Content
50%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.
A dense, information-rich reference-style body that scores well on precision (exact defaults, error classes, and naming conventions) but functions as an inlined API reference rather than a SKILL.md overview. The absence of any bundle files, near-total lack of executable C++ examples, and untrimmed cross-language detail hold all dimensions to the midpoint.
Suggestions
Split reference-grade detail (per-model sampling rules, retry backoff parameters, Astra session adapter internals, the 'Relevant API Surface' symbol list) into a reference file such as API.md or a provider-rules.md, keeping SKILL.md as a concise overview that links to them.
Add one or two complete, copy-paste-ready C++ examples in the body — e.g., a client with base URL + credential provider, and a basic routed/balanced setup — since only a two-line core pattern currently exists.
Add short step sequences for the most common flows (choose profile → configure credentials → make call → route/failover), and trim the Python/Go/Java/Rust method-name listings that are irrelevant to a C++-only skill.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body avoids explaining concepts Claude already knows and almost every line carries package-specific facts, but ~160 lines include reference-grade minutiae (per-model sampling rules, retry backoff formulas, five-language adapter parity, a ~40-symbol API listing) and cross-language API name lists (Python/Go/Java/Rust) that are trimmable from a C++ skill. Mostly efficient material that could be significantly tightened or offloaded. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Rules are exact (error classes like `AxAIServiceTimeoutError`, retry defaults '500, 408, 429, 502, 503, 504 and 529', concrete signatures like `add_child_agent(namespace, name, child)`), but the only executable code is a two-line core-pattern snippet; a code-generation skill with no complete runnable example is a bigger gap than the anchor-4 'minor gaps' allows. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Orientation exists (a 'When To Use' bullet list, Guardrails, and a sequenced hint like 'Start with `examples/adaptive_balancer_no_key` for store/reducer syntax, then use the cataloged provider-backed adaptive-balancer example'), but common flows — profile selection → credentials → call → routing — are never explicitly sequenced and validation checkpoints are absent (no destructive operations, so the workflow cap does not apply). | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Clear section headers and well-signaled pointers to `API.md`, `axir-capabilities.json`, and `examples/`, but no bundle files actually exist in the skill directory, and ~160 lines of reference-level detail (the material API.md would hold) are inlined in SKILL.md. This matches the anchor of content that should live in a separate file being inline behind decent structure. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 12 / 20 Passed |