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credibility-establishment-method

Use when launching major policy reforms or establishing trust before implementing new laws. Follows Shang Yang's 徙木立信 method — creating a simple public task with escalating rewards to demonstrate that government promises are kept before announcing real reforms.

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Quality

Content

92%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The content is well-structured, lean, and actionable, with an explicit five-step workflow backed by a validation section — a strong fit for the simple-skills exception. The only minor gap is that a couple of workflow steps are descriptive rather than crisply executable.

Suggestions

Tighten 'Observe Public Reaction' and 'Increase the Stakes' into concrete, imperative actions (e.g., 'Hold for N days; if no actor, raise reward to 50 gold') to lift actionability.

Add an explicit feedback loop in Validation (e.g., 'If compliance is low, repeat a smaller credibility demonstration before expanding reforms') to make error recovery actionable.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and procedural with no padding about concepts Claude already knows; every section (Overview, Steps, Key Principle, Expected Outcome, Validation) earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Steps are concrete with specific values ('three zhang tall', '10 gold pieces', '50 gold'), but some steps ('Observe Public Reaction', 'Increase the Stakes') are descriptive rather than precisely executable, leaving minor gaps.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Five clearly sequenced steps are followed by an explicit Validation section with checkpoints (public witness, immediate full payment, compliance assessment), satisfying the validation requirement for reform implementation.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

At under 50 lines with no need for external references and no bundle files present, the well-organized section structure fully satisfies progressive disclosure for a simple skill.

5 / 5

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20

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Description

82%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

The description is strong: it pairs an explicit 'Use when…' trigger with a clear statement of the method, in third person, occupying a distinctive niche. The only weakness is specificity, where a single method is named rather than a comprehensive list of concrete actions.

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Specificity

The description names the domain (credibility/trust) and one concrete method ('creating a simple public task with escalating rewards'), but does not enumerate multiple specific actions for comprehensive coverage.

3 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both 'what' (the 徙木立信 method of escalating public tasks) and 'when' via a concrete 'Use when launching major policy reforms or establishing trust before implementing new laws' trigger clause.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It includes natural phrases a user might say ('launching major policy reforms', 'establishing trust', 'implementing new laws'), though it lacks broader synonyms or variations for full coverage.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The skill occupies a clear niche (a named historical governance method) with distinctive triggers, making conflict with other skills minimal.

5 / 5

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20

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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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