feat: improve build-list skill score 72% → 90%#7
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Hey @admjs 👋 I ran your skills through `tessl skill review` at work and found some targeted improvements. Here's the full before/after: | Skill | Before | After | Change | |-------|--------|-------|--------| | build-list | 72% | 90% | +18% | | enrich-contact | 75% | 75% | — | | recommend-contacts | 74% | 74% | — | | find-similar | 84% | 84% | — | | enrich-company | 87% | 87% | — | I focused on `build-list` since it had the most improvement headroom and is a core capability of the plugin — building targeted prospect lists is what most users reach for first. <details> <summary>Changes made to <code>build-list</code></summary> - **Added "Use when..." clause** to the description with natural trigger terms (`prospect list`, `generate leads`, `find people`, `sales outreach list`) — helps Claude reliably select the skill - **Added concrete MCP tool call examples** for `lookup` and `search_contacts` with real parameter syntax, so the agent knows exact invocation patterns - **Added validation checkpoints** — lookup failure handling (suggest alternative terms) and zero-result fallback (auto-broaden filters with user notification) - **Trimmed input examples** from 5 to 3 representative cases to reduce token overhead - **Condensed output format** — removed empty table placeholders and tightened the refinement options section </details> I also stress-tested your `enrich-company` skill against a few real-world task evals and it held up really well on multi-input resolution — domain, ticker, and company name all routing correctly to the right enrichment parameters. Kudos for that. Honest disclosure — I work at @tesslio where we build tooling around skills like these. Not a pitch — just saw room for improvement and wanted to contribute. Want to self-improve your skills? Just point your agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) at [this Tessl guide](https://docs.tessl.io/evaluate/optimize-a-skill-using-best-practices) and ask it to optimize your skill. Ping me — [@yogesh-tessl](https://github.com/yogesh-tessl) — if you hit any snags. Thanks in advance 🙏
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Hey @admjs 👋
now that's truly impressive. 9 skills that map directly to the sales research workflow, from account research through to buying committee analysis. The meeting-prep and recommend-contacts skills especially stand out as things reps would actually reach for before a call.
I ran your skills through
tessl skill reviewat work and found some targeted improvements. Here's the before/after:I focused on
build-listsince it had the most improvement headroom and is a core capability of the plugin, building targeted prospect lists is what most users reach for first.Changes made to
build-listprospect list,generate leads,find people,sales outreach list) - helps Claude reliably select the skilllookupandsearch_contactswith real parameter syntax, so the agent knows exact invocation patternsquick honest disclosure. I work at https://github.com/tesslio where we build tooling around skills like these. Not a pitch, just saw room for improvement and wanted to contribute.
if you want to self-improve your skills, or define your own scenarios to pressure test, just ask your agent (Claude Code, Codex, etc.) to evaluate and optimize your skill with Tessl. Ping me @yogesh-tessl, if you hit any snags.