concise-planning

Use when a user asks for a plan for a coding task, to generate a clear, actionable, and atomic checklist.

1.46x

Quality

72%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

97%

1.46x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

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Quality

Content

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

The body is a compact, well-structured instruction skill with a concrete template and clear workflow; it respects Claude's competence without over-explaining. The main gap is the vague 'When to Use' section and placeholder-only examples.

Suggestions

Replace the generic 'When to Use' line with concrete trigger conditions mirroring the description (e.g., 'Use when the user asks for a plan, checklist, or ordered task breakdown for a coding task').

Add one short worked example of a completed plan to make the template fully concrete and cover a common case.

Add an explicit checkpoint between 'Scan Context' and 'Generate Plan' (e.g., 'Confirm assumptions are recorded before drafting') to strengthen validation sequencing.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean with no padding about concepts Claude already knows; the only slight over-explanation is the generic 'When to Use' line ('applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview'), placing it at 'efficient; minor instances that could be trimmed' rather than the fully lean anchor above.	4 / 5
Actionability	It provides a copy-paste-ready markdown plan template plus concrete structural rules (6-10 atomic verb-first items, In/Out scope, a validation item), giving mostly executable guidance; because the template slots are placeholders rather than fully worked examples, it stops short of the 'specific examples cover common cases' anchor.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The three-step workflow (Scan Context, Minimal Interaction, Generate Plan) is clearly sequenced and includes a validation requirement ('Validation: At least one item for testing'); it is not a destructive/batch operation so no cap applies, but explicit checkpoints between steps are only implied, fitting 'clear sequence with most checkpoints' rather than the explicit-feedback-loop anchor.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The content is well-organized into clearly signaled sections (Goal, Workflow, Plan Template, Checklist Guidelines) with no nested references and no bundle files needed; it is slightly over the 50-line simple-skill threshold, so it earns 'good structure; minor organization gaps' rather than the simple-skill 5.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 concise, uses third person, and includes an explicit 'Use when' trigger that clearly states both what it produces and when to invoke it. It is solid but slightly narrow in the actions it enumerates and could add a few natural synonyms.

Suggestions

Broaden the 'what' with one or two more concrete actions (e.g., 'break work into ordered, atomic steps and flag validation') to lift specificity.

Add common trigger synonyms such as 'make a plan', 'plan this task', or 'break this into steps' to improve trigger-term coverage.

Tighten the 'when' clause with concrete variants (e.g., 'Use when the user asks for a plan, checklist, or task breakdown for a coding task').

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The description names the domain ('a plan for a coding task') and one concrete action ('generate a clear, actionable, and atomic checklist'), but does not enumerate several specific actions, so it sits at the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions' anchor rather than the multi-action anchor above.	3 / 5
Completeness	It explicitly answers both 'what' ('generate a clear, actionable, and atomic checklist') and 'when' ('Use when a user asks for a plan for a coding task'), but the 'what' is narrowly framed as checklist generation and the 'when' could be more specific about variants, so it fits the 'has both but could be more explicit' anchor rather than the fully explicit 5.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	'Use when a user asks for a plan for a coding task' supplies natural phrasing a user would actually say ('plan', 'coding task'), with good but not exhaustive coverage of synonyms; it is above the 'some relevant keywords' anchor but lacks the comprehensive synonym set of a 5.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	'Plan for a coding task' with 'atomic checklist' output carves a reasonably distinct niche from generic planning or coding skills, with only minor overlap risk against closely related planning skills, fitting 'mostly distinct' rather than the 'somewhat specific but could overlap' anchor below.	4 / 5
	Total	15 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: administrakt0r/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills
Path: plugins/AI-Agents-Safe-Coding-Skills/skills/concise-planning/SKILL.md
Commit: 57c135b

Reviewed: 2 days ago

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