escalation-flagger

Route a contract issue to the right approver per the escalation matrix in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md`, and draft the ask. Use when the user says "who needs to approve this", "escalate this", "does this need GC sign-off", "route this for approval", or when another skill finds an issue that exceeds the reviewer's authority.

Quality

88%

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Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A highly actionable, well-sequenced skill with strong workflow clarity and validation checkpoints. Its main weakness is conciseness — the long config path is repeated heavily — and the absence of any progressive-disclosure file structure despite the skill's length.

Suggestions

Define the long path `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md` once as a short variable/alias (e.g. 'the practice CLAUDE.md') and reuse it instead of repeating the full path on nearly every line.

Tighten the 'Calibration' section, which restates the escalate-when-uncertain guidance twice; consolidate to a single crisp statement.

Consider moving the sample escalation-matrix table and the full draft template into a separate reference file so SKILL.md stays a lean overview with one-level-deep references.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and well-organized, but the long `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/commercial-legal/CLAUDE.md` path is repeated verbatim many times and the 'Calibration' section restates the same guidance twice, adding length that could be tightened.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides a concrete, copy-paste-ready draft template, a specific decision-tree matching workflow, a sample escalation matrix, and explicit instructions to name a real approver — fully actionable guidance.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Steps are clearly sequenced (characterize → match → name approver → draft → record) with validation checkpoints (check whether the matrix exists, confirm the term is outside fallbacks before escalating) and explicit error-recovery guidance when the matrix is missing.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	There are no bundle files (references/scripts/assets absent) and the body is a single self-contained document with no one-level-deep external references; it is well-sectioned but does not split content across files.	2 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, third-person description with concrete actions, explicit natural-language triggers, and a clear 'Use when' clause. It occupies a distinct niche with low conflict risk.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names multiple concrete actions — route to approver per a named escalation matrix, draft the ask — rather than vague language.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers what it does (route + draft the ask) and when to use it, with an explicit 'Use when' clause listing triggers.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Quotes natural phrases users would say ('who needs to approve this', 'escalate this', 'does this need GC sign-off', 'route this for approval') with good coverage.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A narrow legal escalation niche with distinct approval-routing triggers unlikely to conflict with other skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: anthropics/claude-for-legal
Path: commercial-legal/skills/escalation-flagger/SKILL.md
Commit: 4a6c651

Reviewed: 6 days ago

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