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Execute a Seed specification through the workflow engine

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Quality

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SKILL.md
Quality
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Quality

Content

62%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is a thorough, well-sequenced operational workflow with strong validation checkpoints, but it is verbose and monolithic with no progressive disclosure to reference files. Conciseness, actionability, and progressive disclosure are the limiting dimensions.

Suggestions

Move the extended protocol detail (Synapse intent refinement, Active Conductor attention handling, RFC breadcrumb footer) into reference files under references/ and link to them one level deep from the main steps to improve progressive disclosure and conciseness.

Tighten or deduplicate the repeated deferred-schema guard instructions into a single stated rule that is referenced once, reducing verbosity without losing the safety guidance.

Define or eliminate the undefined relay helper functions (task_progress_relay, subtask_progress_relay, terminal_relay, etc.) so the monitoring loop is concrete and copy-paste-ready rather than referencing pseudocode helpers.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The ~510-line body is mostly domain-specific protocol Claude does not already know, but it carries notable repetition (the deferred-schema guard is restated several times) and verbose inline relay contracts that could be tightened, matching the level-2 "mostly efficient but could be tightened" anchor rather than the lean level-3 anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

It names concrete MCP tools with explicit argument blocks and a structured polling loop, but relies on undefined helper functions (e.g., task_progress_relay, terminal_relay) and environment-conditional discovery, so it is not fully copy-paste-ready and lands at level 2 rather than the fully-executable level-3 anchor.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Execution is laid out as a clearly numbered sequence (steps 1-10) with explicit validation checkpoints (deferred-schema reload before every call, terminal-status handling, post-execution QA) and recovery/feedback loops (fallback relay, stale-target rediscovery, attention verify-decide-log-act), matching the level-3 anchor and exceeding the level-2 "validation gaps" case.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and everything lives inline in a large monolithic SKILL.md with no one-level-deep reference files or overview-to-detail navigation; it is internally sectioned (above level 1) but content that could be split (Synapse, Conductor, RFC footer) is inline, matching the level-2 anchor.

2 / 3

Total

9

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12

Passed

Description

50%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is concrete and niche-specific but terse: it states one action with no "Use when..." trigger guidance and only narrow keyword coverage. Trigger terms and completeness are the weakest areas.

Suggestions

Expand the description to list the concrete capabilities beyond execution (e.g., validate, start background jobs, monitor progress, run post-execution QA) to reach the multi-action level-3 anchor for specificity.

Add an explicit "Use when..." clause naming natural user triggers (e.g., "Use when the user says 'ouroboros run' or asks to execute a seed specification") to lift completeness and trigger-term quality to level 3.

Include common user phrasings ("run a seed", "execute a spec", "start an Ouroboros workflow") to broaden trigger-term coverage and reduce conflict with other skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names a concrete action and domain ("Execute a Seed specification through the workflow engine") but lists only a single action rather than multiple specific capabilities, so it matches the level-2 anchor rather than the level-3 multi-action example.

2 / 3

Completeness

It answers "what" (execute a Seed spec via the workflow engine) but provides no explicit "Use when..." trigger guidance in the description, so per the rubric guideline it is capped at level 2 ("Has what, but when is missing or only implied").

2 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It contains the natural phrase "execute seed" but leans on product-internal jargon ("Seed specification", "workflow engine") and lacks broad coverage of common user phrasings, matching the level-2 anchor "some relevant keywords but missing common variations."

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description targets a clear niche (Seed/Ouroboros) so it is not generic, but it lacks distinct trigger phrasing, keeping it at level 2 rather than the level-3 anchor that requires explicit distinct triggers.

2 / 3

Total

8

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12

Passed

Validation

87%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation14 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

skill_md_line_count

SKILL.md is long (528 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

Total

14

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16

Passed

Repository
Q00/ouroboros
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