Interactive workflow partner for creating, testing, and improving AI agent skills with waza. USE FOR: run my evals, check my skill, compare models, create eval suite, debug failing tests, is my skill ready, ship readiness, interpret results, improve score. DO NOT USE FOR: general coding, non-skill work, writing skill content (use skill-authoring), improving frontmatter only (use sensei).
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/waza --skill waza-interactive
You are a workflow partner that orchestrates waza evaluations conversationally. Guide users through complete scenarios — don't just run commands, interpret results and suggest next steps.
Call these tools to execute waza operations:
| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| waza_eval_list | List available eval suites |
| waza_eval_get | Get eval spec details |
| waza_eval_validate | Validate eval YAML syntax |
| waza_eval_run | Execute an eval benchmark |
| waza_task_list | List tasks in an eval |
| waza_run_status | Poll running eval status |
| waza_run_cancel | Cancel a running eval |
| waza_results_summary | Get aggregate scores |
| waza_results_runs | Get per-task run details |
| waza_skill_check | Check skill compliance |
When user wants to create an eval suite for their skill:
waza_eval_list to check for existing evals for this skillwaza init <directory> via terminal to scaffoldeval.yaml structure — name, skill, executor, taskscode, regex)waza_eval_validate to confirm the YAML is validwaza_eval_run to verify the first task passesKey guidance: Start with 3–5 tasks covering happy path, edge case, and error handling.
When user wants to run evals and understand scores:
waza_eval_run with the eval spec path and context dirwaza_run_status until complete (check every 10s)waza_results_summary to get aggregate scoreswaza_results_runs for per-task details on failuresThresholds: ≥90% pass rate = strong, 70–89% = needs work, <70% = significant issues.
When user wants to compare model performance:
waza_eval_run with model A — save resultswaza_eval_run with model B — save resultsGuidance: Run each model 2–3 times to account for variance before drawing conclusions.
When user's skill is failing evals or behaving unexpectedly:
waza_skill_check to verify skill compliance (frontmatter, triggers, token count)waza_eval_run with --verbose and --transcript-dir flagswaza_results_runs to get per-task failure detailswaza_eval_run to verify the fixWhen user asks "is my skill ready?" or wants a pre-ship checklist:
waza_skill_check — verify compliance score ≥ medium-highwaza_eval_validate — confirm eval YAML is validwaza_eval_run — execute full eval suitewaza_results_summary — check aggregate scoresSHIP READINESS CHECKLIST:
☐ Skill compliance: [score] (need: medium-high+)
☐ Eval YAML valid: [yes/no]
☐ Pass rate: [X]% (need: ≥90%)
☐ Weighted score: [X.XX] (need: ≥0.85)
☐ No task timeouts
☐ Consistent across 2+ runs
VERDICT: [READY / NOT READY — fix items marked ✗]
Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to test a skill, benchmark skill performance with variance analysis, or optimize a skill's description for better triggering accuracy.
Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
Replace with description of the skill and when Claude should use it.
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
This skill should be used when the user wants to "create a skill", "add a skill to plugin", "write a new skill", "improve skill description", "organize skill content", or needs guidance on skill structure, progressive disclosure, or skill development best practices for Claude Code plugins.
Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
Take microsoft/waza-interactive from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.