# metric-pack-designer

A skill that helps you describe a local metric pack for plugin-eval: rubric categories, checks and metrics in a schema-compatible shape.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 1 install · ★ 7596
- Author: OpenAI Codex · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/plugin-eval/skills/metric-pack-designer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/metric-pack-designer

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you want to extend `plugin-eval` with your own rubric. It starts by clarifying the rubric categories and target kinds, then narrows things down to the smallest useful `checks[]` and `metrics[]` payload. What you get is a metric-pack manifest plus a script that prints JSON to stdout.

Run the pack with `plugin-eval analyze <path> --metric-pack <manifest.json>`. A pack may emit only `checks[]`, `metrics[]` and an optional `artifacts[]`; overwriting the core score or summary is not on the table. Keep IDs stable across runs, otherwise comparisons stop meaning much.

The skill's own guidance is to prefer deterministic local signals over subjective text generation. The manifest format is documented in `../../references/metric-pack-manifest.md`.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill metric-pack-designer -a codex
```

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

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill metric-pack-designer -a claude-code
```

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins metric-pack-designer
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/metric-pack-designer/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/plugin-eval/skills/metric-pack-designer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/plugin-eval/skills/metric-pack-designer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- define a local evaluation rubric for plugin-eval
- build the smallest useful set of checks and metrics for your criteria
- produce a metric-pack manifest and a script that prints JSON to stdout
- run the pack through plugin-eval analyze and compare runs

## Example prompts
- help me design a metric pack for plugin-eval around our quality criteria
- create the manifest and a script that prints checks and metrics as JSON
- run my metric pack through plugin-eval analyze

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: metric-pack-designer
description: Design custom metric packs for plugin-eval so teams can add local evaluation rubrics that emit schema-compatible checks and metrics. Use when the user wants their own evaluation criteria or visualizations.
---

# Metric Pack Designer

Use this skill when the user wants to extend `plugin-eval` with a local rubric.

## Workflow

1. Clarify the custom rubric categories and target kinds.
2. Define the smallest useful `checks[]` and `metrics[]` payload.
3. Create a metric-pack manifest plus a script that prints JSON to stdout.
4. Run the pack through `plugin-eval analyze <path> --metric-pack <manifest.json>`.

## Design Rules

- Keep IDs stable across runs so comparisons stay meaningful.
- Emit only `checks[]`, `metrics[]`, and optional `artifacts[]`.
- Do not try to overwrite the core score or summary.
- Prefer deterministic local signals over subjective text generation.

## Reference

- `../../references/metric-pack-manifest.md`
```
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