Content
78%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 tight, executable body with strong safety discipline and concrete commands, weakened mainly by incomplete reference wiring — a broken DESIGN.md link and orphaned reference files that are not navigable from the overview.
Suggestions
Fix or correct the `../../DESIGN.md` link so it resolves to an existing file, or move the rationale into the `references/` docs and link those instead.
Surface the three `references/*.md` docs (tiered_memory_canon, promotion_gate_design, hook_capture_discipline) from the body with labeled pointers so the bundle is navigable one level deep.
Add a short numbered sequence for the human review-and-adopt step (inspect staged → review → `/cs:memory adopt`) to make the write-side workflow as explicit as the read-side commands.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Dense and assumes Claude's competence (no explanation of hooks, gitignore, or CLAUDE.md), but the narrative "The problem" framing and the reflective "Forcing questions" add tokens that aren't strictly instructional, keeping it just below fully lean. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Copy-paste-ready commands referencing real scripts — `python3 scripts/memory_inspect.py --tier L1`, `--why "..."`, `--contested`, and `python3 scripts/memory_promote.py` — plus concrete env-var toggles, covering the common diagnostic and promotion cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The promotion ladder (L0→L1→L2→L3) is clearly sequenced with explicit thresholds and real validation discipline (fail-open hooks, redact-before-write, propose-never-apply with backup, ambiguous=print nothing), but the human review-and-adopt step is not laid out as an explicit numbered sequence. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is a well-sectioned overview with one-level-deep, clearly labeled pointers to scripts, but `../../DESIGN.md` does not resolve at the cited path and the three provided `references/*.md` design docs are not surfaced from the overview, leaving a real navigation gap. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |