Conciseness

The body is mostly efficient (tables, terse rules, copy-paste commands), but the Critical Rules are substantially duplicated in the Anti-Patterns table ('Start executing immediately / Create plan file FIRST' restates Rule 1; 'Silent retries' restates Rules 5-6), and the 'Context Window = RAM' pattern section repeats concepts already delegated to references/manus-principles.md. This is 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' rather than anchor 4's 'minor instances of over-explanation'.

Actionability

Every procedural step ships a copy-paste-ready command with exact paths and both POSIX and PowerShell variants (e.g., 'sh .kiro/skills/planning-with-files/assets/scripts/bootstrap.sh', 'pwsh -File ...bootstrap.ps1', 'check-complete.sh --validate .kiro/plan/task_plan.md'), plus a concrete fallback when helpers cannot run ('copy the shipped template exactly and state that native validation is unavailable') and an explicit plan-format contract. Fully executable and covers the common cases.

Workflow Clarity

STEP 0 through STEP 3 form a clearly sequenced workflow with an explicit validation gate ('Validation must succeed before substantive work and after changing phase structure'), a full error-recovery feedback loop (the 3-Strike protocol ending in escalation to the user), and checklists (Read vs Write decision matrix, phase status markers). No destructive or batch operations are involved, so the validation cap does not apply.

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a well-organized overview with clearly signaled one-level-deep references — all three referenced files (references/manus-principles.md, references/planning-rules.md, references/planning-templates.md) exist and do not chain to further reference documents, and every script under assets/scripts/ referenced by commands is present. Bulk detail (Manus principles, full rules, template skeletons) is appropriately split into separate files with an 'Advanced Topics' navigation section.

Specificity

Names the domain ("Persistent file-based planning for multi-step AI-agent work") and 1-2 concrete actions ("Keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk"; "Recovery reads project planning files and their timestamps only"), but a large share of the description is negative scope statements ("registers no Stop hook, never requests continuation, and never runs commands declared in Markdown") rather than listed capabilities. It sits at the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions' anchor, below anchor 4 which expects several specific actions.

Completeness

Both what ("Persistent file-based planning... Keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk") and when ("Use for research or work needing 5+ tool calls") are explicitly present, satisfying the explicit-trigger requirement. However, the when-clause is narrow — it omits broader triggers like multi-step tasks, refactors, or context recovery that the body itself lists — so it falls at 'when could be more explicit or specific' rather than anchor 5's comprehensive concrete trigger phrases.

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant keywords like "planning", "multi-step", and "research" are present, but common natural variations users would say are missing (e.g., "track progress", "todo", "long-running task", "context recovery", "refactor"). This matches 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms', below the 'good keyword coverage' anchor.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Specific file names (task_plan.md, findings.md, progress.md) and the Kiro integration carve a mostly distinct niche with only minor overlap risk against generic planning or todo-list skills. It does not fully reach anchor 5 because 'planning for multi-step work' as a trigger still slightly overlaps the broad family of planning/tracking skills.