# skill-evaluator

Evaluates and benchmarks agent skills end-to-end across coding CLIs through deterministic script tests, trigger accuracy checks, and baseline delta measurement.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 83
- Author: HeshamFS
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/meta/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/heshamfs-skill-evaluator

## What it does

The skill evaluates agent skills across three layers. First, `run_script_checks.py` checks script outputs against assertions in `evals/evals.json`. This layer runs completely offline without API credentials.

Higher layers automate the agent CLI in headless mode. `run_trigger_eval.py` verifies that the skill description activates on target prompts and stays silent on near-misses. Then `run_quality_eval.py` runs tasks with and without the skill, measuring the pass-rate delta via `aggregate_benchmark.py`.

The framework requires Python 3.10+. Trigger and quality benchmarking require an installed, authenticated CLI binary on your system. Results can be compiled into a standalone `review.html` report using `eval-viewer/generate_review.py`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill skill-evaluator -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/skill-evaluator/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill skill-evaluator -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill skill-evaluator -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills skill-evaluator
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill skill-evaluator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --path skills/meta/skill-evaluator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills --skill skill-evaluator -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/HeshamFS/materials-simulation-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/meta/skill-evaluator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- verify script outputs against documented numbers in JSON
- measure trigger activation accuracy on prompt sets
- benchmark agent success rates with and without the skill
- generate standalone HTML evaluation reports

## Example prompts
- Run deterministic checks on the skill at ./my-skill
- Evaluate trigger queries for ./my-skill using claude-code
- Benchmark quality deltas for ./my-skill against no-skill baseline

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: skill-evaluator
description: >
  Rigorously evaluate an Agent Skill end-to-end across ANY coding-agent CLI —
  verify its scripts emit the documented numbers (deterministic checks), test
  whether its description triggers on the right prompts, and measure whether an
  agent following the SKILL.md beats a no-skill baseline (with/without pass-rate
  delta, mean ± stddev, benchmarked). Use whenever you need to test, benchmark,
  validate, grade, or quantify a skill's quality, check if a skill "actually
  works," compare two skill versions, optimize a skill's triggering, or set up an
  eval suite — even if the user just says "is this skill any good," "does my skill
  work," or "benchmark this skill." Drives Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Antigravity
  (agy), Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Amp, opencode, or Grok in headless mode.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: >
  Python 3.10+. The deterministic layer needs no network or API key. The trigger
  and quality layers require one supported coding-agent CLI installed and
  authenticated (claude, codex, agy, cursor-agent, copilot, amp, opencode, grok).
metadata:
  last_deterministic_eval: "2026-10-20"
  agent_evaluation_status: "not_revalidated"
  author: HeshamFS
  version: "1.0.3"
  security_tier: high
  last_reviewed: "2026-10-19"
  eval_cases: 4
  standards:
    - "Agent Skills standard / evaluation spec (agentskills.io)"
    - "Anthropic open-source skill-creator reference (evaluation methodology and grader rubric)"
    - "von Neumann stability analysis (FTCS Fourier-number example used in the grading rubric)"
    - "Held-out / with-vs-without baseline (A/B delta) evaluation methodology"
    - "Per-CLI vendor headless specifications (claude -p, codex exec, cursor-agent, copilot, amp, opencode, grok)"
allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Write, Grep, Glob
---

# Skill Evaluator

Test whether a skill is **correct, discoverable, and valuable** — not just whether
its unit tests pass. The harness is agent-agnostic: it drives whichever coding-agent
CLI the user uses, because Agent Skills are portable across all of them.

## When to use which layer

Three layers, increasing cost and fidelity (full rationale in
`references/methodology.md`):

| Layer | Question | Script | Needs a CLI? |
|------|----------|--------|--------------|
| 1. Deterministic | Do the scripts emit the **documented** numbers? | `run_script_checks.py` | No |
| 2. Trigger | Does the **description** activate on the right prompts? | `run_trigger_eval.py` | Yes |
| 3. Quality | Does following the SKILL.md **beat no skill**? | `run_quality_eval.py` → grade → `aggregate_benchmark.py` | Yes |

Always run Layer 1 (it's free). Add Layers 2–3 when you can run a coding-agent CLI.

## Step 0 — pick the agent CLI

Ask the user which coding agent they use, then map it to an adapter id. Supported:
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