The body is mostly efficient and does not explain concepts Claude already knows, but the 'Key Techniques' section ('Honor Before Pressure', 'Allow Dignified Retreat') restates content already covered in Implementation Steps, so it could be tightened; not a 3 because of that redundancy, not a 1 because there is no padded boilerplate.

For an instruction-only strategy skill it gives concrete, specific guidance with real examples — 'Accept explanations that blame others (e.g., the King of Changsha slandered me)' and 'Remove symbols of independent sovereignty (imperial titles, yellow canopy)' — meeting the actionable bar; absence of code is not penalized for instruction-only skills.

The five Implementation Steps are clearly sequenced and the closing Verification section provides explicit checkpoints ('Confirm ancestral graves... before diplomatic pressure is applied', 'Check that symbols... have been formally removed'), giving clear sequence with validation; this is a non-destructive process so the cap does not apply.

It is a simple single-purpose skill under 50 lines with no external references and well-organized sections (Overview, Implementation Steps, Key Techniques, Expected Outcomes, Verification), which per the scoring notes can score 3 without bundle files.

Lists multiple concrete actions — 'Honors ancestral graves, selects envoys with prior relationships, provides face-saving language, and removes symbols of independent sovereignty' — rather than vague abstractions, matching the score-3 anchor.

It explicitly answers both 'what' (the four listed actions) and 'when' via the 'Use when bringing rebellious rulers back into submission without military force' clause, meeting the explicit-trigger bar; it is not a 2 because the trigger is stated, not merely implied.

Trigger phrase 'bringing rebellious rulers back into submission without military force' names the domain but uses fairly specialized wording; it covers the core scenario yet lacks common user-level variations, so it sits at the 'some relevant keywords but missing variations' level rather than full coverage.

The niche is narrow and distinctive — diplomatic-pressure strategy against rebellious rulers — with triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills, so conflict risk is low.