claude-code-ultimate-guide/examples/skills/guide-recap/SKILL.md
Alan Pope be52e232b3
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 🙏
2026-03-17 16:27:02 +00:00

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name description argument-hint tags
guide-recap Transform CHANGELOG entries into social content (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Newsletter, Slack) in FR + EN. Use after releases or weekly to generate release notes, announcements, social media posts, or recap summaries from guide updates. <latest|vX.Y.Z|week [YYYY-MM-DD]> [--interactive] [--format=linkedin|twitter|newsletter|slack] [--lang=fr|en] [--save]
changelog
social-media
content
linkedin
twitter

Guide Recap

Generate social media content from CHANGELOG.md entries. Produces 8 outputs by default (4 formats x 2 languages).

When to Use

  • After running /release to create social announcements
  • Weekly to summarize multiple releases
  • Before posting on LinkedIn, Twitter/X, newsletter, or Slack

Usage

/guide-recap latest              # Latest released version
/guide-recap v3.20.5             # Specific version
/guide-recap week                # Current week (Monday to today)
/guide-recap week 2026-01-27     # Specific week (Monday to Sunday)

Flags

Flag Effect Default
--interactive Guide mode: choose angle, audience, highlight Off (auto-draft)
--format=X Single format: linkedin, twitter, newsletter, slack All 4 formats
--lang=X Single language: fr, en Both FR + EN
--save Save output to [project-docs]/social-posts/ Display only
--force Generate even if only maintenance entries Skip low-score

Workflow (7 Steps)

Step 1: Parse Input

Parse $ARGUMENTS to determine mode:

Input Mode Target
latest Single version First ## [X.Y.Z] after [Unreleased]
vX.Y.Z or X.Y.Z Single version Exact version match
week Week range Monday of current week -> today
week YYYY-MM-DD Week range That Monday -> following Sunday

If no argument or invalid argument, display usage and exit.

Step 2: Extract CHANGELOG Entries

Read CHANGELOG.md from the project root.

Single version:

  1. Find line matching ## [{version}]
  2. Extract all content until next ## [ line
  3. Parse ### Added, ### Changed, ### Fixed sections

Week range:

  1. Collect all ## [X.Y.Z] - YYYY-MM-DD entries where date falls in range
  2. Parse all sections from all matching versions

Error: version not found -> List last 5 versions, suggest latest. Error: week has no entries -> Show date of last release, suggest that version.

Step 3: Categorize Entries

For each top-level entry (first-level bullet under ###), assign a category:

Category Weight Detection
NEW_CONTENT 3 New files, new sections, new diagrams, new quiz questions
GROWTH_METRIC 2 Line count growth, item count changes
RESEARCH 1 Resource evaluations, external source integrations
FIX 1 Under ### Fixed, corrections
MAINTENANCE 0 README updates, badge syncs, landing syncs, count updates

See references/changelog-parsing-rules.md for detailed classification rules.

Step 4: Transform to User Value

Apply mappings from references/content-transformation.md:

  • Technical language -> user benefit
  • Extract concrete numbers
  • Credit named sources
  • Cluster related entries

Validate against references/tone-guidelines.md DO/DON'T checklist.

Step 4b: Interactive Mode (--interactive only)

If --interactive flag is set, insert between steps 4 and 5:

  1. Display candidate highlights with scores:

    Highlights (by score):
    [14] 4 new ASCII diagrams (16 -> 20)     [NEW_CONTENT]
    [ 9] 30 new quiz questions (227 -> 257)   [NEW_CONTENT]
    [ 6] Docker sandbox isolation guide        [NEW_CONTENT]
    [ 1] README updated                        [MAINTENANCE]
    
  2. Ask angle:

    • Auto (highest scored = hook)
    • User picks specific entry as hook
    • Custom angle (user provides theme)
  3. Ask target audience:

    • devs (technical depth)
    • tech-leads (impact focus)
    • general (accessible language)
    • all (default, balanced)
  4. Ask primary highlight:

    • Auto (top score)
    • User selects from list
  5. Confirm selection and proceed to step 5.

Step 5: Score and Select

Compute score for each entry:

score = (category_weight * 3)
      + (has_number * 2)
      + (named_source * 1)
      + (new_file * 1)
      + (min(impact_files, 3))
      + (breaking * 2)

Select top 3-4 entries by score. Highest score = hook line.

If all scores < 3: Output "No social content recommended for this version. Use --force to generate anyway." and exit (unless --force).

Step 6: Generate Content

For each requested format (default: all 4) and language (default: both):

  1. Read the corresponding template from assets/
  2. Fill template fields using scored and transformed entries
  3. Apply tone-guidelines.md quality checklist

Links:

Format Link Target
LinkedIn Landing site URL
Twitter GitHub repo URL
Newsletter Both (landing + GitHub)
Slack GitHub repo URL

URLs:

  • Landing: https://{DOMAIN}/
  • GitHub: https://github.com/{OWNER}/{REPO}

Step 7: Output

Display each generated post in a fenced code block, labeled by format and language:

## LinkedIn (FR)

```text
[content]
`` `

## LinkedIn (EN)

```text
[content]
`` `

## Twitter/X (FR)

```text
[content]
`` `

...

If --save flag: write all outputs to [project-docs]/social-posts/YYYY-MM-DD-vX.Y.Z.md (for version) or [project-docs]/social-posts/YYYY-MM-DD-week.md (for week). Create [project-docs]/social-posts/ directory if it doesn't exist.

Error Handling

Error Response
No argument Display usage block
Invalid argument Display usage block with examples
Version not found List 5 most recent versions, suggest latest
Week has no entries Show date of last release, suggest version
All entries MAINTENANCE (score 0) "No social content recommended. Use --force to override."
CHANGELOG.md not found "CHANGELOG.md not found in project root."

Reference Files

  • references/tone-guidelines.md - DO/DON'T rules, emoji budget, language register
  • references/changelog-parsing-rules.md - CHANGELOG format, extraction, scoring algorithm
  • references/content-transformation.md - Technical -> user value mappings (30+)
  • assets/linkedin-template.md - ~1300 chars, hook + bullets + CTA + hashtags
  • assets/twitter-template.md - 280 chars single or 2-3 tweet thread
  • assets/newsletter-template.md - ~500 words, structured sections
  • assets/slack-template.md - Compact, emoji-rich, Slack formatting
  • examples/version-output.md - Full example output for v3.20.5
  • examples/week-output.md - Full example output for week 2026-01-27

Tips

  • Run /guide-recap latest right after /release to prepare social posts
  • Use --interactive the first few times to understand the scoring
  • Use --format=linkedin --lang=fr when you only need one specific output
  • --save outputs are gitignored via [project-docs]/ convention
  • Review and personalize before posting (these are drafts, not final copy)