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surgical-patch

Fix bugs and small behavior changes at the narrowest responsible layer. Use when regression proof, preserved surrounding behavior, and task-relevant tests matter.

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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.

A tight, well-structured methodology skill that is exceptionally concise and cleanly organized with a clear sequence and validation checkpoint. Its weakness is actionability: several directives use abstract terms without concrete examples or definitions.

Suggestions

Define or give a one-line example for 'nearest affected gate' and 'narrowest layer' so the directives are executable rather than interpretable.

Add an explicit failure-feedback loop, e.g. 'If the focused proof fails, re-trace the symptom before changing more code.'

Optionally show one tiny concrete patch-shape example to ground the 'avoid cleanup, renaming, and abstraction' directive.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is extremely lean with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every line ('Reproduce failure first when economical', 'Avoid cleanup, renaming, and abstraction outside fix') earns its place, matching anchor 5.

5 / 5

Actionability

The bullets give concrete directives ('Trace symptom to responsible mechanism', 'Run focused proof plus nearest affected gate') but provide no concrete examples or definitions for abstract terms like 'nearest affected gate' or 'narrowest layer', leaving key details missing per anchor 3.

3 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear sequence runs from reproduce → trace → change → verify → stop, with an explicit validation checkpoint ('Run focused proof plus nearest affected gate') and stopping condition, but it lacks an explicit error-recovery feedback loop that anchor 5 requires.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references, the content is well-organized into a header, framing sentence, bulleted directives, and a closing stop-condition line, satisfying the simple-skill exception for anchor 5.

5 / 5

Total

17

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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 clearly conveys a focused niche (surgical bug fixes) with explicit what/when guidance and natural trigger terms. Its main weakness is that the 'when' clause describes desired qualities rather than concrete user situations, and it lacks synonym coverage.

Suggestions

Add concrete user-trigger phrasing to the 'Use when' clause, e.g. 'Use when the user asks to fix a bug or make a small behavior change where regression proof and preserved surrounding behavior matter.'

Include common synonyms such as 'patch' or 'hotfix' to broaden natural keyword coverage.

List one or two more specific actions (e.g. 'localize the faulty layer, apply the minimal diff') to lift specificity toward anchor 4-5.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('Fix bugs and small behavior changes') and one concrete approach ('narrowest responsible layer'), but does not enumerate several specific actions, matching anchor 3 rather than the broader coverage of anchor 4.

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly states both what ('Fix bugs and small behavior changes at the narrowest responsible layer') and when ('Use when regression proof, preserved surrounding behavior, and task-relevant tests matter'), but the 'when' is framed as quality criteria rather than concrete user trigger phrases, so it falls short of anchor 5.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural terms a user would say ('bugs', 'small behavior changes', 'regression proof', 'task-relevant tests') with good coverage, though it misses common synonyms like 'patch' or 'hotfix' that anchor 5 would require.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'narrowest responsible layer' surgical-patch framing carves a mostly distinct niche with only minor overlap risk against general bug-fixing skills, fitting anchor 4 rather than the fully distinct anchor 5.

4 / 5

Total

15

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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.

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