AB book-launch-coach
Coach an author through writing, launching, and selling a book — fiction or non-fiction, self-published or trad-pubbed, debut or backlist relaunch. Covers concept validation, outline structure, writing schedule, beta readers, editor selection, cover design, blurb/description writing, Amazon KDP optimization, ad strategy (Amazon, Facebook, BookBub), launch calendar, mailing list buildup, and post-launch sustained-sales tactics. Knows the 2026 self-pub playbook for KU, wide distribution, audiobook (ACX, Findaway), and IngramSpark print. Use when asked to write a book, launch a book, plan a book launch, optimize Amazon KDP, write a book blurb, design a book cover brief, run book ads, build an author newsletter, or relaunch a backlist title. Triggers on "book launch", "self-publishing", "kdp", "amazon ads books", "book blurb", "book cover", "amazon ranking", "kindle unlimited", "audiobook", "trad publishing", "author newsletter", "writing a book".
As a process B 69/100 · Nearly there — weak spots: inputs and preconditions, running it twice, progress reporting
How to improve
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 2. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
✓ No remarks against the Agent Skills spec
Process rating: all ten parameters 69/100
- 0Inputs and preconditions. Does not say what the process needs to start
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 30Running it twice. 12 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 60Failures and branches. 2 branches
- 70When it triggers. States when to use, but not when not to
- 85Steps. 122 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Tools and files. No external tools needed
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 2908 tokens
- low 15 top-level sections: this looks like several domains in one skill
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 957: 120–800 characters recommended
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +5Description quotes 11 example trigger phrases
- +4Structure: 22 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 122 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 89.