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Improve an evaluated Codex skill by turning plugin-eval findings into prioritized changes. Refine activation descriptions, shorten SKILL.md, move lengthy details into supporting files, fix structural issues, and compare evaluation results before and after the rewrite.

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Turn plugin-eval findings into a concrete rewrite brief for a Codex skill. Use when the user already evaluated a skill and now wants Codex to improve it, especially after asking what to fix first.

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Good for

  • Prioritizing fixes after a skill evaluation
  • Shortening SKILL.md and reducing token use
  • Clarifying when a skill should activate
  • Fixing broken links and metadata issues

Files included (2)

  • SKILL.md1.2 KB
  • agents/openai.yaml113 B

SKILL.md (original)

Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.

Improve Skill

Use this skill after plugin-eval has already produced findings for a local skill.

Workflow

  1. Run plugin-eval analyze <skill-path> --brief-out <brief.json>.
  2. Read the improvement brief and group work into required fixes versus recommended fixes.
  3. Apply the skill-creator guidance from /Users/benlesh/.codex/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md.
  4. Re-run the evaluation and compare before and after outputs.

Chat Requests To Recognize

  • Improve this skill based on the evaluation.
  • Rewrite this skill using the plugin-eval findings.
  • What should I fix first in this skill?

Focus Areas

  • reduce trigger and invoke token costs
  • keep SKILL.md compact
  • move bulky details into references or scripts
  • improve trigger descriptions
  • fix broken links and manifest/frontmatter issues

Commands

plugin-eval analyze <skill-path> --brief-out ./skill-brief.json
plugin-eval compare before.json after.json

Reference

  • ../../references/chat-first-workflows.md

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