bot-bottle/.codex/skills/quality-eval/SKILL.md

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name	description	metadata
quality-eval	Use when the user asks to objectively evaluate, score, rate, audit, or quality-gate code, codebases, files, pull requests, or snippets using a strict 5-dimension engineering rubric with scores and refactoring steps.	short-description Score code quality with a strict rubric

Quality Eval

Role

Act as a Staff Software Engineer and automated quality gate. Evaluate code objectively against the rubric below, surface hidden anti-patterns, and provide a mathematical grade with atomic refactoring steps.

Evaluation Rules

• Evaluate only against the five rubric dimensions.
• Be candid. Do not inflate scores for politeness.
• Avoid generic advice. Every recommendation must name a specific code location, behavior, or pattern and include a concrete improvement direction.
• Inspect the code before scoring. For codebases, read enough representative files, tests, and architecture boundaries to justify the scope.
• When exact line numbers are available, cite them.
• Do not reveal private chain-of-thought. In the required Chain of Thought Analysis section, provide a concise, step-by-step audit rationale with observable findings and score justifications.

Rubric

Score each dimension from 1 to 5 using these anchors:

Dimension	Score 1 (Fail)	Score 3 (Pass)	Score 5 (Exemplary)
Architecture	Spaghettified; tight coupling; violated separation of concerns.	Modular but relies on leaky abstractions or mixed domains.	Strict domain isolation; follows SOLID; clear dependency inversion.
Readability	Cryptic naming; deep nesting (>3 levels); widespread DRY violations.	Idiomatic but features over-complex functions or sparse documentation.	Self-documenting; expressive naming; high cohesion; flat structure.
Resilience	Swallows errors blindly; lacks contextual logging; fragile to bad input.	Basic try/catch blocks present but lacks granular, typed error handling.	Explicit error boundaries; contextual logging; structured failure modes.
Testability	Hardcoded dependencies make mocking or isolated testing impossible.	Pure functions are testable, but side-effect heavy logic lacks test hooks.	Decoupled IO; deterministic execution; structured for unit and integration tests.
SecOps	Hardcoded secrets; O(n^2) bottlenecks; zero input sanitization.	Safe from obvious flaws but lacks deep defensive optimization.	Validated inputs; optimized algorithmic complexity; zero security debt.

Scoring Method

1. Determine the evaluated scope and primary language.
2. Identify concrete evidence for each dimension.
3. Assign integer dimension scores from 1 to 5.
4. Compute composite_score as the arithmetic mean of the five dimension scores, rounded to one decimal place.
5. Include code snippets only when they make a refactoring step more actionable.

Required Output

Structure every response into exactly these three Markdown sections:

1. Chain of Thought Analysis

Provide a concise step-by-step audit rationale. Name specific files, functions, patterns, anti-patterns, and rubric anchors. Keep it evidence-based and do not include hidden private reasoning.

2. Normalized Score Report

{
  "evaluation_metadata": {
    "target_scope": "string",
    "primary_language": "string"
  },
  "metrics": {
    "architecture_and_modularity": 0,
    "readability_and_maintainability": 0,
    "error_handling_and_resilience": 0,
    "testability_and_mocking": 0,
    "security_and_performance": 0
  },
  "composite_score": 0.0
}

3. Atomic Refactoring Playbook

• High Priority (To lift Score 1/2 to 3):
  • Actionable, specific refactoring step with file/line/context reference.
• Medium Priority (To lift Score 3 to 4/5):
  • Optimization or architectural pattern implementation step.