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Explain the last message, or a supplied file, link, or passage, in plain language a person follows on the first read. Use when the user invokes wtf because they did not follow something. Use ce-explain to investigate how or why code works, and ce-noslop to rewrite prose.

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

An economical, well-organized instruction skill that tells Claude exactly how to plain-language an explanation and when to ask instead of guess. The single weakness is the absence of a worked before/after example, which would lift actionability from strong to exemplary.

Suggestions

Add one short worked example showing a terse source passage and the resulting plain-language explanation, to make the expected output concrete.

Show the 'one short question' fallback with an example question so the ask-don't-guess behavior is unambiguous.

Optionally include a one-line negative example (what NOT to produce: a section-by-section rewrite) to reinforce the 'explain, don't rewrite' rule.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient throughout: it assumes Claude's competence, defines a 'Done' state in one line, and never explains concepts Claude already knows; every line earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, directive guidance ('Open with the point in one or two sentences', 'ask one short question instead of guessing', 'Keep the exact file names, commands, and values') with five enumerated input scenarios; falls just short of a 5 because it gives behavioral rules rather than worked examples of output.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

For a simple single-purpose skill the action is unambiguous: a clear decision tree for picking the target (nothing/file/link/passage/pointer, with an ask-don't-guess fallback) followed by ordered explanation rules; no destructive or batch step, so no validation cap applies.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references, yet cleanly organized into 'What to explain' and 'How to explain' sections with a defined Done state; the simple-skill exception applies and structure is clear.

5 / 5

Total

19

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20

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Description

87%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A tight, well-structured description that states what it does, when to use it, and how it differs from adjacent skills. It uses third-person imperative voice and avoids fluff; the only mild gap is synonym coverage in trigger terms.

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Specificity

Names the domain (explaining) and several concrete input types — 'the last message, or a supplied file, link, or passage' — in plain language; not quite the comprehensive multi-action list of a 5, but clearly more than 1-2 actions.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Explain ... in plain language a person follows on the first read') and 'when' ('Use when the user invokes wtf because they did not follow something') with concrete trigger phrasing.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes the natural invocation term 'wtf' and the plain phrase 'did not follow something', which a user would actually say; a few common synonyms ('confused', 'lost', 'don't get it') are missing, keeping it just below comprehensive.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Carves a clear niche and explicitly disambiguates from neighbors ('Use ce-explain to investigate how or why code works, and ce-noslop to rewrite prose'), minimizing conflict risk.

5 / 5

Total

18

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20

Passed

Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

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Total

15

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16

Passed

Repository
EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin
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