Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is actionable and clearly sequenced with strong validation checkpoints, and it ships an executable helper script. It loses points on conciseness (a few unnecessary asides) and on progressive disclosure, where several referenced markdown files live outside the bundle and do not resolve.
Suggestions
Trim pedagogical asides like 'functionally harmless to leak in a short-lived subprocess but pedagogically correct' to keep the body lean.
Resolve external reference paths: either bundle the referenced files (research-quality.md, synthesis-contract.md, agents/blog-researcher.md, blog/SKILL.md) into references/ or inline the small relevant portions so all referenced material exists within the skill.
Consider moving the large platform-operator table or the DISCOURSE.md output-shape template into a reference file to reduce SKILL.md length while keeping the overview clear.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly efficient with tables and concrete commands, but includes unnecessary asides such as 'functionally harmless to leak in a short-lived subprocess but pedagogically correct' and some explanatory commentary that could be tightened. Not level 3 because several tokens do not earn their place; not level 1 because it does not pad with concepts Claude already knows. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable commands (tempfile.mkstemp one-liner, the exact 'python3 scripts/discourse_research.py' invocation with flags) and a bundled real script implementing the logic. Not level 2 because the code is copy-paste ready rather than pseudocode. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Sequenced phases (0 through 5) with explicit validation checkpoints: mandatory pre-flight trap checks, the Phase 3.5 untrusted-data scan, and LAW verification before delivery, plus error-handling feedback loops. Not level 2 because validation checkpoints and feedback loops are explicit and present for risky operations. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The single bundled file (scripts/discourse_research.py) is correctly signaled and one level deep, and sections are well-organized, but the body leans on several external paths (research-quality.md, synthesis-contract.md, agents/blog-researcher.md, blog/SKILL.md) that are not present in the bundle. Not level 3 because key referenced references do not resolve to actual bundle files; not level 1 because it is not a monolithic wall of text and the bundled script path is real. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |