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86%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 a well-organized, concise overview that routes by request size and loads only needed references, with concrete formats, grep patterns, and a review checklist. Its main weakness is that a few writing principles stay abstract and the PDF build verification loop lives in the reference rather than inline.
Suggestions
Add one short inline before/after example of a polished paragraph so the 'Quick polish' workflow demonstrates the expected transformation rather than only describing it.
Inline the PDF compile verify-retry loop (e.g., 'if build fails, read the first error, fix, rebuild; confirm the PDF opens and has the expected page count') so the fragile build workflow has an explicit feedback checkpoint in SKILL.md.
Tighten Core Writing Principles 1–2 from abstract directives into a quick self-check format (e.g., a one-line test per principle) to match the concreteness of the routing and review sections.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence — it never explains what a paper, venue, or LaTeX is — and every section (routing table, Hard Rules, workflows) earns its tokens; the opening framing line is purposeful rather than padding. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Highly actionable for an instruction-only skill: concrete grep patterns (\section, \begin{abstract}), exact preservation rules (\cite, \ref byte-for-byte), and copy-paste formats (Claim: ... | Evidence: ... | Status: ...). Held at 4 because some Core Writing Principles are abstract directives rather than concrete steps, and there is no inline worked example of a rewritten paragraph. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps are clearly sequenced (diagnose/route → get facts → workflows A/B/C) with checkpoints such as the 3-question cap, structural-problem escape hatch, and the review checklist; capped at 4 because the PDF compile workflow's verify-retry loop is deferred to the reference rather than stated inline, leaving a minor validation gap for a fragile build operation. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | SKILL.md is a tight overview; the routing table's Load column and the References section clearly signal one-level-deep files (abstract.md, introduction.md, method.md, etc.), all of which were verified to exist, and bulk detail is appropriately split out with easy navigation. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |