feature builds, planning, objective loops, hill climbing.
As a process F 45/100 · Will not run — References files that are not bundled: references/pl-spec.md, references/pl-pre-plan.md, references/pl-plan-files.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 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 Skill Agent Task
Files scanned: 80. 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
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-spec.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-pre-plan.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-plan-files.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-manage.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-pause.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/pl-resume.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/... - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/systematic-debugging.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/systematic-refactoring.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/research-pipeline.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/research-to-article.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/skill-creation-pipeline.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/system-upgrade.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/toolkit-improvement.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: references/workflow-orchestrator.md - note
frontmatter-keyunknown frontmatter key "routing" - note
edit-residuethe text marks something as outdated (lines 250): check that old rules are not kept next to new ones — the full check reads the text for contradictions
Process rating: all ten parameters 45/100
- 0Tools and files. 15 referenced file(s) missing: references/pl-spec.md, references/pl-pre-plan.md, references/pl-plan-files.md
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 4 mutating operations with no state check
- 40Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
- 100Steps. 8 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2877 tokens
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
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 93: 120–800 characters recommended
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +4No input/output examples
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 26 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 8 items
- +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (40 of 48)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 56.