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82%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.
The body is an exemplar of lean orchestration: concise, unambiguous dispatch to command files and a controller, with an explicit stop-on-failure rule and clearly purpose-labeled references. Its weaknesses are minor — a slightly ambiguous default branch, and references whose target files cannot be verified in the provided bundle.
Suggestions
Clarify the default branch: instead of 'execute the first phase the user requests', state what to do when the user names no phase (e.g., default to /ingest and ask for a Jira issue key).
Enumerate the available commands in the body (or link a commands/ index) so the dispatch rule 'read commands/{command}.md' is actionable without relying on the description.
Include a one-line example of an accepted Jira issue key or URL format to make the /ingest dispatch condition concrete.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The ~15-line body is pure dispatch logic plus a failure rule — 'If a step fails or produces unexpected output (e.g., Jira MCP errors, test failures, build errors), stop and report the error to the user' — with zero padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows. Every token earns its place, matching the lean-and-efficient anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete and executable for an instruction-only skill: exact file reads with explicit dispatch conditions ('If the user invoked a specific command (e.g., /plan, /code), read commands/{command}.md and follow it'). It falls short of fully executable because 'execute the first phase the user requests' is ambiguous when no phase was named, and the body gives no example of a Jira issue key or URL. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The Quick Start lays out a clear dispatch sequence and includes an explicit stop-on-failure checkpoint with retry/escalation ('Do not advance to the next phase. Offer to retry the failed step or escalate'). It is not a 5 because the actual phase-by-phase sequencing and per-phase validation are deferred to skills/controller.md, which is not shown, so within the written body most checkpoints are present but the full sequence is implicit. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | References are well-signaled, one level deep, and purpose-stated ('For principles, hard limits, safety, quality, and escalation rules, see guidelines.md'). Minor gaps keep it below a 5: 'commands/{command}.md' is a pattern rather than a listed file, the body never enumerates which commands exist (they appear only in the description), and no bundle files (references/, scripts/, assets/) are present to verify the referenced paths resolve. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |