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Skill 16 of 17
Run evaluations on Agent Skills to measure their effectiveness.
1 minute · 171 words · 13 sections
Install
npx skills add microsoft/waza --skill waza-runnernpx skills add microsoft/wazaThe first command installs just this skill, by the name in its SKILL.md; the second installs the whole repository.
Evaluate Agent Skills like you evaluate AI Agents
This skill runs evaluations on other skills to measure their effectiveness using the same patterns that power AI agent evaluations.
Run evals on <skill-name>Create evals for <skill-name>Generate eval report for <skill-name>eval.yaml in the skill directorytasks/*.yaml| Metric | Description | Default Threshold |
|---|---|---|
| Task Completion | Did the skill accomplish the goal? | 80% |
| Trigger Accuracy | Was skill invoked on correct prompts? | 90% |
| Behavior Quality | Tool calls, efficiency, reasoning | 70% |
# From CLI
waza run ./my-skill/eval.yaml
# Output to file
waza run ./my-skill/eval.yaml -o results.json{
"summary": {
"pass_rate": 0.85,
"composite_score": 0.82
},
"metrics": {
"task_completion": { "score": 0.9, "passed": true },
"trigger_accuracy": { "score": 0.95, "passed": true }
}
Run evaluations on Agent Skills to measure their effectiveness. USE FOR: "run skill evals", "evaluate my skill", "test skill quality", "check skill triggers", "skill compliance check", "measure skill performance", "run evals on [skill-name]", "grade skill execution". DO NOT USE FOR: writing skills (use skill-authoring), improving frontmatter (use sensei), or general testing unrelated to skills.
The verbatim description from this skill’s front matter — the string an agent matches on to decide whether to load it.
main, last pushed 24 September 2026.SKILL.md, not by matching a directory convention. 6 distinct layouts observed: .copilot/skills/*/SKILL.md, .github/skills/*/SKILL.md, */skill.md, .squad/*/skill.md, skills/*/SKILL.md, */SKILL.md.h1 and no skipped levels:/microsoft/waza.md, and each skill at its own .md URL.1 file · 3 KB
Everything this skill ships beside its prose. All of it is set here, as a subchapter of skill 16.
Documentation the agent loads on demand, rather than up front.