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break-trace

Root-cause a reconciliation break to its source transaction or posting — follow the audit trail from the break row back to the originating entry on each side and state what differs and why. Use after gl-recon has classified a break.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

72%

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

A concise, well-organized diagnostic skill with concrete domain guidance and clear examples. It loses points for lacking executable MCP call syntax and an explicit verification loop confirming the root cause was located.

Suggestions

Add concrete, copy-pasteable MCP call examples (e.g. the exact tool/argument shape for fetching the GL journal entry) instead of describing the calls in prose.

Add an explicit verification step after the diff — e.g. confirm at least one attribute differs and state how to proceed when the GL and subledger attributes match (escelate vs. re-pull).

Optionally note what to do when the MCP fetch returns no matching entry, so the workflow has a defined fallback.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and efficient — a short 3-step trace path, four terse example root causes, and a compact output schema, with no explanation of concepts Claude already knows.

3 / 3

Actionability

Guidance names specific MCP tools (internal-gl, subledger) and concrete attributes to diff, but stops short of executable call syntax or commands; the only code block is a JSON output template rather than runnable steps.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The three trace steps are clearly sequenced and the diff step acts as a checkpoint, but there is no explicit validation/feedback loop confirming the differing attribute was actually found or handling the case where no attribute differs.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a short single-purpose skill (~40 lines) with no need for external references; its well-organized sections (Trace path, Cause→statement, Output) satisfy the simple-skills allowance for a top score.

3 / 3

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Description

85%

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, specific description with explicit when-to-use guidance and a clear, narrow niche. Its main weakness is the trigger being phrased as a single process-dependent condition rather than a range of natural user terms.

Suggestions

Broaden trigger terms to capture more natural user phrasings, e.g. "Use when reconciling a GL break, investigating a recon difference, or after gl-recon has classified a break."

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists multiple concrete actions — "Root-cause a reconciliation break", "follow the audit trail from the break row back to the originating entry on each side", and "state what differs and why" — matching the top anchor for specific concrete actions.

3 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what it does (root-cause a break to source) and when to use it ("Use after gl-recon has classified a break"), satisfying the explicit-trigger requirement.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Relevant domain terms ("reconciliation break", "audit trail", "GL", "posting") appear, but the trigger clause "Use after gl-recon has classified a break" is process-gated rather than a spread of natural user phrasings, so common variations are missing.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is narrow and tied to a specific gl-recon workflow with distinct reconciliation/GL vocabulary, making it unlikely to trigger for the wrong skill.

3 / 3

Total

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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.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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