spanish-cooking-expert

I took a look at your spanish-cooking skill and wanted to share some thoughts.

Links:

• GitHub
• Your agentic skill in the SkillzWave marketplace

The TL;DR

You're at 87/100, which puts you solidly in B territory — good fundamentals with real polish in your architecture. This is based on Anthropic's best practices for skill design. Your strongest area is Progressive Disclosure Architecture (28/30) — you've nailed the token efficiency and layering. The weakest spot is Spec Compliance (11/15), mainly because your description is missing trigger phrases that help Claude know when to use this skill.

What's Working Well

• Clean module structure — Your _toc.md navigation is crystal clear, and you've kept the main SKILL.md concise while stashing the detailed recipes and techniques in separate modules. That's exactly how PDA should work.
• Solid utility — The research checklist and example responses with input/output pairs show you actually thought about how someone would use this. The comprehensive tapas-to-paella range gives real practical value.
• Consistent voice — Your writing stays instructional and objective throughout. No marketing fluff, just straightforward guidance on Spanish cooking techniques.

The Big One: Legacy Status & Low Confidence

This is holding you back more than anything else. Your skill is marked as "⚠️ Legacy template awaiting research upgrade" with low confidence. That's a 5-point hit right there, and it signals to users that you haven't validated your sources recently.

Here's the fix: Work through your modules/research-checklist.md systematically. Capture authoritative sources with 2024-2025 dates (not just legacy recipes). Update the status to at least medium confidence once you've verified key techniq...