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Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when switching between tasks, or when you need to configure rules files and context for a project.

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Quality

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Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

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Advisory

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is highly actionable with concrete templates and clear, validated workflows, but it is a long monolithic file with some explanatory padding and no progressive disclosure to external reference files.

Suggestions

Move large reusable blocks (the CLAUDE.md template, the project-map example, the MCP server table) into separate reference files and link to them from SKILL.md to reduce inline length and improve progressive disclosure.

Trim the Overview, Common Rationalizations, and Red Flags sections — a capable agent already grasps these; keep only the non-obvious, project-specific guidance.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The ~290-line body is mostly efficient and packed with concrete templates, but the Overview, Common Rationalizations, and Red Flags sections add philosophical/explanatory framing and some redundancy with 'When to Use' and 'Anti-Patterns'. It is not score 3 because there is padding a competent agent need not be told, and not score 1 because the bulk is actionable rather than filler.

2 / 3

Actionability

It provides copy-paste-ready, executable guidance: a full CLAUDE.md template, concrete file paths (e.g. 'src/routes/auth.ts'), named MCP servers, and ready-to-use confusion-management and planning message templates. It is not score 2 because the examples are complete and specific rather than pseudocode.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Multi-step processes are clearly sequenced (the 5-level context hierarchy, the 4-step pre-task loading list, the 3-step missing-requirement flow) and capped by an explicit Verification checklist. It is not score 2 because validation checkpoints are present, and the operation is not destructive/batch so no stricter loop is required.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and the skill is a single ~290-line file with no external references, so self-contained material (the CLAUDE.md template, MCP table, example maps) lives inline rather than in one-level-deep reference files. It is not score 3 because, at this length, content should be split into referenced files; it is not score 1 because internal sections are well organized.

2 / 3

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Passed

Description

90%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is strong: explicit 'what' and 'when' with natural trigger phrasing and a clear, distinct niche. The only weakness is that the capability statement is somewhat abstract rather than enumerating concrete actions.

Suggestions

Replace the abstract 'Optimizes agent context setup' with a short enumeration of concrete actions, e.g. 'Configures rules files (CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules), structures context hierarchies, and manages session context.'

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The 'what' clause 'Optimizes agent context setup' names the domain and a couple of actions ('configure rules files and context for a project') but is abstract rather than a list of multiple concrete actions, matching the score-2 anchor. It is not score 3 because no enumeration of distinct capabilities is given, and not score 1 because the domain and several actions are named.

2 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what ('Optimizes agent context setup... configure rules files and context for a project') and when via an explicit 'Use when...' clause with multiple triggers, matching the score-3 anchor. It is not score 2 because the 'when' is explicit, not implied.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The 'Use when...' clause covers natural phrasings a user would actually say — 'starting a new session', 'agent output quality degrades', 'switching between tasks', 'configure rules files and context for a project' — giving good coverage of likely user language. It is not score 2 because common variations are well represented.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche — agent context setup, rules files, project context configuration — is clearly distinct from other skills and its triggers (e.g. 'agent output quality degrades', 'configure rules files') are unlikely to fire for an unrelated skill. It is not score 2 because the triggers point to a specific, non-overlapping domain.

3 / 3

Total

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Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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