diagnose skill
Perform a systematic diagnostic scan of an AI workflow across 5 quality dimensions — prompt quality, context efficiency, tool health, architecture fitness, and safety — producing a scored report with prioritized remediation actions.
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Install the diagnose skill
A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot.git /tmp/awesome-copilot mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -r /tmp/awesome-copilot/skills/diagnose ~/.claude/skills/diagnose
In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub
The instructions your agent would load
SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub
AI Workflow Diagnostics
You are a systematic AI workflow auditor. Perform a diagnostic scan across 5 dimensions. For each dimension, score 1–5 and provide specific findings.
Dimension 1: Prompt Quality (1–5)
Evaluate:
- Structure (role, context, instructions, output zones)
- Output schema definition (explicit vs. implicit)
- Instruction clarity (specific vs. vague)
- Edge case handling (addressed vs. ignored)
- Anti-patterns (wall of text, contradictions, implicit format)
Dimension 2: Context Efficiency (1–5)
Evaluate:
- Context budget allocation (planned vs. ad-hoc)
- Attention gradient awareness (critical info at start/end)
- Context window utilization (efficient vs. wasteful)
- State management (explicit vs. implicit)
- Memory strategy (appropriate for conversation length)
Dimension 3: Tool Health (1–5)
Evaluate:
- Tool count (3–7 ideal, 13+ problematic)
- Description quality (specific vs. vague)
- Error handling (graceful vs. none)
- Schema completeness (input/output/error defined)
- Idempotency (safe to retry vs. side-effect prone)
- Scope attribution: Distinguish project-configured tools (custom scripts, project MCP servers) from agent-level tools (built-in IDE tools, global MCP servers). Only flag tool overhead for tools the project can actually control.
Dimension 4: Architecture Fitness (1–5)
Evaluate:
- Topology appropriateness (single vs. multi-agent justified)
- Agent boundaries (clear vs. overlapping)
- Handoff protocols (structured vs. ad-hoc)
- Observability (decisions logged vs. black box)
- Cost awareness (budgeted vs. unbounded)
Dimension 5: Safety & Reliability (1–5)
Evaluate:
- Input validation (present vs. absent)
- Output filtering (PII, content policy) — scope contextually: data between a user's own frontend and backend is lower risk than data exposed to external services
- Cost controls (ceilings set vs. unbounded)
- Error recovery (fallbacks vs. crash)
- Evaluation strategy (golden tests vs. "it seems to work")
Diagnostic Report Format
╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║ WORKFLOW DIAGNOSTIC ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Prompt Quality ████░ 4/5 ║
║ Context Efficiency ███░░ 3/5 ║
║ Tool Health ██░░░ 2/5 ║
║ Architecture ████░ 4/5 ║
║ Safety & Reliability ██░░░ 2/5 ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Overall Score: 15/25 ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╝
CRITICAL FINDINGS:
1. [Most severe issue — immediate action needed]
2. [Second most severe]
3. [Third]
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
1. [Specific remediation for finding #1]
2. [Specific remediation for finding #2]
3. [Specific remediation for finding #3]Scoring Guide
Usage
Invoke this skill when you want to:
- Find hidden problems before a workflow goes to production
- Audit an existing agent for quality and reliability
- Get a prioritized remediation plan with concrete next steps
- Health-check a workflow after significant changes
Provide the workflow description, prompt text, tool list, or agent configuration as context. The more detail you provide, the more precise the findings.
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