capability-evaluationlisted
Install: claude install-skill Xopoko/plug-n-skills
# Capability Evaluation
Use this when adoption depends on evidence that a candidate capability artifact
changes agent behavior, not merely that its files are valid. Compare a skill,
plugin, guidance file, or trigger contract with no artifact or an immutable
prior version under paired conditions.
Do not use this for static safety/source review (`capability-auditor`), portfolio
boundaries (`capability-portfolio-architect`), or runner, process, transport,
cancellation, recovery, memory, and harness reliability (`agent-harness`).
## Plugin Root
Bundled commands use `$PLUGIN_ROOT` (`$env:PLUGIN_ROOT` in PowerShell). Set it
to the host plugin-root variable when defined; otherwise use the absolute path
of this skill folder's `../..`. The full contract and receipt schema are in
`$PLUGIN_ROOT/references/capability-evaluation.md`.
## Evaluation Spine
1. State one falsifiable artifact-behavior claim and a predeclared adoption
rule. Keep runtime/harness reliability outside the claim.
2. Freeze the candidate identity and the baseline: either `no-artifact` or an
immutable prior artifact. Record SHA-256 fingerprints.
3. Build representative cases before inspecting outcomes. Include foundational
must-pass cases, realistic prompts that do not name the artifact, paraphrases,
edge cases, and out-of-scope or anti-trigger cases when routing matters.
4. Freeze model, runner, tools, permissions, network policy, timeout, fixtures,
configuration, and isolation. Candidate and base