sql-translation

I took a look at your sql-translation skill and wanted to share some thoughts.

Links:

• GitHub
• Your agentic skill in the SkillzWave marketplace

The TL;DR

You're at 81/100, solid B territory. This is based on Anthropic's best practices for skill design. Your strongest area is Spec Compliance (12/15)—the frontmatter is clean and the naming is right. Where you're losing points: Progressive Disclosure Architecture (21/30) and Utility (15/20). You've got good fundamentals here, but there's meaningful room to push this into A territory.

What's Working Well

• Solid trigger terms: dbplyr, SQL translation, R-to-SQL—these are discoverable and specific enough that the right developers will find this skill
• Clear workflow structure: Seven numbered steps with a validation checklist at the end gives developers a concrete path forward
• Comprehensive translation patterns: You cover scalar, aggregate, and window function translations, which hits the main SQL translation use cases people actually need

The Big One: Missing Reference Files

Here's what's holding you back most—everything is crammed into a single 189-line SKILL.md file. For a skill this detailed, that's a lot of cognitive load in one place.

Why it matters: The grading rubric values Progressive Disclosure Architecture (30 points), and bundling everything together costs you 9 points here. When developers load your skill, they should get the essentials first, then progressively unfold complexity.

The fix: Create a references/ folder with two files:

• references/translation-patterns.md — Move your code examples and helper functions here
• references/testing-guide.md — Extract the testing secti...