CD research-lit
Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas. Use when user says "find papers", "related work", "literature review", "what does this paper say", or needs to understand academic papers.
Search and analyze research papers, find related work, summarize key ideas.
As a process D 48/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: ../shared-references/integration-contract.md, ../shared-references/citation-discipline.md, ../shared-references/fan-out-pattern.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
- 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: Bash(*)allowed-tools: Bash(*) Read Glob Grep WebSearch WebFetch Write Agent(aris-fanout-leaf) mcp__zotero__* mcp__obsidian-vault__*
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
body-longSKILL.md body ≈ 11144 tokens (recommended < 5000); move details to references/ - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../shared-references/integration-contract.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../shared-references/citation-discipline.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../shared-references/fan-out-pattern.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../shared-references/output-composition.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../shared-references/wiki-helper-resolution.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 48/100
- 0Tools and files. 5 referenced file(s) missing: ../shared-references/integration-contract.md, ../shared-references/citation-discipline.md, ../shared-references/fan-out-pattern.md
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 30Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 40Execution cost. Instruction body is 11144 tokens: crowds the task out of the window
- 50When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 85Steps. 100 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Failures and branches. 7 branches, has a failure section
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Running it twice. Mutating operations check current state
- 100Progress reporting. Reports progress
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low The response is described with custom markup (3 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
- +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
- +5Description quotes 4 example trigger phrases
- +3Description length 214: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 18 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 100 items
- +4Has examples (14 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 67.