rate-skill
✓Evaluate skill quality against best practices. Use when asked to "rate this skill", "review skill quality", "check skill formatting", "is this skill good", "evaluate SKILL.md", "grade this skill", or when validating skill files before publishing.
Installation
SKILL.md
Audit SKILL.md files against quality standards from generate-skill best practices. Provides letter grade (A-F) and actionable recommendations.
Core principle: Measure skill quality objectively to improve activation reliability and context efficiency.
| Length | 20% | Under 500 lines (or progressive disclosure) | | Conciseness | 20% | Clear, scannable, no fluff | | Repetitiveness | 15% | No redundant content | | Structure | 15% | Required sections present and ordered | | Triggers | 15% | 3-5+ specific activation phrases | | Examples | 10% | Good/Bad code comparisons |
Evaluate skill quality against best practices. Use when asked to "rate this skill", "review skill quality", "check skill formatting", "is this skill good", "evaluate SKILL.md", "grade this skill", or when validating skill files before publishing. Source: antjanus/skillbox.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/antjanus/skillbox --skill rate-skill- Source
- antjanus/skillbox
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is rate-skill?
Evaluate skill quality against best practices. Use when asked to "rate this skill", "review skill quality", "check skill formatting", "is this skill good", "evaluate SKILL.md", "grade this skill", or when validating skill files before publishing. Source: antjanus/skillbox.
How do I install rate-skill?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/antjanus/skillbox --skill rate-skill Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/antjanus/skillbox
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05