Content
73%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-crafted, dense instructional body with an exemplary process structure (clear sequencing, verification steps, self-check feedback loop, concrete worked example) that assumes Claude's intelligence. Its one significant defect is that both referenced bundle files — the per-medium patterns reference and the self-check script — are missing from the bundle, breaking progressive disclosure and making one stated command unrunnable.
Suggestions
Ship the missing bundle files: create references/goal_prompt_patterns.md (per-medium verification defaults, failure-mode detail, second worked example) and scripts/goal_prompt_self_check.py, or inline the per-medium verification defaults into the body and drop the reference.
If the self-check script cannot be bundled, replace the runnable command in step 5 with the explicit manual checks (word count, goal line, autonomy directive, freedom/verification/destination language) so no instruction points at a nonexistent file.
Trim 'The philosophy' section to its two operative rules (get out of the model's way; done must be observable) to cut the remaining over-explanation.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is tight and imperative throughout ('Pull out six slots', 'Name only what you verified AND what is load-bearing'), assumes Claude's competence, and contains no padding about known concepts. The 'philosophy' section and some repeated emphasis (creative freedom and verification each restated in the self-check and anti-patterns) are minor instances that could be trimmed, matching the 'efficient; minor over-explanation' anchor rather than the lean-every-token-earns-its-place anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Highly concrete guidance: a six-slot extraction list, explicit ask-only-when categories, a seven-part anatomy with specific content per part, a 150–350 word length target, a full worked example, and an exact runnable command ('python3 scripts/goal_prompt_self_check.py -'). It falls short of fully-executable because that script does not exist in the bundle, so one concrete command cannot actually run — a minor gap rather than pseudocode or missing steps, fitting anchor 4 rather than 5. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clearly sequenced five-step process (extract → fill gaps → verify before naming → write → self-check) with explicit validation checkpoints: step 3's 30-second resource verification and step 5's six-point checklist with a fix-any-miss-before-shipping feedback loop. This matches the anchor for clear sequence with explicit validation steps, feedback loops, and a checklist for a complex process; it is above anchor 4, which tolerates missing checkpoints. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is well-sectioned and its references are clearly signaled ('See references/goal_prompt_patterns.md for per-medium defaults', 'Failure-mode detail and a second worked example... live in references/goal_prompt_patterns.md', 'python3 scripts/goal_prompt_self_check.py'), but scored against the actual bundle structure neither file exists — there is no references/ or scripts/ directory at all. The load-bearing deferred content (per-medium verification defaults, failure-mode detail, second worked example, and the self-check tool) is unreachable, so the disclosure structure sends the session on a dead-end hunt — the skill's own named anti-pattern. This sits noticeably below the midpoint: the navigation exists but the destinations do not. | 2 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |