Content
75%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 an actionable, well-structured CLI reference plus a clear coordinator-notification workflow with explicit verification steps. Its main gaps are an empty placeholder code block in Step 1, a vague hand-off to the 'file-sync skill', and an inlined full example template that belongs in a separate reference file.
Suggestions
Replace Step 1's comment-only bash block with the concrete file-sync command or remove the block and state the instruction inline.
Add a final verification step to the workflow, e.g. re-running 'mcporter list <server-name> --schema' or reading back the generated SKILL.md, to confirm the new skill is correct before reporting to the coordinator.
Move the full example SKILL.md structure (weather-operations template) into a references/ file and link to it from Step 3 to keep SKILL.md a lean overview.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is command-first and efficient with no padding explaining concepts Claude already knows, but Step 1 contains a bash block holding only a comment ('# Use the file-sync skill to sync'), and phrases like 'read carefully to understand each tool' and 'so you have a permanent reference' could be trimmed. This matches anchor 4 (efficient with minor instances of over-explanation) rather than 5, and is clearly above anchor 3's unnecessary-explanation level. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Mostly executable guidance: concrete commands for listing with schemas, both key=value and --args call syntax, mkdir, and a complete generated-SKILL.md template with a parameter table. Minor gaps keep it below anchor 5: Step 1's bash block is an empty placeholder and the 'file-sync skill' hand-off lacks a concrete command. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The new-tools workflow is a clearly sequenced 4-step process with a verification checkpoint ('Verify the new server appears') and a source-of-truth instruction ('Use the tool schemas from Step 2 as the source of truth'), matching anchor 4. It is not 3 because checkpoints are explicitly present, and not 5 because there is no error-recovery loop for the generated skill (e.g., verifying the written SKILL.md). | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is well-organized into clear sections (Commands, workflow steps, Important Notes) with no nested references, matching anchor 4's 'good structure; minor organization gaps'. It cannot score 5: the body exceeds 50 lines and embeds a full example SKILL.md template that would sit better in a one-level-deep reference file, and no bundle files are provided. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |