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critique

Stress-test discovery artifacts from multiple perspectives. Examine ideas, opportunities, and plans through adversarial but constructive lenses — persona-based, framework-based, and domain-specific.

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Quality

32%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Discovery

7%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This description relies heavily on abstract, jargon-laden language without specifying concrete actions or outputs. It lacks a 'Use when...' clause and natural trigger terms that users would actually say, making it very difficult for Claude to reliably select this skill from a pool of alternatives. The description needs a complete rewrite focused on concrete capabilities and explicit trigger conditions.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when...' clause with natural trigger terms like 'critique my idea', 'poke holes in my plan', 'devil's advocate', 'challenge my assumptions', or 'stress test my proposal'.

Replace abstract language with concrete actions and outputs, e.g., 'Generates structured critiques of business ideas, product plans, or strategies from multiple perspectives including customer personas, competitive analysis, and risk frameworks.'

Specify what 'discovery artifacts' means in plain language — e.g., 'business plans, product concepts, opportunity assessments, or strategic proposals' — so the skill is distinguishable from general brainstorming or feedback skills.

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Specificity

The description uses vague, abstract language like 'stress-test discovery artifacts' and 'adversarial but constructive lenses.' It does not list concrete actions — what does 'examine ideas' actually produce? No specific outputs or operations are named.

1 / 3

Completeness

There is no explicit 'Use when...' clause or equivalent trigger guidance. The 'what' is vaguely stated and the 'when' is entirely missing, which per the rubric should cap completeness at 2 at best — but since the 'what' is also weak, this scores a 1.

1 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The terms used ('discovery artifacts', 'adversarial lenses', 'persona-based', 'framework-based') are internal jargon, not natural language a user would type. A user would more likely say 'critique my idea', 'poke holes in my plan', or 'devil's advocate' — none of which appear here.

1 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The mention of 'discovery artifacts' and 'persona-based, framework-based, and domain-specific' lenses gives it some niche identity, but the broad framing around examining 'ideas, opportunities, and plans' could easily overlap with general brainstorming, strategy, or critique skills.

2 / 3

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Passed

Implementation

57%

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

This is a well-structured skill that clearly defines its purpose, stance, and relationship to adjacent skills (Sound, Explore, Prioritize). Its main weakness is that it delegates most actionable detail to referenced files while the body itself remains more conceptual than executable — there are no concrete examples of critique findings, severity ratings, or a step-by-step session walkthrough. The progressive disclosure is excellent, but without the bundle files to verify, the actual actionability depends heavily on those references.

Suggestions

Add a concrete example of a critique finding with severity rating and the expected artifact structure, so Claude can act without needing to read references/critique.md first.

Include an explicit numbered workflow for running a critique round (e.g., 1. Select perspective, 2. Examine artifact, 3. Rate findings by severity, 4. Check coverage, 5. Decide whether another round adds value).

Tighten the 'How Critique Differs from Sound' section — the distinction could be conveyed in 2-3 sentences rather than a full paragraph with repeated restatements.

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Conciseness

The content is mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary elaboration, particularly the extended comparison between Critique and Sound which, while useful, could be tightened. The explanation of stance ('adversarial but constructive') is somewhat verbose for what could be a single sentence.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides conceptual guidance on what critique does and when to transition, but lacks concrete examples of critique findings, severity ratings, or sample outputs. The actual execution details are deferred to references/critique.md, leaving the SKILL.md itself more descriptive than instructive.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The workflow is implied — run rounds, produce artifacts, track coverage, stop at diminishing returns — but there's no explicit step-by-step sequence with validation checkpoints. The persistence section describes artifact creation and status updates but doesn't sequence them clearly. The transitions section is well-structured but is about what happens after critique, not during.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill effectively references multiple supporting files (references/critique.md for the full conversation guide, ../artifacts/critique.md for schema, ../artifacts/assumption.md for promotion flow, ../artifacts/model.md and guidelines.md for context) with clear signals about what each contains. References are one level deep and well-organized.

3 / 3

Total

9

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Passed

Validation

81%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation9 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Warning

Total

9

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11

Passed

Repository
audenaert/etak
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