Content
53%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.
The body is exceptionally lean and well-organized with sensible use/don't-use-when sections, but it delegates all concrete guidance to a playbook file that is missing from the bundle, leaving only vague one-line directives. Restoring or creating the referenced file (with concrete conventions, configs, and example SQL) is the highest-leverage fix; adding validation checkpoints would round it out.
Suggestions
Fix the broken progressive-disclosure promise: either include the referenced `resources/implementation-playbook.md` in the bundle or correct the path — currently the pointer leads to a nonexistent file and all detailed content is unavailable.
Add minimal inline concrete guidance so the skill is actionable on its own: naming conventions (e.g., stg_/int_/fct_/dim_ prefixes), a sample dbt_project.yml config block, an example test, and an incremental-model materialization snippet.
Incorporate validation checkpoints into the instructions (e.g., run `dbt test` and only proceed on pass, or use `dbt build` to gate loads) since dbt operations are database/batch operations that need feedback loops.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The ~38-line body is lean and functional: use/don't-use-when lists, terse directive bullets, and a single resource pointer, with no over-explanation of dbt concepts Claude already knows. It matches anchor 5 ('lean and efficient; every token earns its place'), with only a trivially duplicated intro line keeping it from being worse than anchor 4 territory. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Instructions like "Define model layers, naming, and ownership" and "Choose materializations and incremental strategies" are high-level directives with no code, commands, naming conventions, or config examples. The promised concrete detail is deferred to `resources/implementation-playbook.md`, which does not exist in the bundle, so no specific steps to execute are available anywhere. This matches anchor 2 ('minimal concrete guidance; high-level hints but missing the specific steps') and falls short of anchor 3's partial concrete detail. | 2 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The instruction bullets imply a loose progression (structure → tests → materializations → CI optimization) but present no explicit sequence or validation checkpoints. Because dbt work involves database/batch operations, the missing feedback loops cap workflow clarity at 3 per the scoring notes, matching anchor 3 ('steps listed but validation gaps; checkpoints missing or implicit') rather than anchor 4. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body's structure is clean (overview plus a single clearly signaled one-level reference), but that reference — `resources/implementation-playbook.md` — does not exist in the bundle (no resources/, references/, scripts/, or assets/ directories are present), leaving a skeleton with no detail layer behind the pointer. Scored against the actual bundle structure, this broken reference matches anchor 2 more than anchor 3's 'references present but not clearly signaled', since navigation leads nowhere. | 2 / 5 |
Total | 12 / 20 Passed |