Content
67%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 router/index skill: concrete model IDs and parameter syntax, a clearly sequenced language-detection and reading workflow with fallback branches, and good task-based navigation to one-level-deep reference files. Its main weaknesses are repetition of the same directives across multiple sections, conversational padding, and reliance on template paths and reference files that cannot be verified from the skill bundle present here.
Suggestions
State the budget_tokens prohibition and the 'always use claude-opus-4-6' default once each (e.g., in Defaults) and reference that section from Thinking & Effort and Common Pitfalls instead of repeating full paragraphs.
Remove conversational asides ('This is non-negotiable', 'we wouldn't mess with you like that') — they add tokens without adding actionable guidance.
Replace {lang} template paths in the Reading Guide with explicit resolved examples (e.g., 'python/claude-api/README.md') or provide an explicit path-resolution note so navigation does not depend on inference.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Tables carry dense information efficiently and most content is genuinely non-prior knowledge (new model IDs, adaptive thinking, output_config), but guidance is repeated 3-4 times (the budget_tokens prohibition appears in Defaults, Thinking & Effort, and Common Pitfalls; the 'ALWAYS use claude-opus-4-6' mandate appears in both Defaults and Current Models) and conversational padding exists ('This is non-negotiable', 'we wouldn't mess with you like that'). This matches 'mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened' rather than 4, which would allow only minor trims. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Highly concrete: exact model ID strings, exact parameter syntax (thinking: {type: "adaptive"}, output_config: {effort: ...}), the beta header string 'compact-2026-01-12', and a task-keyed reading guide routing to specific files. It falls short of 5 because the body contains no complete executable code (install/quick-start is deferred to referenced files, and no bundle files are present here to verify), leaving minor gaps for the copy-paste-ready standard. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Language detection is a numbered 5-step decision process with explicit fallback branches (ambiguous -> ask the user; can't infer -> AskUserQuestion with listed options; unsupported -> cURL path), followed by a task-to-file reading guide and a surface-selection decision tree. Clear sequence with recovery branches for ambiguity, but no verification checkpoints confirming the chosen reference covers the need, so it sits at 'clear sequence with most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps' rather than 5. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is designed as an overview with well-signaled, one-level-deep references ({lang}/claude-api/README.md, shared/tool-use-concepts.md, shared/error-codes.md, shared/live-sources.md) organized by task need. It falls short of 5 because references use {lang} template paths rather than exact filenames, no bundle files exist alongside SKILL.md to verify the referenced structure, and several detail sections (model pricing, thinking/effort, compaction) carry reference-grade material inline. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |