Conciseness

The ~500-line body interleaves changelog-style narration and design rationale ('v3.10.0', 'issue #237', 'PR #180 lesson', 'This is the lesson from issue #178: an incomplete plan is a normal state… accidental blocking infuriates users', host-tier tables, SHA-cache locations), which is padded material Claude does not need to execute the skill. Per the rubric, inline version/date-sensitive content outside a deprecated section penalizes conciseness; the file could be cut by more than half without losing executable instruction.

Actionability

Concrete copy-paste commands appear throughout ('sh "$PWF_SKILL_DIR/scripts/init-session.sh"', 'check-complete.sh --validate path/to/task_plan.md', PowerShell equivalents, 'set-active-plan.sh --list', the numbered manual /plan-goal and /plan-loop procedures, and the export PLAN_ID parallel workflow), and all nine referenced scripts exist in the bundle. It misses fully-executable status because 'Copy these templates to start' points at templates/*.md files that are not shipped, and reference.md, examples.md, and plan-inventory.md are dead references in this bundle.

Workflow Clarity

The core sequence (restore state → init → validate before substantive work → 2-Action Rule → update after each phase → 3-Strike error protocol → continue after completion) is clear, with explicit validation via check-complete.sh and plan-doctor.sh and a real error-recovery feedback loop in the 3-Strike protocol. It falls short of the top anchor because four interleaved workflows (recovery, creation, turn-loop integration, autonomous/gated modes) and version-conditioned behavior ('since v3.18.3', 'v2.42.0 clarification') make it hard to know which instructions apply to the current install.

Progressive Disclosure

Scored against the actual bundle: only scripts/ ships, yet the body inlines content that clearly belongs in separate files — version histories, attestation internals, host-capability tiers, and the full v2/v3 hardening narrative — while the 'Advanced Topics' pointers to reference.md and examples.md, the templates/ links, and plan-inventory.md reference files that do not exist in this bundle. This matches the inlined-content/dead-references anchor rather than the some-structure anchor, since the primary reference targets are missing entirely.

Specificity

Names several concrete actions and artifacts ('Keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk; lifecycle hooks inject selected project planning context', 'session-catchup.py --metadata reads same-project local agent session records'), matching the several-specific-actions anchor. It falls short of comprehensive because a large share of the text is security posture ('The skill has no network upload path', 'never runs commands declared in Markdown') rather than the skill's functional capabilities.

Completeness

Both what ('Persistent file-based planning… Keeps… on disk; lifecycle hooks inject… context') and when ('Use for research or work needing 5+ tool calls') are explicitly stated, so above the clear-what-only anchor. It is not a 5 because the 'when' is one thin closing clause without the multiple concrete trigger phrases of the top anchor.

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords exist ('planning', 'multi-step', 'research', 'work needing 5+ tool calls') but common natural phrasings users would say — 'track progress', 'long-running task', 'stay organized', 'resuming work' — are missing, matching the some-keywords-but-missing-synonyms anchor. The single 'Use for' clause is also narrower than the body's own 'Multi-step tasks (3+ steps)' trigger list.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

'Persistent file-based planning' with named artifacts (task_plan.md, findings.md, progress.md, PLAN_ID) carves a mostly distinct niche with minor overlap risk against other planning/todo-style skills. Not fully conflict-free since generic 'planning for multi-step AI-agent work' could still collide with similar task-management skills.