Use when user specfically says 'plan harder'.
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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/plan-harder/SKILL.mdQuality
Discovery
22%Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.
This description is critically deficient because it only specifies a trigger phrase ('plan harder') without describing any capabilities, actions, or purpose of the skill. It also contains a typo ('specfically'). Without knowing what the skill does, Claude cannot make an informed decision about whether to use it beyond exact phrase matching.
Suggestions
Add a clear description of what the skill does before the trigger clause (e.g., 'Creates detailed, structured project plans with milestones, dependencies, and risk assessments. Use when...').
Expand the trigger terms to include natural variations beyond the exact phrase, such as 'detailed planning', 'thorough plan', 'comprehensive plan', or 'in-depth planning'.
Fix the typo 'specfically' to 'specifically' and restructure to follow the pattern: capabilities first, then 'Use when...' clause.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Specificity | The description contains no concrete actions or capabilities whatsoever. It does not describe what the skill does, only when to use it. | 1 / 3 |
Completeness | The 'what does this do' component is entirely missing. While there is a 'when' clause, the complete absence of any capability description makes this fundamentally incomplete. | 1 / 3 |
Trigger Term Quality | It includes one specific trigger phrase ('plan harder') that a user would literally say, but provides no other natural keyword variations or related terms. | 2 / 3 |
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk | The very specific trigger phrase 'plan harder' is unlikely to conflict with other skills, but the lack of any description of what the skill actually does makes it hard to assess true distinctiveness in a broader skill set. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 6 / 12 Passed |
Implementation
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-crafted planning skill with clear multi-phase workflow, concrete examples (good/bad task decomposition), and explicit validation steps including subagent review. Its main weakness is the inlined plan template which adds bulk to the main file and could be better handled through progressive disclosure. The actionability and workflow clarity are strong, making this a highly usable skill.
Suggestions
Move the plan template to a separate file (e.g., PLAN-TEMPLATE.md) and reference it from the main skill to improve progressive disclosure and reduce inline bulk.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary verbosity, such as the full plan template which is quite long. Some sections like the task requirements examples are helpful, but the overall document could be tightened—e.g., the template could be referenced as a separate file rather than inlined. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides concrete, specific guidance at every step: exact filename generation rules, a good/bad task example, explicit tool usage (request_user_input, subagent), file naming conventions, and a complete template with specific fields. Claude knows exactly what to do at each phase. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The six phases are clearly sequenced (Research → Clarify → Create → Save → Gotchas → Review) with explicit validation checkpoints: Phase 4 reviews for issues after saving, Phase 5 sends to a subagent for review, and there's a feedback loop to update the plan based on identified issues. The ordering of gotchas after saving is intentional and explicitly noted. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is well-structured with clear headers and phases, but the full plan template is inlined rather than referenced as a separate file. For a skill of this length (~100+ lines), the template could be split into a separate TEMPLATE.md file to keep the main skill leaner and improve navigation. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |
Validation
100%Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.
Validation — 11 / 11 Passed
Validation for skill structure
No warnings or errors.
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