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Design and validate model-facing tool definitions with clear names, action-oriented descriptions, bounded JSON Schema parameters, explicit side effects, safe defaults, idempotency, errors, and realistic tests. Use when creating function-calling tools, MCP tools, agent actions, structured tool inputs, or when a model selects the wrong tool, invents arguments, or causes unsafe side effects.

seb1n/awesome-ai-agent-skills Agent Skills author: seb1n MIT 4 files body ≈ 1 382 tokens Open the sourcegithub.com↗ analyzed 2 d ago

Design and validate model-facing tool definitions with clear names, action-oriented descriptions, bounded JSON Schema parameters, explicit side effects, safe…

As a process B 65/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: when it triggers, running it twice, progress reporting

AnalyzerAI and agentstype and topics are labelled automatically from the skill text
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JSON
Technical rating
A
98/100
safety, quality, tests
Safety 60%
100
Quality 40%
94
Run on models
none yet
Process rating
B
65/100
Nearly there
Progress reporting w 2
0
When it triggers w 12
20
Running it twice w 4
30
the three weakest of ten parameters · all ten

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: 4. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.

    Against the Agent Skills spec

    ✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec

    Process rating: all ten parameters 65/100

    • 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
    • 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
    • 30Running it twice. 3 mutating operations with no state check
    • 50Failures and branches. 0 branches, has a failure section
    • 60Tools and files. Uses tools (bash, python) that frontmatter does not declare
    • 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
    • 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
    • 100Steps. 33 steps
    • 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
    • 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1382 tokens
    • 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)
    • +1No license
    • +2Single-language instructions
    • +3Description length 391: enough signal without eating the budget
    • +4Structure: 9 headings
    • +3Step-by-step instructions: 33 items
    • +3Output format is stated explicitly
    • +4Has examples (0 code blocks)
    • +4Reference files are cited in the instructions (1 of 1)
    • +3All 1 scripts are documented

    Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 94.