Local Quality Check

Run quality checks on all skills before committing to catch issues early.

When to Use

• Before creating a PR with skill changes
• After adding or modifying a skill
• To validate cross-references and semantic conflicts

Prerequisites

Ensure Python 3.8+ and dependencies are installed:

pip install PyYAML requests

Running the Check

From Repository Root

# Navigate to skills-for-fabric root
cd /path/to/skills-for-fabric

# Run quality checker
python .github/workflows/quality_checker.py

PowerShell (Windows)

cd C:\path\to\skills-for-fabric
python .github\workflows\quality_checker.py

Understanding Results

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	All checks passed (or only warnings)
1	Critical issues found - must fix before PR
2	Script error

Output Report

The checker creates quality-report.json with detailed findings. Key sections:

{
  "overall_status": "PASSED|WARNING|CRITICAL",
  "critical_count": 0,
  "warning_count": 3,
  "semantic_conflicts": [],
  "duplicate_triggers": [],
  "broken_references": [],
  "structural_issues": [],
  "content_warnings": [],
  "skills": { ... }
}

Quality Checks Performed

Critical (Must Fix)

Check	What It Validates
YAML Frontmatter	name and description fields present
Description Length	Description ≤ 1023 characters
Update Notice	Blockquote with update check instructions
Cross-References	All [text](path) links resolve to existing files
Trigger Uniqueness	No duplicate trigger phrases across skills
Semantic Disambiguation	Descriptions don't overlap >70% with other skills

Warnings (Should Fix)

Check	What It Validates
Description Length Warning	Description approaching limit (≥ 900 chars)
Must/Prefer/Avoid	Guidance sections present
Examples	Code examples or prompt/response pairs
Code Block Tags	Language tags on fenced code blocks
Description Quality	Mentions technologies
Naming Convention	Follows {endpoint}-authoring/consumption-{access}
External Links	URLs are accessible (sampled)

Fixing Common Issues

Missing Frontmatter

Add at the top of SKILL.md:

---
name: my-skill-name
description: >
  Clear description ...
---

Missing Update Notice

Add after frontmatter:

> **Update Check — ONCE PER SESSION (mandatory)**
> The first time this skill is used in a session, run the **check-updates** skill before proceeding.
> - **GitHub Copilot CLI / VS Code**: invoke the `check-updates` skill.
> - **Claude Code / Cowork / Cursor / Windsurf / Codex**: compare local vs remote package.json version.
> - Skip if the check was already performed earlier in this session.

> **CRITICAL NOTES**
> 1. To find the workspace details (including its ID) from workspace name: list all workspaces and, then, use JMESPath filtering
> 2. To find the item details (including its ID) from workspace ID, item type, and item name: list all items of that type in that workspace and, then, use JMESPath filtering

Broken Reference

Check the path exists. Common mistake:

• Wrong: ../sqlep-consumption-cli/SKILL.md
• Right: ../sqldw-consumption-cli/SKILL.md

Untagged Code Block

Add language after opening fence:

• Wrong: ```
• Right: ```bash or ```sql

Semantic Conflict

Differentiate your skill's description from the conflicting skill. Make trigger phrases unique.

Must

• Run quality check before every PR
• Fix all critical issues before submitting
• Review warnings and fix where appropriate
• After running the automated check, review all skills in the skills/ folder for content quality: Is the content appropriate? Redundant ())things you know already)? Too verbose? Too lightweight? Comment and make suggestions without changing anything yet

Prefer

• Run check after each significant change
• Keep quality-report.json out of commits (add to .gitignore)
• Address warnings to improve skill discoverability

Avoid

• Submitting PRs with critical issues
• Ignoring semantic conflicts (causes AI routing problems)
• Leaving broken cross-references