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85%Weight 40%Scale 1-3Reviews 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-structured, actionable playbook with a clear sequenced workflow and well-signaled one-level references. Its only weakness is token efficiency: several guardrail phrases and the outreach-manager handoff are repeated verbatim multiple times and could be defined once.
Suggestions
Define the registry-write guardrail once (e.g. 'writes to memory/events/*.ndjson only via an authorized operation: propose to registry-events.py') and reference the short form afterward; it currently repeats the full phrase verbatim across Reads, Writes, Save Results, and step 8.
Consolidate the outreach-manager handoff into one authoritative statement — it currently appears in the Scope guard, instruction step 7, 'Primary next skill', and 'Next Best Skill'.
Trim the 'Done when' criteria so they do not restate red lines already declared in the Instructions (no fabricated quotes/numbers; embargo references the registry date) — keep them as pass/failure checks only.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and assumes Claude's competence (no padding about what a press release is), but the long phrase 'via an authorized operation: propose request to registry-events.py' repeats verbatim ~5 times and the outreach-manager handoff is restated in four places, so it could be tightened rather than earning 'every token earns its place'. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | As an instruction-only skill it gives highly concrete guidance: tier sizing ('1-3 exclusive candidates'), a specific cadence (T-14 -> T-10 -> T-7 -> T-0 -> T+3), an explicit press-release structure, and hard red lines ('never fabricate a quote or a number'), which is fully actionable without code. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | An explicit 8-step numbered sequence with validation checkpoints — 'No registry record = flag it as an open loop', claim tracing to the ledger or '[needs source]', a 'Done when' checklist, and embargo/cadence caveats — meets the 'clear sequence with explicit validation steps' anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Clearly sectioned (Quick Start, Skill Contract, Data Sources, Instructions, Save Results, Reference Materials, Next Best Skill) with one-level-deep, well-signaled markdown links and per-reference one-line descriptions; no bundle files are present, so structure and navigation are scored directly. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |