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85%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-structured, lean, and actionable debugging workflow with a genuine verify-and-retry feedback loop. The main defects are the dangling reference to a nonexistent `flaky-taxonomy.md` (step 3 would fail to load it) and a few vague fix bullets in the Environment category.
Suggestions
Remove the "Load `flaky-taxonomy.md` from this skill directory" instruction (the taxonomy table is already inlined) or actually create the file under references/ so the reference resolves.
Replace "Compare CI vs local screenshots/traces" with a concrete command, e.g. `npx playwright test <file> --trace=on` locally and downloading the CI trace artifact for side-by-side comparison.
De-duplicate the burn-in command: step 5 repeats step 1's `--repeat-each=10` command verbatim; referencing the earlier command or a shared snippet would trim tokens.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and assumes competence: bare commands, a compact diagnostic table, and terse bullet fixes with no padding or explanations of concepts Claude already knows. Only the burn-in command repeated verbatim in step 5 is trimmable, which is not enough to drop below the top anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Mostly executable: copy-paste commands (`npx playwright test <file> --repeat-each=10 --reporter=list`, `--trace=on --retries=0`) and specific fixes (`waitForTimeout()` → web-first assertions, `toBeVisible()`, `retries: 2`, `trace: 'on-first-retry'`). Gaps: step 3 says "Load `flaky-taxonomy.md` from this skill directory" but no such file exists in the bundle, and "Compare CI vs local screenshots/traces" gives no concrete command — anchor 4 (minor gaps), not 5. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Six clearly sequenced steps (reproduce → trace → categorize → fix → verify → prevent) with an explicit validation checkpoint and feedback loop: "All 10 must pass. If any fail, go back to step 3." This matches the top anchor with error-recovery loops. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Section structure is good, but the only external reference is broken: `flaky-taxonomy.md` does not exist in the skill directory (no references/ or other bundle directories), and the taxonomy is simultaneously inlined as a table. This sits between anchor 2 (references misplaced/buried) and anchor 4 (minor organization gaps) — structure is present but the one reference dangles. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |