spreadsheet-direct-verification

Use a deterministic Python/openpyxl inspection pass to verify workbook structure, counts, marked rows, and output-file existence when delegated spreadsheet summaries seem inconsistent.

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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 highly actionable with executable scripts, clear sequencing, and strong validation/checklist structure. It is held back by repeated restatements of the core principle and a monolithic single-file layout with no progressive disclosure of the sizable production-planning material.

Suggestions

Consolidate the repeated 'trust direct inspection over delegated summary' guidance into one section (Core principle or Decision rule) and remove the duplicative restatements in Anti-patterns and Why-reusable.

Move the production-planning validation extension and its ~110-line script into a separate references/ file (e.g. PRODUCTION_VALIDATION.md) and link to it from the body to improve progressive disclosure.

Tighten the 'Recommended approach' and 'Why this skill is reusable' sections, which restate motivation already covered in 'When to use this' and 'Core principle'.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and free of basic-concept over-explanation, but the core "trust the script over the summary" idea is restated across Core principle, Workflow, Decision rule, Anti-patterns, and Why-reusable sections, and the ~110-line production-planning extension adds bulk that could be trimmed or separated.	3 / 5
Actionability	Provides two fully executable, copy-paste-ready Python/openpyxl scripts (base inspection and production-constraint validation) covering the common cases with concrete helper functions and clear output formatting.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear 6-step sequence is reinforced by explicit validation/comparison checkpoints, a minimum verification checklist, a production validation checklist, edge-case handling, and a final response pattern; the skill is itself a validation pass, so checkpoints are inherent.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Section headers are well organized, but with no bundle files the entire skill is inlined in one ~370-line file, including the large production-planning extension and full scripts that would benefit from being split into one-level-deep reference files.	3 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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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, third-person, and clearly carves out a distinctive verification niche with an explicit trigger clause. Its main weakness is a narrow single-trigger 'when' that understates the range of inconsistency scenarios the body actually addresses.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the concrete method ("deterministic Python/openpyxl inspection pass") and multiple specific verification targets ("workbook structure, counts, marked rows, and output-file existence"), giving comprehensive coverage of the niche.	5 / 5
Completeness	Clearly states what it does and includes an explicit "when delegated spreadsheet summaries seem inconsistent" trigger, but the trigger surface is a single narrow scenario rather than the broader set of triggers the body actually covers.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural terms like "spreadsheet", "workbook", and "summaries seem inconsistent", but omits common synonyms/extensions a user might say such as "Excel" or ".xlsx".	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Targets a distinct niche (verifying delegated spreadsheet work when summaries are untrustworthy) with a trigger unlikely to fire for general spreadsheet-manipulation skills, minimizing conflict risk.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: HKUDS/OpenSpace
Path: benchmarks/gdpval/skills/spreadsheet-direct-verification/SKILL.md
Commit: 3827781

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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