international-expansion

Reference: implementation-planning framework for international hiring — EOR vs. entity decision framing, cross-functional triggers for tax/finance/HR, structured outside-counsel briefing requests, and a persistent gap tracker. Loaded by /expansion-kickoff and /expansion-update; not invoked directly.

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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 legal workflow whose main weaknesses are length/redundancy and a monolithic structure with no reference files. Actionability and workflow clarity are strong; conciseness and progressive disclosure lag.

Suggestions

Tighten the Purpose section's narrative on the Legal/Finance/HR gaps and remove the redundancy between Step 4's briefing request and Step 6's output template (reference it once) to improve conciseness.

Move the 13-point outside-counsel briefing template and the YAML tracker schema into reference files (e.g. references/briefing-template.md, references/tracker-schema.yaml) and link to them from the workflow steps to improve progressive disclosure.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly efficient and free of generic-concept padding, but the Purpose narrative on Legal/Finance/HR gaps and the near-duplication of the briefing request between Step 4 and Step 6 could be tightened. Not a 3 because the body is lengthy with redundant material; not a 1 because it avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete, copy-paste-ready guidance — intake question block, EOR/entity decision table, PE-risk flag language, drafted CFO/tax questions, a 13-point outside-counsel briefing, a YAML tracker schema, and an output template. Fully actionable for an instruction-only skill.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Clear six-step sequence with explicit gating ('Wait for responses before proceeding') and completeness checks ('Generate one open item per action ... Do not collapse'). Not a destructive/batch operation, so the missing-validation cap does not apply.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Well-organized into sections but monolithic — a single ~350-line SKILL.md with no bundle files in references/scripts/assets and no one-level-deep references to offload the briefing template or tracker schema. Not a 1 because organization is good; not a 3 because there are no signaled reference 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 that names concrete capabilities, gives explicit activation guidance via the loading commands, and occupies a distinct niche. Every dimension lands at the top anchor.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions — 'EOR vs. entity decision framing', 'cross-functional triggers for tax/finance/HR', 'structured outside-counsel briefing requests', and 'a persistent gap tracker' — matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	States what it does (implementation-planning framework with named components) and when to use it via equivalent explicit trigger guidance ('Loaded by /expansion-kickoff and /expansion-update; not invoked directly'), so the missing-Use-when cap does not apply.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Covers natural domain terms a practitioner would say — 'international hiring', 'EOR', 'entity', 'tax/finance/HR', 'outside-counsel' — giving good coverage rather than just one keyword.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A clear niche (international hiring structuring) with distinct, named command triggers, making it unlikely to fire for the wrong skill.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: anthropics/claude-for-legal
Path: employment-legal/skills/international-expansion/SKILL.md
Commit: 4a6c651

Reviewed: 6 days ago

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