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86%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-built skill body: a clearly sequenced interview-driven workflow with highly actionable, specific guidance, and an exemplary progressive-disclosure structure that keeps templates and mechanics in two well-signaled one-level-deep reference files. The small deductions are for motivational padding in the intro and the absence of an explicit post-draft validation loop for anchor links and placeholders.
Suggestions
Trim or fold the 'Why the interview matters' section into a single directive sentence (e.g. 'Always interview first — the interview is what distinguishes this output from a generic template') to save tokens without losing the behavioral rule.
Add an explicit validation step between draft and deliver: 'Before delivering, verify every TOC link resolves using the slug rules in references/seo-and-structure.md and confirm no placeholder or fabricated value (badges, stars, install commands) remains.'
Remove editorial asides like 'the kind that make a project look alive, trustworthy, and easy to try in under 60 seconds' and 'This is the single highest-leverage section in the whole README', keeping only the operative instruction (press for a real quickstart example, never a placeholder).
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is largely efficient, actionable instruction (exact files to scan, exact tools, grouped question lists), but contains minor trimmable padding: the 'Why the interview matters' paragraph ('A README has about 8 seconds to convince a visitor...') and editorial asides like 'the kind that make a project look alive, trustworthy, and easy to try in under 60 seconds' explain motivation Claude doesn't need. This fits the level-4 anchor (efficient, minor instances of over-explanation) better than 5, since a few tokens don't earn their place, and better than 3, since there is no unnecessary concept explanation. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | As an instruction-only skill the guidance is fully executable: exact scan targets ('package.json, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, go.mod...'), named tools ('web_fetch', 'web_search', shields.io), a copy-pasteable grouped question list, four concretely described design options, and specific universal requirements (H1 with keyword tagline, TOC with exact slug rules, alt text format ''). Exact mechanics are deliberately and cleanly delegated to two reference files marked 'required reading before writing, every time', which covers the common cases rather than leaving gaps — matching the level-5 anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The five-step sequence (silent scan → batched interview → research → draft → deliver) is clearly ordered with per-step gating ('Skip any question you already answered in Step 1', 'Only ask about what's genuinely missing'), and Step 5 includes a placeholder-verification checkpoint ('summarize... what's still a placeholder... so nothing fake ends up shipped by accident'). However, there is no explicit post-draft validation loop (e.g. 're-check every TOC link against the slug rules before delivering'), so it matches level 4 (clear sequence, most checkpoints, minor validation gaps) rather than level 5 (explicit validation steps with feedback loops). No destructive/batch cap applies. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The ~100-line body is a genuine overview: workflow and interview content inline, with both detailed materials split into real, one-level-deep reference files (references/design-styles.md, 313 lines; references/seo-and-structure.md, 64 lines — both exist, no deeper nesting beyond a sibling cross-reference). References are well signaled with purpose statements ('full template + section order + tone notes for all 4 designs'; 'GitHub anchor-link slug rules, TOC construction, badge syntax, and SEO mechanics') and explicit read triggers. The only inline duplication (short summaries of the 4 designs in Step 2B) is justified because the user must see the options to choose. This matches the level-5 anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |