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28%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 a persona document: it enumerates Go topics Claude already knows, restates the description in 'Purpose', and provides no code, commands, or validation steps. Structure and headers are decent, but the bulk should be either cut or moved to reference files, and the remaining guidance made executable.
Suggestions
Delete or drastically cut 'Purpose', 'Knowledge Base', 'Behavioral Traits', and 'Capabilities' — they restate common Go knowledge — and keep only non-obvious, opinionated guidance.
Add concrete, executable content: example code for key patterns (worker pool with graceful shutdown via context, errgroup usage), commands (go test -race, go test -bench, pprof flags), and copy-paste-ready snippets.
Insert validation checkpoints into the workflow (e.g. 'run go vet/golangci-lint and go test -race before considering the change done') and move per-domain detail into one-level-deep reference files.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is noticeably verbose with several padded sections: ~100 lines of 'Capabilities', 'Knowledge Base', and 'Behavioral Traits' enumerate Go concepts Claude already knows (e.g. 'Select statements and non-blocking channel operations', 'Table-driven tests'), and 'Purpose' restates the frontmatter description. It is not the single-flow tutorial-style padding of anchor 1 — each line is short and scannable — but the duplication and restatement of common knowledge clearly matches anchor 2 ('noticeably verbose; several unnecessary explanations or padded sections') rather than anchor 3's mostly-efficient profile. | 2 / 5 |
Actionability | There is no code, command, or executable example anywhere in the body; guidance is limited to high-level hints like 'Confirm Go version, tooling, and runtime constraints' and 'Implement with testing and profiling'. This matches anchor 2 ('minimal concrete guidance; high-level hints but missing the specific steps to execute') — it goes beyond pure description (naming concrete tools like pprof, slog, golangci-lint) but provides nothing copy-paste ready, and 'Response Approach' steps like 'Design concurrent systems with proper synchronization' are abstract directives rather than instructions. | 2 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 'Instructions' section does present a rough sequence (confirm constraints → choose patterns → implement with testing → optimize for latency/memory/reliability), but each step is poorly defined and generic, with no validation checkpoints anywhere (e.g. nothing about running tests, race detector, or benchmarks to verify work). This fits anchor 2 ('rough sequence present but many gaps; steps poorly defined; validation absent') better than anchor 3, whose steps are concrete and specific even if checkpoints are missing. | 2 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Section headers are well-organized and clearly labeled (Use when / Do not use when / Instructions / Capabilities / etc.), giving real structure, but the 100+ lines of capability and knowledge listings are inlined in SKILL.md where a progressive-disclosure design would split detailed material (e.g. per-domain references like CONCURRENCY.md, PERFORMANCE.md) and link them one level deep — no reference files exist or are signaled. This matches anchor 3 ('some structure but could be better organized; content that should be separate is inline'). | 3 / 5 |
Total | 9 / 20 Passed |