Agent skill

skill-reviewer

Reviews and improves Claude Code skills against official best practices. Supports three modes - self-review (validate your own skills), external review (evaluate others' skills), and auto-PR (fork, improve, submit). Use when checking skill quality, reviewing skill repositories, or contributing improvements to open-source skills.

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills/tree/main/skill-reviewer

SKILL.md

Skill Reviewer

Review and improve Claude Code skills against official best practices.

Setup (Auto-Install Dependencies)

Before using this skill, ensure skill-creator is installed for automated validation.

Auto-install sequence:

bash
# 1. Check if skill-creator exists
SKILL_CREATOR=$(find ~/.claude/plugins/cache -name "skill-creator" -type d 2>/dev/null | head -1)

# 2. If not found, install it
if [ -z "$SKILL_CREATOR" ]; then
  claude plugin marketplace add https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills
  claude plugin install skill-creator@daymade-skills
  SKILL_CREATOR=$(find ~/.claude/plugins/cache -name "skill-creator" -type d 2>/dev/null | head -1)
fi

echo "skill-creator location: $SKILL_CREATOR"

Three Modes

Mode 1: Self-Review

Check your own skill before publishing.

Automated validation (run after setup):

bash
# Quick validation
python3 "$SKILL_CREATOR"/*/quick_validate.py <target-skill>

# Security scan
python3 "$SKILL_CREATOR"/*/security_scan.py <target-skill> --verbose

Manual evaluation: See references/evaluation_checklist.md.

Mode 2: External Review

Evaluate someone else's skill repository.

Review Workflow:
- [ ] Clone repository to /tmp/
- [ ] Read ALL documentation first
- [ ] Identify author's intent
- [ ] Run evaluation checklist
- [ ] Generate improvement report

Mode 3: Auto-PR

Fork, improve, and submit PR to external skill repository.

Auto-PR Workflow:
- [ ] Fork repository (gh repo fork)
- [ ] Create feature branch
- [ ] Apply additive improvements only
- [ ] Self-review: respect check passed?
- [ ] Create PR with detailed explanation

Evaluation Checklist (Quick)

Category Check Status
Frontmatter name present?
description present?
description in third-person?
includes trigger conditions?
Instructions imperative form?
under 500 lines?
workflow pattern?
Resources no hardcoded paths?
scripts have error handling?

Full checklist: references/evaluation_checklist.md

Core Principle: Additive Only

When improving external skills, NEVER:

  • Delete existing files
  • Remove functionality
  • Change primary language
  • Rename components

ALWAYS:

  • Add new capabilities
  • Preserve original content
  • Explain every change
❌ "Removed metadata.json (non-standard)"
✅ "Added marketplace.json (metadata.json preserved)"

❌ "Rewrote README in English"
✅ "Added README.en.md (Chinese preserved as default)"

Common Issues & Fixes

Issue: Description Not Third-Person

yaml
# Before
description: Browse YouTube videos and summarize them.

# After
description: Browses YouTube videos and generates summaries. Use when...

Issue: Missing Trigger Conditions

yaml
# Before
description: Processes PDF files.

# After
description: Extracts text from PDFs. Use when working with PDF files or when the user mentions PDFs, forms, or document extraction.

Issue: No Workflow Pattern

Add checklist for complex tasks:

markdown
## Workflow

Copy this checklist:

\`\`\`
Task Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: ...
- [ ] Step 2: ...
\`\`\`

Issue: Missing Marketplace Support

bash
mkdir -p .claude-plugin
# Create marketplace.json from template

See references/marketplace_template.json.

PR Guidelines

When submitting PRs to external repos:

Tone

❌ "Your skill doesn't follow best practices"
✅ "This PR aligns with best practices for better discoverability"

❌ "Fixed the incorrect description"
✅ "Improved description with trigger conditions"

Required Sections

  1. Summary - What this PR does
  2. What's NOT Changed - Show respect for original
  3. Rationale - Why each change helps
  4. Test Plan - How to verify

Template: references/pr_template.md

Self-Review Checklist

Before submitting any PR:

Respect Check:
- [ ] No files deleted?
- [ ] No functionality removed?
- [ ] Original language preserved?
- [ ] Author's design decisions respected?
- [ ] All changes are additive?
- [ ] PR explains the "why"?

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