Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured harness design skill with strong actionability through concrete TypeScript types, CLI examples, and a clear seven-layer checklist. The workflow includes proper validation checkpoints and feedback loops. The main weaknesses are slightly verbose phrasing in places and the absence of the referenced bundle files (harness-pattern.md, examples.md, platform-notes.md) which are central to the workflow.
Suggestions
Provide the referenced bundle files (references/harness-pattern.md, references/examples.md, references/platform-notes.md) so the progressive disclosure structure actually functions as designed.
Tighten the opening paragraph — the description of what a harness 'should' do is redundant given the workflow and examples that follow.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Generally efficient but has some unnecessary elaboration. Phrases like 'The harness should wrap platform tools, expose a typed command surface, drive runtime behavior, assert meaningful state, and leave proof artifacts' restate what the workflow already shows. The guardrails section is mostly good but slightly verbose. The TypeScript types and CLI examples earn their place. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete CLI command examples, a fully typed TypeScript interface with specific types, a clear output shape checklist, and specific guardrails. The seven-layer checklist from the workflow gives Claude a concrete verification step. The command surface and type definitions are copy-paste ready. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 8-step workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints: step 7 requires checking all seven layers before implementation, and step 8 is a feedback loop requiring revision if layers are missing, with a fallback strategy for unqueryable platform state. This is a well-structured design workflow with error recovery. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | References to three separate files (harness-pattern.md, examples.md, platform-notes.md) are well-signaled and one level deep, which is good structure. However, no bundle files were provided, meaning the referenced files don't actually exist in the evaluated bundle, making the references unverifiable. The SKILL.md itself contains a reasonable amount of inline content without being monolithic. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |