Content
87%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is concise and highly actionable, with a well-structured single-file layout suited to a simple skill. The main weakness is workflow_clarity: the chaining steps lack explicit validation checkpoints between tool calls. Adding a few verify-then-proceed gates would raise it.
Suggestions
Add validation checkpoints between workflow steps (e.g., after each tool call, confirm the series/curve was returned and the tenors are non-empty before proceeding to the next step), so the workflow reaches the score-3 anchor.
Include an explicit error-recovery note for the common failure modes (e.g., a mnemonic wildcard returns no series, or a curve calculation returns no yield at a requested tenor) and what to fall back to.
Optional: add one short "Synthesize" example showing how the four dashboard tables combine into the overall assessment sentence, so the final step is as concrete as the data-pulling steps.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and well-organized: tool names, a numbered workflow, search patterns, and table templates with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows. The single "Core Principles" paragraph adds synthesis guidance rather than restating basics. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | This is an instruction-only MCP skill, and the guidance is concrete and copy-paste-ready: specific tool calls per step, exact formulas ("real rates = nominal minus breakeven", "swap spread = swap rate minus government yield"), and wildcard patterns like "US*GDP*". Per the rubric's code-vs-instruction note, the absence of code is not penalized when guidance is this actionable. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 6-step "Tool Chaining Workflow" is clearly sequenced and ordered, but it contains no validation checkpoints or feedback loops (e.g., verifying a curve calculation succeeded before decomposing real rates). The steps are listed but checkpoints are missing, matching the score-2 anchor rather than the score-3 anchor which requires explicit validation steps. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | A single, well-organized SKILL.md with clearly delineated sections (tools, workflow, patterns, output format) and no bundle files. At under ~60 lines and single-purpose, well-organized sections are sufficient for a top score per the rubric's simple-skills note. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |