Content
77%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a strong, actionable skill that provides a clear TDD-based planning workflow with excellent validation checkpoints and concrete templates. Its main weaknesses are minor verbosity (repeated principles, some unnecessary philosophical framing) and lack of bundle files to support the referenced sub-skills and templates. The task structure template is exemplary in its specificity and executability.
Suggestions
Remove the duplicate mention of 'DRY, YAGNI, TDD, frequent commits' — it appears in both the Overview and Remember sections.
Trim the Overview's characterizations ('questionable taste', 'know almost nothing') to focus on the actionable implication: document everything explicitly with full file paths and code.
Consider extracting the plan header template and task structure template into bundle files (e.g., templates/plan-header.md, templates/task-template.md) to improve progressive disclosure and reduce SKILL.md length.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary padding. The 'Overview' section over-explains the philosophy ('questionable taste', 'assume they don't know good test design') and the 'Remember' section partially repeats guidance already embedded in the task structure template. The acronym list (DRY, YAGNI, TDD) appears twice. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Highly actionable with concrete, copy-paste-ready templates for plan headers, task structures, exact pytest commands with expected outputs, git commit commands, and file path conventions. The task structure template is fully executable and covers the complete TDD cycle with specific code examples. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced: write failing test → verify failure → implement → verify pass → commit. Each step includes explicit validation checkpoints with expected outcomes (e.g., 'Expected: FAIL with "function not defined"'). The execution handoff provides clear branching paths with required sub-skills. The feedback loop of test-verify-implement-verify is well-defined. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references other skills (superpowers:executing-plans, superpowers:subagent-driven-development, brainstorming skill) but no bundle files are provided to support these references. The content is moderately well-structured with clear sections, but the plan template and task structure template are inlined rather than being in a separate template file, which would be cleaner for a skill of this length. References to external skills use '@ syntax' but don't provide navigable links. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |