Improve/skill review optimization#172
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Improve/skill review optimization#172yogesh-tessl wants to merge 2 commits intoarmelhbobdad:mainfrom
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Hey @armelhbobdad 👋 I ran your skills through `tessl skill review` at work and found some targeted improvements. Here's the full before/after: | Skill | Before | After | Change | |-------|--------|-------|--------| | skf-forger | 48% | 90% | +42% | | skf-test-skill | 64% | 88% | +24% | | skf-create-skill | 78% | 88% | +10% | | skf-analyze-source | 78% | 88% | +10% | | skf-audit-skill | 84% | 94% | +10% |  <details> <summary>What changed</summary> **All 5 skills — description improvements:** - Replaced vague/metaphorical language with concrete action descriptions listing specific capabilities - Added broader natural trigger terms to `Use when` clauses (e.g. "build a skill", "check skill accuracy", "find skills in codebase") so agents match on more natural user phrasings - Ensured descriptions use quoted string format in frontmatter **skf-forger (biggest improvement, +42%):** - Rewrote description from vague "forge master" metaphor to concrete lifecycle actions (analyzes repos, compiles briefs, audits drift, tests completeness, exports packages) - Condensed Identity & Principles and Communication Style sections into a single concise Principles block - Trimmed the Overview to focus on what Ferris does rather than how it's described **skf-test-skill (+24%):** - Replaced abstract jargon ("cognitive completeness verification") with concrete actions (checks API coverage, validates coherence, produces scored PASS/FAIL report) - Added trigger terms: "check skill quality", "validate skill", "is my skill ready" - Removed redundant Role section **skf-create-skill, skf-analyze-source, skf-audit-skill (+10% each):** - Expanded descriptions with specific actions and additional trigger terms - Trimmed verbose Overview and Role sections </details> I kept this PR focused on the 5 skills with the biggest improvements to keep the diff reviewable. Happy to follow up with the rest in a separate PR if you'd like. Honest disclosure — I work at @tesslio where we build tooling around skills like these. Not a pitch - just saw room for improvement and wanted to contribute. Want to self-improve your skills? Just point your agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) at [this Tessl guide](https://docs.tessl.io/evaluate/optimize-a-skill-using-best-practices) and ask it to optimize your skill. Ping me - [@yogesh-tessl](https://github.com/yogesh-tessl) - if you hit any snags. Thanks in advance 🙏
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Hey @armelhbobdad 👋
"Every instruction links back to a specific file and line in the source it was compiled from". That's the right answer to the AI hallucination problem. The AST-traced citation chain from source to skill is the kind of rigor this space needs. Impressive that you've built this as a full BMAD module with tiered verification profiles across five languages. Wanted to suggest a few improvements to the SKILL.md.
I ran your skills through
tessl skill reviewat work and found some targeted improvements. Here's the full before/after:What changed
All 5 skills - description improvements:
Use whenclauses (e.g. "build a skill", "check skill accuracy", "find skills in codebase") so agents match on more natural user phrasingsskf-forger (biggest improvement, +42%):
skf-test-skill (+24%):
skf-create-skill, skf-analyze-source, skf-audit-skill (+10% each):
I kept this PR focused on the 5 skills with the biggest improvements to keep the diff reviewable. Happy to follow up with the rest in a separate PR if you'd like.
Honest disclosure. I work at https://github.com/tesslio where we build tooling around skills like these. Not a pitch - just saw room for improvement and wanted to contribute.
I also added a lightweight GitHub Action that auto-reviews any skill.md changed in a PR (includes min permissions, uses a pinned action version, only posts a review comment).
This means that it gives you and your contributors an instant quality signal before you have to review yourself (no signup, no tokens needed).
Want to self-improve your skills? Just point your agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) at this Tessl guide (https://docs.tessl.io/evaluate/optimize-a-skill-using-best-practices) and ask it to optimize your skill. Ping me - @yogesh-tessl (https://github.com/yogesh-tessl) - if you hit any snags.
Thanks in advance 🙏