Content
87%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is lean, highly actionable, and well-structured with concrete code, threshold tables, and one-level-deep references to sibling skills; its main gap is the absence of explicit validation/feedback checkpoints in the workflow.
Suggestions
Insert a validation checkpoint after computing the factor/return CSVs (e.g. 'Verify rows and columns align exactly before calling factor_analysis') and a feedback loop after interpretation (e.g. 'If IC > 0.10, re-check for look-ahead bias before accepting the factor').
Add a brief 'verify outputs' step that checks ic_summary.json values against the threshold table before proceeding to factor combination.
Optionally split the lengthy 'Common Pitfalls' section into a referenced file if the skill grows, though it currently remains lean enough to keep inline.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with domain-specific, actionable material (IC/IR threshold tables, combination formulas, look-ahead-bias mechanics) and assumes Claude's competence without explaining basic concepts like CSVs or pandas, matching the lean-and-efficient anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | It provides executable code (the Registry example), a concrete tool-parameter table, numeric IC/IR cutoffs, and copy-paste-ready combination formulas, matching the fully-executable anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 5-step workflow is clearly sequenced, but it lacks explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops (e.g. verify CSV alignment before calling the tool; re-check for look-ahead bias when IC > 0.10), which the batch-operation guideline says should cap workflow clarity at 2. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is well-organized into clear sections and references two sibling skills with clearly signaled, one-level-deep pointers ('see the multi-factor skill's ZooSignalEngine', 'see the alpha-zoo skill'), matching the well-organized-overview anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |