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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 specialist skill with strong, sequenced decision frameworks, concrete thresholds and templates, and a properly layered three-file reference bundle. Its main weakness is token efficiency: substantial sections re-explain standard trade-compliance concepts (GRI rules, Incoterms definitions, document basics) that could be cut or moved to references, and the file carries a duplicated 'When to Use' section.
Suggestions
Move the full GRI enumeration and Incoterms 2020 definitions into references/decision-frameworks.md, keeping only the ordering rule and compliance-critical pitfalls inline.
Remove the duplicated 'When to Use' section at the bottom of the file, keeping a single trigger section near the top.
Trim well-known background ('Ocean BOL serves as title to goods...', 'The Harmonized System is a 6-digit international nomenclature maintained by the WCO') to preserve token budget for the non-obvious specifics that give this skill its value.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with genuinely specialist data (penalty multipliers, filing deadlines, form numbers, thresholds), but notable portions re-teach concepts Claude already knows: 'The Harmonized System is a 6-digit international nomenclature maintained by the WCO', full Incoterms 2020 definitions (EXW/FCA/CIP/DDP), 'Ocean BOL serves as title to goods, contract of carriage, and receipt', and the complete GRI enumeration. These could be trimmed or pushed to references. Not a 2 because most lines carry non-obvious, compliance-critical specifics rather than padding. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete, executable guidance throughout: a 7-step classification sequence, a 6-step FTA qualification procedure with RVC formulas, a hierarchical valuation method selection, a screening protocol with explicit thresholds ('Matches below 85% name similarity with no address or country correlation are likely false positives'), message templates with subject-line formats, and escalation tables with timelines. Not a 5 because several steps defer to external lookups (FTA annexes, ruling databases) and the full detail lives in the reference files rather than being copy-paste ready inline. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Multi-step processes are clearly sequenced with validation checkpoints: classification includes conditional branching ('If GRI 1 produces multiple candidate headings, apply GRI 2 then GRI 3'), subheading-level validation, binding-ruling checks, and mandatory rationale documentation; screening hit assessment is an explicit assess-verify-check-escalate loop with a hard stop ('Never proceed with a transaction while a screening hit is unresolved'). Not a 5 because some verification steps are implicit (e.g., no re-validation loop after correcting a classification) and the escalation chain lacks a defined failure path. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | References are well-signaled and verified real: decision-frameworks.md (764 lines), edge-cases.md (362 lines), and communication-templates.md (631 lines) all exist, are one level deep (no nested references inside them), and are summarized inline with pointers ('Brief summaries here — see edge-cases.md for full analysis') plus an 'Additional Resources' index. Not a 5 because the ~230-line body still inlines substantial material that could live in references (full GRI enumeration, regional specialties, penalty schedules) and the duplicated 'When to Use' section (top and bottom) is an organization flaw. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |