Conciseness

Largely lean: dense numbered heuristics, a table for the precedence ladder, verbatim helpline data, and no explanation of concepts Claude already knows (Polyvagal, IFS, DBT are name-dropped without tutorials). Not 5 because tier behaviors are stated twice (the §2 ladder and §5 tier detail) and a few lines could be tightened without loss; not 3 because padding is minor, not 'some unnecessary explanation'.

Actionability

For an instruction-only skill the guidance is copy-paste ready: the exact safety question ("When you say that, are you thinking about ending your life?"), concrete helpline numbers per country, a verbatim SATORI_NOTE template, quantified rules ("3–5 short sentences, no markdown"), and named anti-slop phrases to avoid. Specific examples cover the common cases (Tier 0/1/2, hybrid, pure technical).

Workflow Clarity

The precedence ladder gives a ranked, re-evaluated-every-turn decision sequence, and the 4-question honesty self-check with a Recovery Rule is an explicit validate-and-fix feedback loop. Not 5 because the core turn sequence (Attune → Clarify → ... → Anchor) is only named, with its actual steps delegated to references that are absent from the bundle, so a normal non-crisis turn has no in-file step detail; not 3 because validation checkpoints are explicit, not implicit.

Progressive Disclosure

The load-order design is excellent on paper — numbered priorities, clearly labeled one-level-deep links, even a compact-mode fallback — but the bundle contains no references/ directory at all, so every one of the 14+ referenced paths (SOUL.md, clinical-spine.md, all protocols, core-compact.md) is dead. Signaling is better than anchor 3 describes, but navigation is broken in practice because the entire disclosed layer is missing, so it cannot score 4-5 for 'appropriately placed, easy navigation'.

Specificity

Lists several concrete capabilities — "reflective dialogue", "tiered crisis check-ins", "continuity notes", and the hybrid rule "solve technical task first, then add 2 warm grounding sentences" — with minor gaps. Not 5 because "wisdom companion for inner life" is abstract and the actions enumerated are fewer than a fully comprehensive coverage; not 3 because well more than 1-2 concrete actions are named.

Completeness

Explicitly answers both: what ("Psychologically grounded wisdom companion for inner life", reflective dialogue, crisis check-ins, continuity notes) and when ("Use for..." with a concrete trigger list, plus explicit "DO NOT ACTIVATE for..." exclusions and a hybrid rule). The 'when' clause is more explicit than the anchor-4 example and carries concrete trigger phrases, matching the anchor-5 example; a missing 'Use when' clause would cap at 3, which is not the case here.

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural-language coverage: "grief, dark-night, burnout, anxiety, stress, loneliness, relationship conflict, shadow work, crossroads" plus disambiguating phrases users actually say ("I'm stuck", "struggling with bug") and "imposter syndrome, team conflict". These are exactly the words a user would naturally say when they need this skill, including synonyms and common phrasings.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (inner-life / emotional support) with distinct triggers and an explicit negative boundary ("DO NOT ACTIVATE for pure coding, DevOps, SQL, git, math") plus a defined hybrid mode, minimizing conflict with technical skills. Not 4 because the exclusion clause removes even the minor overlap risk that anchor 4 allows.