Conciseness

Mostly efficient — tables, terse rules, exact commands — but the same guidance is stated three or more times across sections: "Read Before Decide" (Critical Rules 3) reappears as the decision-matrix row "Starting new phase → Read plan/findings" and again as the anti-pattern "State goals once and forget → Re-read plan before decisions"; the RAM/Disk core pattern is restated by "Stuff everything in context → Store large content in files". Consolidating Critical Rules, the Read vs Write matrix, the 5-Question Reboot Test, and Anti-Patterns would remove noticeable redundancy. Not 4 because the repetition is across multiple full sections, not minor instances.

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste-ready guidance in both bash and PowerShell: the session-catchup discovery loop, `sh "$PWF_SKILL_DIR/scripts/init-session.sh"`, `check-complete.sh --validate path/to/task_plan.md`, `set-active-plan.sh --list` / `--archive <id>` / `--restore <id>`, all of which reference scripts that actually exist in the bundle's scripts/ directory. The plan format is pinned exactly ("### Phase N: Name with exactly one **Status:** pending/in_progress/complete line"), covering creation, validation, and archival cases.

Workflow Clarity

Clear sequence with explicit validation gates and feedback loops: restore-before-create ordering in FIRST and Quick Start steps 1–4, the creation contract requiring "Validation must succeed before substantive work and after changing phase structure", the 3-Strike error protocol with escalation after 3 failures, and the semi-destructive archive flow gated by user approval with a preview (`--archive` previews, `--yes` applies). This matches the anchor for explicit validation steps plus error-recovery feedback loops.

Progressive Disclosure

References are clearly signaled and one level deep ("See [reference.md](reference.md)", "See [examples.md](examples.md)", templates listed under Templates), but the referenced files do not exist in the bundle: templates/task_plan.md, templates/findings.md, templates/progress.md, reference.md, examples.md, plan-inventory.md, and docs/opencode.md are all absent — only the scripts/ directory ships. A reader following "Copy these templates to start" or "See reference.md" hits dead paths, which is more than the "minor organization gaps" of level 4. Not 2 because the in-body structure and signaling are good and the scripts that are referenced do exist.

Specificity

Concrete actions are named — "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 and emits aggregate counts only" — with named files and scripts. Falls short of 5 because the middle of the description is consumed by privacy boundary statements ("no network upload path", "never runs commands declared in Markdown") rather than comprehensive coverage of the skill's actual planning capabilities (phase tracking, error logging, plan archival).

Completeness

Both parts are present: the "what" is explicit ("Persistent file-based planning... Keeps task_plan.md, findings.md, and progress.md on disk") and the "when" is an explicit trigger clause ("Use for research or work needing 5+ tool calls"). Not 5 because the "when" is narrow — a user cannot easily self-diagnose "5+ tool calls", and the concrete trigger phrases from the body (multi-step tasks, building projects) are absent — and the "what" is diluted by the security-compliance sentences.

Trigger Term Quality

Some natural keywords appear ("planning", "multi-step", "research", "task_plan.md"), but the description is dominated by technical jargon users would never say ("nonce-framed excerpts", "gated mode", "lifecycle hooks", "--metadata"), and common natural variations like "task plan", "todo", "project tracking", or "stay organized" are missing. Not 4 because the natural-term coverage is thin relative to the jargon density; not 2 because "planning", "multi-step", and "research" are genuine user phrases.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Naming the specific planning files (task_plan.md, findings.md, progress.md) and the session-catchup.py script carves out a clear niche distinct from generic todo/list skills. Not 5 because "planning for multi-step AI-agent work" still overlaps broadly with other planning and task-management skills whose descriptions also mention planning and persistence.