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iacuc-protocol-drafter

Draft IACUC protocol applications with focus on the 3Rs principles justification.

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tessl review fix ./scientific-skills/Academic Writing/iacuc-protocol-drafter/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body delivers real executable commands and a complete input contract, but it is padded with redundant boilerplate and abstract cross-references, and it underuses reference files for material that would be better split out.

Suggestions

Remove the verbatim scope repetitions and the empty 'See ## ... above' pointer sections; state each fact once in its proper section.

Tighten the Workflow into concrete, command-level steps with an explicit output-validation checkpoint (e.g., how to verify the generated protocol) and a clear validate->fix->retry loop.

Move the Risk Assessment, Security Checklist, and Evaluation Criteria blocks into a separate reference file linked from the body to improve progressive disclosure and token efficiency.

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Conciseness

The ~240-line body is noticeably verbose: the scope statement is repeated verbatim across 'When to Use', 'Key Features', and 'Implementation Details', several sections are empty pointers ('See ## Prerequisites above', 'See ## Usage above', 'See ## Workflow above'), and generic boilerplate like 'Lifecycle Status' and 'Evaluation Criteria' pads the file without teaching Claude anything new.

2 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, executable commands (`python -m py_compile scripts/main.py`, `python scripts/main.py --help`), a parameters table, a complete JSON input example, and a real scripts/main.py, leaving only minor gaps such as the vague 'Edit the in-file CONFIG block' instruction.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The Workflow lists a sequence with a fallback path, but the steps are abstract ('choose the packaged workflow', 'return a structured result') and validation is limited to a parse-check (py_compile) rather than output validation, so checkpoints are implicit and gaps remain.

3 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

There is one clearly signaled, one-level-deep reference (references/audit-reference.md, a real file) and the body is sectioned, but content that could live in separate files (Risk Assessment, Security Checklist, Evaluation Criteria, full JSON schema) is inlined and only a single thin reference is used.

3 / 5

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Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is specific and highly distinctive within a clear niche, but it only states 'what' and omits any 'when to use it' trigger guidance, which caps completeness and limits trigger-term coverage.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause naming natural trigger phrases (e.g., 'Use when drafting IACUC/animal ethics protocols or justifying the 3Rs principles').

Broaden trigger terms with user-natural synonyms such as 'animal ethics application', 'animal testing protocol', or 'ethics committee submission'.

List one or two more concrete actions (e.g., 'generate justification sections, structure replacement/reduction/refinement arguments') to lift specificity from a single action to comprehensive coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('IACUC protocol applications') and one concrete action ('Draft ... applications'), but offers only a single action with no comprehensive coverage of what drafting entails, matching the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive' anchor.

3 / 5

Completeness

It gives a clear 'what' (draft IACUC protocol applications with 3Rs justification) but no 'when'/'Use when' clause, and the rubric caps completeness at 3 when explicit trigger guidance is missing.

3 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Contains relevant niche terms a researcher might say ('IACUC protocol', '3Rs principles', 'justification'), but misses common variations/synonyms like 'animal ethics', 'animal testing protocol', or 'ethics committee', so it fits 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The IACUC + 3Rs-principles-justification niche is highly specific with distinct triggers and minimal overlap with other skills, matching the 'clear niche with distinct triggers; minimal conflict risk' anchor.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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16

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