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The interview discipline itself is excellent — crisp rules, a clear output template, and a sensible workflow — but the body is wired around tooling (three scripts and a companion reference) that is absent from the bundle, making the central workflow steps un-runnable as delivered. Repo-bookkeeping noise (attribution block, version footer) further dilutes the instruction content.
Suggestions
Ship the referenced bundle files (scripts/decision_tree_extractor.py, scripts/question_generator.py, scripts/grill_session_tracker.py, references/companion_tooling.md) or rewrite the workflow to stand alone — four of the six workflow steps currently invoke files that do not exist.
Remove the attribution/derivation blockquote and the trailing Version/Derived footer from the body; both duplicate frontmatter metadata and consume tokens without instructing.
Specify how answers are recorded in the session (e.g. the exact tracker subcommand per answer) and add a checkpoint for disputed or unresolvable branches before declaring 'shared understanding reached'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The core sections are tight (rules, workflow, output template), but the opening attribution block ("Matt's interview discipline preserved verbatim. Additions: extraction + question + session tools + references + cs-* wrapper") and the closing "**Version:** 1.0.0 **Derived:** ..." footer are repo bookkeeping that duplicate the frontmatter metadata and add no instruction, and the telegraphic Tooling line ("Tools: extractor + generator + tracker. Agent: `cs-grill-master`. Command: `/cs:grill-me`.") needs trimming or expansion. More than minor trimming is removable, so anchor 4 does not fit; it is well above anchor 2 since no sections explain concepts Claude already knows. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Rules 1-5 and the Output Pattern template are genuinely concrete ("One question per turn", "If `grep` / `Read` resolves it, do that first", "Q[i]/[total]: [question]"), but the workflow's central commands — "Run `scripts/decision_tree_extractor.py`", "Run `scripts/question_generator.py`", "`scripts/grill_session_tracker.py --action start`" — point at files that do not exist in the bundle, so they cannot be executed. This is more than the 'minor gaps' of anchor 4, but far more concrete than anchor 2's high-level hints. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A coherent six-step sequence exists with an explicit end condition ("When all branches resolved: report 'shared understanding reached'"), but steps 2-4 are hollow because the invoked scripts are missing, step 5's mechanism for "recording answers in the session" is unspecified, and there is no checkpoint for handling disputed or unresolvable answers mid-session. Not anchor 4, since the gaps are not minor; not anchor 2, since the sequence is clearly ordered with few gaps. (No validation cap applies — the skill is non-destructive.) | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is short with well-labeled sections and clearly signaled references ("See [references/companion_tooling.md](references/companion_tooling.md)"), but the actual bundle contains no references/ or scripts/ directories — all four referenced paths are dangling, so the navigation the body promises dead-ends. Scored against the actual (empty) bundle structure this is broken rather than merely imperfect, placing it below anchor 4; structure and signaling are still good, so above anchor 2. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 12 / 20 Passed |