feat: improve skill scores across 19 skills
Hullo @FlorianBruniaux 👋
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 |
|-------|--------|-------|--------|
| talk-pipeline/orchestrator | 0% | 93% | +93% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-3-concepts | 0% | 93% | +93% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-4-position | 0% | 93% | +93% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-1-extract | 0% | 85% | +85% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-2-research | 0% | 85% | +85% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-5-script | 0% | 85% | +85% |
| talk-pipeline/stage-6-revision | 0% | 79% | +79% |
| ccboard | 32% | 100% | +68% |
| audit-agents-skills | 34% | 95% | +61% |
| rtk-optimizer | 41% | 100% | +59% |
| skill-creator | 52% | 89% | +37% |
| voice-refine | 59% | 93% | +34% |
| design-patterns | 59% | 85% | +26% |
| cyber-defense-team | 76% | 100% | +24% |
| landing-page-generator | 70% | 93% | +23% |
| issue-triage | 73% | 89% | +16% |
| pr-triage | 73% | 89% | +16% |
| release-notes-generator | 78% | 85% | +7% |
| guide-recap | 93% | 100% | +7% |
**Average: 11% → 91% (+80%)**
<details>
<summary>Changes summary</summary>
### All 7 talk-pipeline skills (0% → 79-93%)
- **Fixed `allowed-tools` frontmatter**: Changed from YAML list syntax (which fails validation) to comma-separated string format
- **Improved descriptions**: Added specific actions and "Use when..." clauses to all pipeline stage descriptions
### ccboard (32% → 100%)
- Rewrote description with concrete actions and "Use when..." clause
- Removed ~80% bloat: architecture, credits, license, contributing, performance, limitations, roadmap sections
- Kept commands table, navigation shortcuts, 3 usage examples, and troubleshooting
- Added validation section
### audit-agents-skills (34% → 95%)
- Rewrote description with concrete trigger terms and "Use when..." clause
- Removed Industry Context section, verbose Purpose section, detection patterns, full JSON output example
- Added validation checkpoints between workflow phases
- Condensed scoring criteria tables
### rtk-optimizer (41% → 100%)
- Rewrote description with natural user terms instead of jargon
- Consolidated redundant metrics into single unified table
- Removed redundant Configuration and Limitations sections
- Added error handling and prerequisites sections
### skill-creator (52% → 89%)
- Rewrote description with concrete actions and "Use when..." clause
- Removed verbose explanatory sections Claude already understands
- Restructured into clear 4-step workflow (Create → Template → Validate → Package)
- Added explicit validation step
### voice-refine (59% → 93%)
- Added "Use when..." clause with natural terms (voice memo, dictation, speech-to-text)
- Removed Integration with Voice Tools section (Wispr Flow hotkeys irrelevant to Claude)
- Condensed What Gets Removed/Preserved into concise Filtering Rules section
### design-patterns (59% → 85%)
- Added "Use when..." clause with trigger terms (refactoring, singleton, factory, observer)
- Reduced invocation examples from 9 to 4
- Removed redundant Suggestion Mode output example (~80 lines)
### cyber-defense-team (76% → 100%)
- Added "Use when..." clause with natural security terms
- Replaced prose descriptions with concrete Agent tool call syntax
### landing-page-generator (70% → 93%)
- Added natural trigger terms (homepage, project website, marketing page)
- Added Step 5: Validation Checkpoint
- Removed redundant Related Use Cases section
### issue-triage (73% → 89%)
- Converted `>` block scalar description to quoted string with "Use when..." clause
- Condensed Jaccard algorithm pseudocode into concise paragraphs
- Converted edge cases from 10-row table to 8 bullet points
### pr-triage (73% → 89%)
- Converted `>` block scalar description to quoted string with "Use when..." clause
- Removed unnecessary inline bash comments
- Consolidated rate limiting notes
### release-notes-generator (78% → 85%)
- Added natural trigger terms (release, changelog, version notes, ship)
- Merged "When to Use" and "What This Skill Does" into single Workflow section
### guide-recap (93% → 100%)
- Added trigger terms (release notes, announcements, social media posts)
- Wrapped description in quotes
</details>
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 - [@popey](https://github.com/popey) - if you hit any snags.
Thanks in advance 🙏
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