Conciseness

The body is lean and every core element (the six questions, per-question rejection criteria, the output template) carries real value Claude would not generate on its own. Minor trimmable padding exists: the two-paragraph 'Why This Works' rationale section and flavor lines like 'This is the cognitive forcing function that prevents drift into solutionism' explain rather than instruct.

Actionability

Fully concrete instruction-only guidance: six exact questions to pose verbatim, per-question rejection rules ('If the answer is "we'll figure out marketing later," the answer is no'), a complete copy-paste output template with fields, assessment levels, and explicit routing targets. Specific examples cover the common cases.

Workflow Clarity

Clear sequence (When to Run triggers -> founder answers all six in writing -> produce brief -> route) with an explicit validation gate: the GREEN/YELLOW/RED assessment acts as a checkpoint with error recovery ('YELLOW — sharpen Q[N] before proceeding', 'RED — kill or redefine; do not proceed') and routing is gated on GREEN. Not a destructive or batch operation, so no validation cap applies.

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist (references/, scripts/, assets/ are absent) and none are needed: the skill is a single-purpose instruction whose ~110 lines are all core content, appropriately inline, with well-organized sections and easy navigation. There are no buried or nested references.

Specificity

The description names the domain and concrete capability ('YC-style 6 question founder interrogation before any advice') and enumerates the six specific clarity dimensions (problem, customer, distribution, defensibility, capital, founder fit). It centers on one core action rather than several distinct actions, so it sits between anchors 3 and 4, noticeably above the midpoint.

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' (6-question interrogation forcing clarity on six named areas before any advice) and 'when' ('Use when a founder question is too vague to route — e.g. "should we grow faster?" — or before drafting a strategy brief') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the anchor-5 example pattern exactly.

Trigger Term Quality

Good natural keyword coverage: 'founder question', 'too vague to route', 'strategy brief', plus a realistic user quote example ('should we grow faster?'). A few natural synonyms a user might say are missing (e.g. 'startup advice', 'pitch', 'idea validation'), which keeps it below anchor 5.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (pre-advice founder interrogation as the intake gate) with distinct triggers, but minor overlap risk with closely related commands in the same suite such as /cs:brief and /cs:founder-mode, whose scopes ('strategy brief', 'next step') border on the same trigger conditions.