Content
70%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is a clearly sequenced, well-organized six-step process with explicit completion checkpoints and no superfluous external references. Its main weaknesses are abstract conceptual framing and a lack of concrete worked examples that would make the guidance more immediately actionable.
Suggestions
Add one or two short worked examples showing what an evidence path looks like for a concrete change (e.g., a refactor or bug fix) to lift actionability from abstract to executable.
Tighten the philosophical framing in the opening ('The purpose is not to select a familiar technique...') into a single direct sentence to improve token efficiency.
Consider a compact template for stating a claim and its failure modes that an agent can fill in, turning the conceptual 'Frame the claim' guidance into a concrete artifact.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is largely efficient and does not explain basics Claude already knows, but it includes abstract framing ('The purpose is not to select a familiar technique. The purpose is to decide how this system can reveal the truth of this particular change.') that could be tightened, keeping it at the mostly-efficient anchor rather than the leanest one. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | It gives some concrete guidance (explicit 'Complete when' exit criteria, an enumeration of system properties to derive paths from, and a concrete '@librarian' research trigger), but the steps are largely conceptual and lack worked examples or templates of an evidence path, so the guidance describes more than it makes immediately executable. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The body presents a clearly sequenced six-step process (1-6) with an explicit 'Complete when:' validation checkpoint after each step, functioning as a checklist with gate criteria for a complex multi-phase process. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is a single self-contained file with no need for external references, organized into clearly headed sections with no nested reference chains; per the rubric's note for skills with no need for external references, well-organized sections warrant the top anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |