How Skills for Real Engineers’s scores are calculated

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2

2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/tdd/SKILL.md“Test only at pre-agreed seams. Before writing any test, write down the seams under test and confirm them with the user.”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/productivity/grilling/SKILL.md“Interview the user relentlessly until you reach a shared understanding. Map this as a **design tree**”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md“Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume: **Issue tracker**... **Triage labels**... **Domain docs**”
• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Here's an example [`CONTEXT.md`]... Which one is easier to read?”
• [probe] https://github.com/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://github.com/llms.txt # GitHub > GitHub is a developer platform for building, shipping, and maintaining software. It provides cloud-based Git”
• [probe] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.md“PROBE docs-md: HTTP 404 at https://github.com/mattpocock/skills.md”

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Works with any agent Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · Copilot · 25 skills · MIT”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“`mattpocock-skills` was accepted into **Claude Code's official marketplace**... `claude plugins install mattpocock-skills` is now the documented route”

Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“`mattpocock-skills` was accepted into **Claude Code's official marketplace**... `claude plugins install mattpocock-skills` is now the documented route”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“subscribe to the set as a read-only, always-current bundle you don't edit, rather than a fork you own”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Works with any agent Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · Copilot · 25 skills · MIT”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`.”

Use an official CLIweight 2

2 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 14.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“`mattpocock-skills` was accepted into **Claude Code's official marketplace**... `claude plugins install mattpocock-skills` is now the documented route”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“installs the whole set as a managed, read-only bundle that updates when I ship, so you subscribe rather than fork”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“copies editable skill files into your project, so you can hack on them and make them your own”

Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Build against official SDKsweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1

1 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 10 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“It writes the skills into your repo as ordinary files you own and can edit. Nothing updates behind your back”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“subscribe to the set as a read-only, always-current bundle you don't edit, rather than a fork you own”

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3

3 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 9.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“copies editable skill files into your project, so you can hack on them and make them your own”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“It writes the skills into your repo as ordinary files you own and can edit. Nothing updates behind your back”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Works with any agent Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · Copilot · 25 skills · MIT”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`”

Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Works with any agent Claude Code · Cursor · Codex · Copilot · 25 skills · MIT”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“It writes the skills into your repo as ordinary files you own and can edit. Nothing updates behind your back”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“copies editable skill files into your project, so you can hack on them and make them your own”

Self-host the core productweight 3

3 (weight) × 7 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 21.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“copies editable skill files into your project, so you can hack on them and make them your own”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“It writes the skills into your repo as ordinary files you own and can edit. Nothing updates behind your back”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“subscribe to the set as a read-only, always-current bundle you don't edit, rather than a fork you own”

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2

2 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 7.2 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Find the modules worth refactoring, as a visual report.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Diagnose a hard bug, starting from a repro that fails.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Review a diff against your standards and against the spec.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Sort raw issues into work someone can pick up.”

Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“They help you align with the agent before you get started, and think deeply about the change you're making. Use them _every_ time you want to make a change.”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/productivity/grilling/SKILL.md“Interview the user relentlessly until you reach a shared understanding. Map this as a **design tree**”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/triage/SKILL.md“Verify the claim. Before any grilling, check that the claim holds up. For a bug, reproduce it from the reporter's steps.”
• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Approaches like GSD, BMAD, and Spec-Kit try to help by owning the process. But while doing so, they take away your control”

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2

2 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 16.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Install the ones you want, then type a slash command.”
• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“getting the agent to ask you detailed questions about what you're building”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/productivity/grilling/SKILL.md“Interview the user relentlessly until you reach a shared understanding. Map this as a **design tree**”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/productivity/grilling/SKILL.md“Interview the user relentlessly until you reach a shared understanding.”
• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“They help you align with the agent before you get started, and think deeply about the change you're making. Use them _every_ time you want to make a change.”
• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Turn an agreed conversation into a written spec.”

Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2

2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max

• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/triage/SKILL.md“Move issues on the project issue tracker through a small state machine of triage roles.”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/triage/SKILL.md“Move issues on the project issue tracker through a small state machine of triage roles, categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs.”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md“Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume: **Issue tracker**... **Triage labels**... **Domain docs**”

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3

3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max

• [claimed-docs] https://www.aihero.dev/skills“Install the ones you want, then type a slash command.”
• [github] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“They help you align with the agent before you get started, and think deeply about the change you're making. Use them _every_ time you want to make a change.”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md“Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume: **Issue tracker**... **Triage labels**... **Domain docs**”

Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2

n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator

no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh

Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1

1 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 2.4 of 10 max

• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“installs the whole set as a managed, read-only bundle that updates when I ship, so you subscribe rather than fork”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“copies editable skill files into your project, so you can hack on them and make them your own”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`.”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“It writes the skills into your repo as ordinary files you own and can edit. Nothing updates behind your back”
• [claimed-docs] https://github.com/mattpocock/skills“Nothing updates behind your back; pull my latest changes when you want them with `npx skills update`”
• [claimed-docs] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/HEAD/.agents/adr/0002-ship-as-a-claude-code-plugin.md“subscribe to the set as a read-only, always-current bundle you don't edit, rather than a fork you own”