Glance at one fresh headline and drop it into a single sentence in your own words — a casual, half-distracted aside between songs, never an anchor or newsreader voice, never the headline read verbatim, no editorialising, no "in other news". Steer to the lighter, cultural, or human-interest item; if
SkillScore72Maintained
Automatic
◆Writing & Editing pack
Last verified 9/29/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 25 test cases with the skill, and 3 of 25 without it.
Without skill12%
With skill72%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The response presents a single option.
The response consists of exactly one sentence.
The response omits the phrase 'in other news'.
and 20 more in the full report
18 fixed0 passed either way4 still failing3 broke
Pass-rate lift
+60 pp
Tokens
-10%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-23%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/29/2026v118 of 25 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 18 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 18
Prompt
I'm doing an afternoon DJ set and need a brief news bit to say on air between songs. Look at current headlines and draft a short snippet for my broadcast.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The response presents a single spoken option rather than multiple choices.
Missed
Passed
The response consists of exactly one sentence.
Missed
Passed
The response omits newsreader introductory phrases.
Passed
Passed
case-02 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/29/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md1 linessingle file
Glance at one fresh headline and drop it into a single sentence in your own words — a casual, half-distracted aside between songs, never an anchor or newsreader voice, never the headline read verbatim, no editorialising, no "in other news". Steer to the lighter, cultural, or human-interest item; if everything on the feed is grim — war, death, disaster — say nothing. A music station shouldn't read tragedy in a breezy aside.