Content
50%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is well-structured with concrete parameter values and clear routing, but it loses points to repeated model/thinking guidance, the total absence of inline executable code, and a reading guide that points to reference files which are not actually shipped in the bundle. Addressing the missing bundle and de-duplicating the model guidance would most improve the score.
Suggestions
Ship the referenced bundle files (e.g. {lang}/claude-api/README.md, shared/tool-use-concepts.md) or inline a minimal executable snippet per surface so the deferred examples are actually reachable.
De-duplicate the model-selection and budget_tokens-deprecation guidance so it lives in one authoritative section (e.g. Current Models or Thinking & Effort) and is merely cross-referenced elsewhere.
Add an explicit validation/feedback step for tool-use loops and batch operations (e.g., 'on tool_error, inspect the error, fix args, resend; for batches, check batch status before relying on results') to give workflow_clarity a checkpoint.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient (tables, a decision tree, directive model strings) and avoids explaining basics Claude already knows, but the model-selection and budget_tokens-deprecation guidance is repeated across Defaults, Current Models, Thinking & Effort, and Common Pitfalls, and the Defaults paragraph carries filler ('which you can access via', 'And finally, please default to'), placing it at 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' rather than lean. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | It gives concrete, copy-paste parameter values (claude-opus-4-6, thinking: {type: "adaptive"}, output_config: {effort: "..."}, beta header compact-2026-01-12) and specific file routes, but contains no executable code blocks in the body and defers all code to referenced files that are not present in the bundle, fitting 'some concrete guidance but incomplete'. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Sequencing is clear (detect language, choose surface, read files) with a numbered language-detection process and a 4-criteria agent checklist, but there are no validation/feedback checkpoints for risky paths such as tool-use loops or batch operations, matching 'steps listed but validation gaps; checkpoints missing or implicit'. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The Reading Guide and Quick Task Reference provide well-signaled, one-level-deep routing in design, but the referenced bundle files ({lang}/claude-api/README.md, shared/tool-use-concepts.md, etc.) do not exist, so the disclosure chain is non-functional; reference-style detail (model tables, thinking, compaction, pitfalls) is also inlined rather than split out. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |