name: improve-skill description: 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.

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