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cw-vonnegut

Applies Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing. Start close to the end, give characters wants, be a sadist, etc.

Quality

78%

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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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.

The body is a lean, well-structured, single-purpose audit skill with an actionable output template and clear per-rule diagnostic prompts, scoring consistently strong across all dimensions with only minor trim and organization opportunities.

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Conciseness

Each rule is stated crisply with a focused Check prompt and no padding about what writing or Vonnegut is; minor over-explanation comes from rule 4 restating rule 1 and the empty "Lessons" placeholder.

4 / 5

Actionability

A copy-paste output template (rule table, main issue, fix suggestion) plus specific per-rule diagnostic questions give concrete guidance; the binary ✓/✗ verdicts and absence of a worked example leave a minor gap.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

As a single-purpose read-only audit, its invocation modes and output template make the action unambiguous; no validation checkpoints are needed since it performs no destructive or batch operation.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Sections (Purpose, Invocation, The 8 Rules, Output Format, Principles) are well-organized and the self-contained content is appropriately inline with no external files needed; the empty Lessons placeholder is a minor organization gap.

4 / 5

Total

16

/

20

Passed

Description

70%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.

The description is specific and clearly distinct thanks to the Vonnegut framing, and it offers solid trigger terms, but it omits any explicit "when to use" guidance, which caps completeness at 3.

Suggestions

Append a "Use when..." clause with concrete triggers (e.g., "Use when a piece feels lifeless, you want a structural gut-check, or the user mentions Vonnegut, prose, fiction, or story structure").

Replace the trailing "etc." with one or two more named rules so the action coverage reads as comprehensive rather than truncated.

Add natural synonyms (prose, fiction, story, edit) to broaden trigger-term coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and lists several concrete rule-actions ("Start close to the end, give characters wants, be a sadist"), with "etc." acknowledging minor coverage gaps rather than full enumeration.

4 / 5

Completeness

The what is clear ("Applies Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing") but the description lacks any "Use when..." clause, so per the rubric guideline completeness is capped at 3.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

"Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing" and "writing" are natural phrases a user would say, but common synonyms like prose, fiction, story, or edit are absent.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing" carves out an unmistakable niche with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

16

/

20

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository

EveryInc/compound-writing

Path

skills/cw-vonnegut/SKILL.md

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