coffee-and-espresso-expert

I took a look at your coffee-espresso-expert skill and wanted to share some thoughts.

Links:

• GitHub
• Your agentic skill in the SkillzWave marketplace

The TL;DR

You're at 78/100, solid C-grade territory. This is based on Anthropic's skill best practices. Your strongest area is Ease of Use (23/25) — the metadata and workflow are clean. The main drag is Utility (11/20) — you've got the structure down, but the skill needs teeth. The other issue: this is currently marked as a legacy template awaiting research, which signals low confidence to users.

What's Working Well

• Progressive Disclosure Architecture (26/30) — Your SKILL.md overview is lean at 27 lines with zero fluff. Every sentence earns its place, and you've properly layered the detailed stuff into modules instead of dumping it all upfront.
• Ease of Use (23/25) — Your metadata is solid with clear trigger terms, and the workflow has numbered steps that actually guide people. The research checklist gives users a clear validation path.
• Writing Style (9/10) — You've kept things concise and objective. No marketing speak, just instructions. That's the right call for a skill.

The Big One: Missing Research & Confidence

Here's the thing — your research checklist currently says "Fresh web research pending," and the skill is marked as a legacy template. That's a confidence killer. Users see that and think "this might be outdated."

Here's the fix: Run the research checklist yourself. Hit the web for current espresso techniques, bean sourcing, new brewing equipment (2024-2026 stuff), and document everything with dates and sources in modules/research-checklist.md. Then update your SKILL.md status from "⚠️ Legacy template awaiting research upgrade" to something like "✅ R...