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jon 112197c6bf fix(plugin-eval): broaden MISSING_TRIGGER pattern to match canonical phrasings (#530)
The static-layer trigger heuristic was a literal substring match on
"Use when …" / "Use this skill when …" / "Use proactively" / "Trigger
when …". Three real-world phrasings were missed:

1. Third-person canonical form recommended by Anthropic's own plugin-dev
   skill-development skill: "This skill should be used when …" (contains
   "used when", not "use when"). Running the previous regex on plugin-dev
   itself produces 7 false-positive MISSING_TRIGGER flags.

2. Prepositional temporal triggers: "Use after …", "Use before …",
   "Use immediately before …", "Use whenever …". Common in self-audit
   and hook-adjacent skills (e.g. functional-emotions: 6 flags).

3. Path-triggered self-documenting skills: "Auto-loads when …".

Extract the pattern to a module-level `_TRIGGER_PATTERN` and share it
between the anti-pattern detector and `_description_pushiness` so the
two sites stay in sync. Expand it to match `(should be )?use(d)?
(this skill )?(immediately )?(when|after|before|whenever)` plus
`auto-loads when` and `trigger when`.

Verification:
- plugin-dev (Anthropic's own): 33.82 → 55.18, MISSING_TRIGGER cleared
- functional-emotions: 39.04 → 59.68, all 6 false positives cleared
- 22 tests pass, including 11 new positive-form parametrised cases
  and 2 regression tests against canonical Anthropic phrasings.
2026-05-14 09:04:34 -04:00

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from pathlib import Path
import pytest
from plugin_eval.layers.static import _TRIGGER_PATTERN, StaticAnalyzer
from plugin_eval.models import LayerResult
def _make_skill(tmp_path: Path, description: str, name: str = "test-skill") -> Path:
skill_dir = tmp_path / name
skill_dir.mkdir()
(skill_dir / "SKILL.md").write_text(
f"---\nname: {name}\ndescription: \"{description}\"\n---\n\n"
"# Skill\n\n## Overview\n\nBody.\n"
)
return skill_dir
class TestStaticAnalyzer:
def test_analyze_valid_skill(self, sample_skill_dir: Path):
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_skill(sample_skill_dir)
assert isinstance(result, LayerResult)
assert result.layer == "static"
assert result.score > 0.5
assert len(result.anti_patterns) == 0
def test_analyze_poor_skill(self, poor_skill_dir: Path):
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_skill(poor_skill_dir)
assert result.score < 0.7
flags = [ap.flag for ap in result.anti_patterns]
assert "OVER_CONSTRAINED" in flags
assert "MISSING_TRIGGER" in flags
def test_analyze_plugin(self, sample_plugin_dir: Path):
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_plugin(sample_plugin_dir)
assert result.layer == "static"
assert result.score > 0.5
assert "skill_scores" in result.sub_scores
assert "agent_scores" in result.sub_scores
def test_anti_pattern_penalty(self):
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
assert analyzer._anti_pattern_penalty(0) == 1.0
assert analyzer._anti_pattern_penalty(2) == pytest.approx(0.9)
assert analyzer._anti_pattern_penalty(10) == 0.5
assert analyzer._anti_pattern_penalty(20) == 0.5
def test_description_pushiness_score(self):
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
good = "Test skill for evaluation. Use when testing plugin-eval. Use PROACTIVELY for quality checks."
weak = "A skill."
assert analyzer._description_pushiness(good) > analyzer._description_pushiness(weak)
class TestTriggerPattern:
"""Regression coverage for the broadened trigger-phrase matcher.
plugin-dev's canonical recommendation is third-person ("This skill should be
used when …"), and several real-world plugins use prepositional triggers
("Use after …", "Use before …"). The pre-2026 regex only matched the
imperative "Use when …" form, which produced false-positive MISSING_TRIGGER
flags against Anthropic's own examples.
"""
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"description",
[
"Use when testing plugin-eval.",
"Use this skill when scaffolding plugins.",
"This skill should be used when the user asks to 'create a hook'.",
"Used when several attempts have failed in a row.",
"Use after editing the source-of-truth files, before committing.",
"Use before declaring a task complete after a hard debugging session.",
"Use immediately before a commit, push, or edit-after-failure.",
"Use whenever you are asked to plan inside a Paperclip company.",
"Auto-loads when working on test files.",
"Trigger when a Bash command fails three times in a row.",
"Use PROACTIVELY before merging.",
],
)
def test_pattern_matches_canonical_forms(self, description: str) -> None:
assert _TRIGGER_PATTERN.search(description), (
f"Expected trigger phrase to match in: {description!r}"
)
@pytest.mark.parametrize(
"description",
[
"A skill.",
"Provides hook guidance.",
"Returns the current timestamp.",
"Performs static analysis on plugin directories.",
],
)
def test_pattern_rejects_descriptions_without_trigger(self, description: str) -> None:
assert not _TRIGGER_PATTERN.search(description), (
f"Did not expect trigger match in: {description!r}"
)
def test_third_person_skill_does_not_flag_missing_trigger(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
"""Anthropic plugin-dev's canonical phrasing must not be flagged."""
skill_dir = _make_skill(
tmp_path,
"This skill should be used when the user asks to 'create a hook', "
"'add a PreToolUse hook', or 'validate tool use'.",
)
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_skill(skill_dir)
flags = [ap.flag for ap in result.anti_patterns]
assert "MISSING_TRIGGER" not in flags
def test_prepositional_trigger_does_not_flag_missing_trigger(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
skill_dir = _make_skill(
tmp_path,
"Self-check before a single risky action. Use immediately before a "
"commit, push, edit-after-failure, or skip-a-verification step.",
)
analyzer = StaticAnalyzer()
result = analyzer.analyze_skill(skill_dir)
flags = [ap.flag for ap in result.anti_patterns]
assert "MISSING_TRIGGER" not in flags