Content
68%Weight 40%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A clearly sequenced, actionable skill body with concrete CLI commands and good structural organization. Its main weakness is the absence of explicit validation/verification checkpoints in a batch task-implementation loop, which the rubric caps at workflow clarity 3.
Suggestions
Add an explicit validation step after each task (e.g., run tests / typecheck / build) before marking the checkbox complete, with a fix-and-retry loop on failure.
Trim the duplicated output templates (completion and pause) or collapse them into a single parameterized example to save tokens.
Include a small sample of the JSON fields returned by `openspec status`/`openspec instructions` so parsing is unambiguous.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is well-structured with minimal preamble and avoids re-explaining concepts Claude already knows; a few sections (e.g., the repeated state-handling bullets and lengthy output templates) could be trimmed slightly. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | It provides concrete, executable CLI commands (e.g., `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`, `openspec instructions apply ...`) plus a precise checkbox-update mechanic, with only minor gaps such as no example of the JSON shape to parse. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are clearly sequenced with state-handling branches and pause conditions, but this batch task-implementation workflow lacks explicit validation checkpoints (e.g., running tests or verifying a build before marking each task complete), capping it at 3 per the destructive/batch guidance. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Content is organized into clear labeled sections with example outputs and guardrails, and there are no nested or buried references; absence of any bundle files means it relies entirely on the well-organized inline structure with only minor organization gaps. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |