Marketing Ideas Skill Review

Skill Quality Review: marketing-ideas

Review Time: 2026-04-19 18:30:00 Review Mode: Line-by-line audit

Overall Score

Rating scale:

• 90-100: Excellent - Ready to ship
• 70-89: Good - Minor improvements needed
• 50-69: Fair - Significant edits required
• <50: Poor - Major rewrite required

What This Skill Does Well

1. [Effectiveness] It gathers context before giving recommendations. - Evidence: lines 12-21.
2. [Effectiveness] The 17-category idea map is clear and searchable. - Evidence: lines 25-45.
3. [Effectiveness] Output fields are explicit and action-oriented. - Evidence: lines 140-148.
4. [Conciseness] Core body length is reasonable for brainstorming workflows. - Evidence: lines 8-167.

Where This Skill Falls Short

1. [Standards] version is not top-level. - Evidence: lines 4-5, Impact: standards validation risk.
2. [Effectiveness] No Don't use when section. - Evidence: whole document, Impact: weak boundary with channel-execution skills.
3. [Effectiveness] No verification step for recommendation quality. - Evidence: whole document, Impact: output consistency can drift.
4. [Effectiveness] Detailed content depends on a referenced file. - Evidence: line 47, Impact: execution depth drops if references are unavailable.

Reusable Insights From This Skill

1. Ask-first recommendation design improves relevance. - Application: strategy advisory skills.
2. Segmenting by stage, budget, and timeline improves execution fit. - Application: growth planning skills.
3. Fixed output fields reduce randomness in collaborative workflows. - Application: team review scenarios.

Detailed Issue List

[High] Standards - Version field is not top-level

• Location: lines 4-5
• Description: required version is nested under metadata.
• Recommendation: add top-level version: 1.1.0.

[Medium] Effectiveness - Missing boundaries

• Location: whole document
• Description: no non-applicable scope definition.
• Recommendation: add Don't use when with handoff criteria to channel-specific skills.

[Medium] Effectiveness - Missing validation loop

• Location: whole document
• Description: no quality checks after recommendation output.
• Recommendation: add validation on budget, team size, and timeline alignment.

[Low] Effectiveness - High external dependency

• Location: line 47
• Description: full idea details are outside the main file.
• Recommendation: include 2-3 complete examples in SKILL.md.

Improvement Recommendations (Priority Ordered)

1. [Must] Fix top-level version.
2. [Should] Add boundaries and validation steps.
3. [Optional] Add complete examples in the main file.

Dimension Notes

Standards 13/20

• Naming and description: pass
• Required fields: fail (missing top-level version)
• Recommended fields: partial

Effectiveness 31/40

• Trigger and process design: good
• Output structure: good
• Boundaries and validation: missing

Safety 29/30

• No dangerous instructions detected
• Main risk is misuse of strategy advice without scope boundaries

Conciseness 8/10

• Compact structure
• Could improve self-contained depth