Content
88%Weight 40%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The content is a strong operational skill: it gives copy-paste-ready commands, an explicitly ordered build-validate-launch sequence with a hard stop on validation failure, and a self-review checklist. Its only weaknesses are minor redundancy (repeated version string and validate-before-launch rule) and a moderately long single-file body whose engine-selection details could live in a reference file.
Suggestions
Remove the duplicated 'Skill version' line from the body (it is already in frontmatter metadata) and consolidate the validate-before-launch rule so it is stated once authoritatively, with the Goal/Self-Review sections referencing it rather than repeating it.
Move the container-engine details (podman vs docker store semantics, the `podman compose` wrapper fallback behavior, `SNOUTY_CONTAINER_ENGINE` guidance) into a short reference file such as `references/engines.md`, leaving a one-line pointer in the Discovery section to reduce the main body's token load.
Trim the Output section's narration (e.g., "it's needed to triage the run when it is done") to bare instructions, since the reason to report run_id is already implied by the report requirement.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is largely lean and imperative with no padding about concepts Claude already knows, but has minor trimmable redundancy: the version string is repeated in the body after already appearing in frontmatter metadata ("**Skill version:** `2026-10-21 4f8d80b`"), and the validate-before-launch rule is stated three times across Goal, Execution, and Self-Review. This fits anchor 4 (efficient with minor over-explanation) better than anchor 5, where every token would earn its place. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | The guidance is fully executable: exact commands like `docker compose -f "$CONFIG_DIR/docker-compose.yaml" build`, `snouty validate "$CONFIG_DIR"`, and a complete copy-paste-ready `snouty launch` invocation with all flags and shell variables, plus concrete checks (`snouty --version`, `snouty doctor`, `podman compose version`). It matches anchor 5: specific commands cover the common cases end to end. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The sequence is explicit and ordered ("1. `docker compose build` 2. `snouty validate` 3. if validation fails, stop and report the error 4. `snouty launch`"), with an explicit validation checkpoint before submission ("Do not run `snouty launch` unless the build succeeded and `snouty validate` exited successfully") and a Self-Review checklist to confirm each checkpoint. This matches anchor 5's clear sequence with explicit validation and checklist. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The single-file body (~95 lines) is well organized into clearly labeled sections (Prerequisites, Goal, Discovery, Run Arguments, Execution, Output, Self-Review) with no nested or buried references. It fits anchor 4 rather than 5 because the body exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill case and some self-contained detail (e.g., the multi-step podman/Docker engine-selection and store semantics in Discovery) could be split into a reference file with a one-line pointer. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |