Content
81%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 well-structured confirmation-heavy SOP with clear phased sequencing, strong validation checkpoints, and good progressive disclosure through real reference files. Minor redundancy on the API-key rules and a second level of reference nesting on the extend path keep it just short of top marks.
Suggestions
Collapse the three near-duplicate Core Rules about API keys ('do not ask for keys in chat', 'prefer editing config files themselves', 'do not offer to write keys') into a single boundary statement to tighten conciseness.
Consider inlining a one-line teaser of each startup mode or provider path in SKILL.md so the body is actionable without always loading a reference, or accept the navigational style explicitly.
For the extend path, surface extend-cookbook.md and extend-sdk.md as named sub-routes directly from SKILL.md's Phase 0 to avoid the 2-level hop through extend.md.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly lean and efficient with no explanations of concepts Claude already knows, but the API-key handling theme is restated across three near-duplicate Core Rules ('Do not default to asking the user to paste API keys', 'Prefer guiding the user to edit local config files themselves', 'Do not offer to write API keys into config files'). | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides concrete routing ('Load [references/clone.md]'), a specific config path ('~/.openclaw/openclaw.json'), and a concrete health check ('GET {url}/api/health'); most executable code/commands are delegated to references, which is appropriate but leaves the body itself more navigational than hands-on. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Phases 0–5 are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (health check before generation, confirm before state-changing actions) and feedback loops ('If generation later fails due to provider/model/auth issues, return to this phase'). | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | SKILL.md is a well-organized overview with clearly signaled one-level-deep markdown links to six real reference files; the extend path nests a second level (extend.md → extend-cookbook.md / extend-sdk.md), which is well-signaled but introduces 2-level reference nesting. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |