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83%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.
The body is an exemplar of lean, highly actionable instruction writing: exact I/O contracts, a complete output schema, and unambiguous decision rules. Its main gaps are the absence of an explicit output-validation checkpoint for a batch operation and the lack of section headers for navigation.
Suggestions
Add an explicit validation step before writing, e.g. 'Before writing, verify every candidate has exactly one decision, identity fields match the input verbatim, and the JSON is valid.'
Add short section headers (Input, Actions, Flaky tests, Output, Constraints) to make the body scannable without adding tokens.
State what to do on malformed or partially unreadable input candidates (e.g. skip with no_action) to close the batch error-recovery loop.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with operational instructions — exact filenames, action definitions, length limits, tool restrictions — with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows and no padding. Every sentence carries a rule, matching 'Lean and efficient; every token earns its place'. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | It specifies the exact input file (`ci-flaky-input.json`), exact output file (`ci-flaky-decisions.json`), a complete copy-paste-ready JSON example, concrete classification criteria per action, verbatim field rules, 200-character limits, and a tool allowlist. This matches 'Fully executable; copy-paste ready code or commands; specific examples cover the common cases'. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The sequence (read input → classify each candidate → write one decision per candidate) is clear and rules are well-defined, but this is a batch operation with no explicit validate-before-write or verify-coverage checkpoint — validation is delegated to the driver rather than performed as a step. Per the guideline capping batch workflows without validation steps at 3, it cannot score higher despite the coherent flow. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | At ~47 lines with no bundle files, the content is appropriately self-contained and nothing belongs in a separate file, but the body uses no section headers, leaving minor organization gaps — 'Good structure; most content is appropriately placed; minor organization gaps' rather than the well-signaled-sections ideal. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |