Conciseness

Lean body under 50 lines with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; the only mild redundancy is the opening sentence echoing the description, but it serves as the section overview and every token roughly earns its place, fitting the 'lean and efficient' anchor.

Actionability

Gives concrete, executable guidance — 'run Mode 3 (Query)', an exact citation rule, a copy-paste-ready gap statement template, and concrete example invocations — matching the 'specific examples; copy-paste ready' anchor; the absence of code is not penalized for this instruction-only skill per the scoring notes.

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced three-step process (load reference and run Mode 3 → cite entry IDs → handle the empty-relevant-result case) with an explicit edge-case fallback that acts as a checkpoint, fitting the 'clear sequence' anchor; the empty-result branch supplies the recovery guidance a fragile query needs.

Progressive Disclosure

Overview stays in SKILL.md while the detailed query process, citation rules, and templates are clearly signaled and pushed one level deep into the 'internal-investigation' reference skill ('load it before doing substantive work'), matching the 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references' anchor; no bundle files exist, so structure is judged on the body, which is well organized.

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete query actions — 'what witnesses said, where accounts conflict, what gaps exist, what the strongest evidence is on each issue' — matching the 'Lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor rather than the single-domain score-2 anchor.

Completeness

Explicitly states both what it does (query the log for witnesses/conflicts/gaps/evidence) and when to use it ('Use when the attorney needs to query the investigation record without re-reading every entry'), matching the score-3 'both what AND when with explicit triggers' anchor and clearing the 'missing Use when' cap.

Trigger Term Quality

Uses natural attorney vocabulary ('investigation log', 'witnesses', 'accounts conflict', 'gaps', 'evidence', 'query the investigation record') that a user would plausibly say, satisfying the 'good coverage of natural terms' anchor; not jargon-heavy or generic like the score-1 anchor.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (querying an open investigation log) with domain-specific triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, matching the 'clear niche with distinct triggers' anchor rather than the overlap-prone score-2 anchor.