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diplomatic-persuasion-by-analogy

Use when dissuading a victorious leader from overextending through further military action. Employs the 'painting feet on a snake' (画蛇添足) analogy to demonstrate that additional gains risk losing everything already achieved, and frames withdrawal as preserving honor.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

70%

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

The body is well-structured with a clear sequenced workflow and an explicit verification section, appropriately scoped as a compact single-file skill. It loses points for restating its core principle multiple times and for lacking a concrete example of the actual persuasive phrasing.

Suggestions

Consolidate the repeated core principle, which currently appears in the intro, Overview, Key Principle, and Expected Outcome, into one place to tighten conciseness.

Add a brief example script or sample dialogue showing the actual persuasive phrasing delivered to the leader to make the guidance fully actionable.

Trim the detailed retelling of the 画蛇添足 story to the essential mapping, since Claude already knows the idiom, keeping only what earns its place.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient but the core principle is restated across the intro, Overview, Key Principle, and Expected Outcome, and the known 画蛇添足 idiom is retold in full; this is 'could be tightened' padding rather than the lean score-3 anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides concrete steps and the specific analogy, but stops short of a worked example — there is no sample script or dialogue showing the actual persuasive phrasing to the leader, leaving it at 'some concrete guidance but incomplete / missing key details'.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Four clearly sequenced steps are followed by an explicit '## Verification' section with three checkpoints (Confirm, Validate, Check), matching 'clear sequence with explicit validation steps'; this is a non-destructive persuasion task so the missing fix-and-retry loop does not cap it at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

A single under-50-line, single-purpose file with well-organized sections and no need for external references, which the simple-skills note says can score 3 on well-organized sections alone.

3 / 3

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Description

85%

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 specific, complete, and clearly distinct, with explicit 'Use when' trigger guidance. Its main weakness is trigger phrasing that is formal rather than matching how a user would naturally request this skill.

Suggestions

Add common natural trigger phrasings a user would actually say, e.g. 'Use when persuading or convincing a victorious leader/general to stop further attacks or military overreach'.

Include keyword variations such as 'persuade', 'convince', 'stop attacking', and 'military overreach' alongside 'dissuading' to improve trigger coverage.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'dissuading a victorious leader from overextending through further military action', 'Employs the painting feet on a snake analogy', and 'frames withdrawal as preserving honor' — matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor rather than the score-2 'names domain and some actions but not comprehensive'.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'when' ('Use when dissuading a victorious leader...') and 'what' (employs the analogy to demonstrate risk and frames withdrawal), matching the 'clearly answers both what AND when with explicit triggers' anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant terms ('dissuading', 'overextending', 'further military action', 'withdrawal') but the phrasing is formal/literary and omits common natural variations like 'persuade', 'convince', or 'stop attacking', so it lands at 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations' rather than full coverage.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 画蛇添足 persuasion-of-a-victorious-leader niche is highly specific with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to conflict with other skills; not the score-2 'could still overlap with similar skills'.

3 / 3

Total

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12

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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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No warnings or errors.

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