Content
63%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 content is a well-sequenced, actionable guided tutorial with clear phase checkpoints and concrete commands. Its main weaknesses are verbosity from duplicated reference tables and the absence of any progressive disclosure via bundled reference files despite its length.
Suggestions
Extract the command reference tables (duplicated in the Recap and Graceful Exit sections) into a single REFERENCES.md and link to it from both places to remove duplication.
Add an explicit verification checkpoint in Phase 9 (e.g. run `openspec validate --change <name>` or invoke `/openspec-verify-change`) before archiving.
Move the large displayed monologue templates into a bundled templates file referenced one level deep, keeping SKILL.md as a lean overview of the phase rhythm.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient and assumes Claude's competence, but it repeats content (the command reference table appears twice) and some displayed templates could be tightened, so it is not fully lean. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides concrete, mostly copy-paste-ready commands with --store handling, JSON parsing, and resolvedOutputPath usage; minor gaps remain in placeholder-filled template strings. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear 11-phase sequence uses an explicit EXPLAIN/DO/SHOW/PAUSE pattern with checkpoint pauses and a preflight install check; a minor gap is the lack of an explicit verification step after the implementation phase. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is a single ~550-line monolithic file with no external references; while section headers provide structure, content that could live in separate files (e.g. command reference, templates) is fully inlined. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 14 / 20 Passed |