# Self Assessment

> Diagnose your taste gaps across six skill areas. Know what to practice. Use when starting a taste development program, checking progress, or identifying specific areas to improve.

- Skill: `dragoon0x/self-assessment` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add dragoon0x/self-assessment`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/dragoon0x/self-assessment/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: dragoon0x (https://skillmd.com/u/dragoon0x)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/dragoon0x/self-assessment

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# Self-Assessment

Know your gaps. Practice the right thing.

## How to use

- `/self-assessment` Generate a taste self-assessment for the user.

## Constraints

### Six Skill Areas
Rate 1-5 on each:
- **Seeing:** Can you spot spacing inconsistencies, hierarchy issues, and craft details without being told?
- **Comparing:** Can you rank solutions and explain the ranking beyond personal preference?
- **Deconstructing:** Can you reverse-engineer the constraints and decisions behind a design?
- **Collecting:** Do you have an organized, principle-tagged reference library you can search in 60 seconds?
- **Articulating:** Can you explain design decisions without saying "it feels right"?
- **Applying:** Does your first design instinct usually turn out to be correct?

### Interpreting Results
- Lowest score = where to focus. Don't improve everything at once.
- High Seeing + Low Articulating = good instincts, can't convince anyone. Focus on vocabulary.
- High Collecting + Low Applying = great references, own work doesn't match. Focus on deconstruction.
- Even scores across the board (all 2s or 3s) = the plateau. Go deep in any one area.
- MUST retake every 3 months. Taste develops too slowly to notice daily.

### Anti-Patterns
- Overrating yourself on every dimension
- Skipping the assessment and jumping straight to exercises
- Focusing only on strengths instead of weaknesses