Content
75%Weight 40%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is a well-structured, actionable orchestrator spec with concrete templates, a phased workflow, and real validation and safety steps. It is efficient rather than padded, with only minor redundancy and a few implicit checkpoints keeping it from the top band.
Suggestions
De-duplicate the hreflang tag and sitemap blocks: define the alternate-link set once and reference it in 5a and 5b instead of repeating the full block.
Merge the Commands Recap table into the Cross-References table (or vice versa) to remove the restated command list.
Add an explicit per-translation validation gate in Phase 3 (e.g. verify each localized file parses and the slug/locale resolved) before proceeding to cultural adaptation.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly efficient with no padding about concepts Claude already knows, but the hreflang HTML/sitemap blocks are duplicated across 5a/5b and the Commands Recap restates the Cross-References table; not quite the lean every-token-earns-its-place of a 5. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides copy-paste-ready templates for hreflang tags, sitemap XML, the JSON language map, and JSON-LD schema, plus an explicit argument table and output paths; minor gaps are the example.com placeholder URLs and deferral to sibling skills without inline fallback detail. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Six numbered phases with explicit progress-string checkpoints and validation (language-code validation, symlink rejection/backup, the 10-language safety stop, locale-audit verification) avoid the batch-operation cap; a few checkpoints (e.g. a per-translation validation gate) are implicit rather than explicit. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized with clear section headers and one-level-deep sibling references (../blog-localize/SKILL.md), but no references/ bundle files exist and the large inline artifact templates plus the recap/cross-reference duplication leave minor organization gaps. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |