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81%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.
A well-structured process skill with strong sequencing, explicit validation gates, and a final convergence checklist. Its weaknesses are mild redundancy of the evidence rule across sections and the absence of worked examples (a sample question, a PRD skeleton) that would make the guidance fully copy-paste-ready.
Suggestions
Consolidate the evidence-before-asking rule into one authoritative section; it is currently stated three times (Non-Negotiable Evidence Rule, Planning Flow steps 2-3, Question Rules), which costs tokens without adding information.
Add one worked example of a well-formed single question showing the required parts (decision needed, why it matters, recommended answer, trade-off) to lift actionability to fully executable.
Consider moving the First Principles Analysis framework and the detailed artifact content lists into a reference file (e.g., references/first-principles.md, references/artifacts.md) so SKILL.md stays a lean overview.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense, imperative, skill-specific process guidance with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows, but the evidence-before-questions rule is restated across the Non-Negotiable Evidence Rule, Planning Flow steps 2-3, and Question Rules sections — minor over-explanation that could be trimmed, placing it at the efficient anchor rather than the lean anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | It provides a copy-paste-ready command ('TASK_DIR=$(python3 ./.trellis/scripts/task.py create ...)'), exact artifact filenames, and concrete per-artifact content lists, but lacks a worked example of a well-formed single question or a PRD skeleton, leaving minor gaps against the fully-executable anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 8-step Planning Flow is clearly sequenced, and the PRD Convergence Pass plus the Quality Bar act as explicit validation gates before 'task.py start', including a feedback loop (rewrite prd.md, re-read top to bottom, verify no duplicated facts or lost anchors) — matching the explicit-validation-and-feedback-loops anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is well-organized with clear section headers and no external references to mismanage (no bundle files exist), but at ~170 lines the first-principles framework and detailed artifact rules are candidates for separate reference files to slim the overview, leaving minor organization gaps relative to the ideal overview-plus-references split. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |