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diplomatic-survival-at-banquet

Use when navigating a hostile banquet, diplomatic ambush, or dangerous political gathering. Guides escape from the Hongmen Banquet (鸿门宴) scenario using alliances, deference, and covert withdrawal.

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Content

85%

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

A well-structured, concise instructional skill with a clear sequenced workflow and explicit validation checkpoints. Its main weakness is actionability: several steps give direction rather than concrete, worked guidance.

Suggestions

Tighten the directional steps into concrete actions — e.g., replace "Cultivate relationships with your adversary's advisors and relatives" with a specific tactic such as identifying the host's senior advisor in advance and arranging a private courtesy meeting.

Add at least one worked example showing the full escape sequence applied to a scenario (e.g., a sample banquet agenda with the pretext, diversion, and deputy handoff mapped to specific moments).

Specify what to do when a Validation checkpoint fails (e.g., "If extraction is detected before reaching safety, the deputy initiates the cover story immediately") to turn validation into a true feedback loop.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

Lean instruction-only content with a one-sentence overview and tight bulleted steps; it assumes Claude's competence and does not pad with concepts Claude already knows.

3 / 3

Actionability

Concrete tactics appear ("natural pretext (illness, restroom)", "different route than you arrived", "trusted deputy remain to make excuses"), but several steps are directional rather than executable ("Cultivate relationships", "Ensure you have sympathizers") and no worked examples or templates are provided.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 7-step sequence is paired with a 3-item Validation section (explicit verification checkpoints) and a Decision Points section providing contingency branching, matching the score-3 anchor of clear sequence with explicit validation and checklists.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

Under ~50 lines with no need for external references, yet well-organized into Overview, Steps, Decision Points, Expected Outcomes, and Validation sections, satisfying the simple-skill allowance for a score of 3.

3 / 3

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12

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Description

100%

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

A strong, well-formed description: it states a clear trigger ("Use when..."), names a distinct niche, and lists concrete mechanisms. Third-person voice is correct and the "Use when" form matches the recommended pattern rather than the penalized second-person phrasing.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names three concrete mechanisms — "using alliances, deference, and covert withdrawal" — matching the score-3 anchor that lists multiple specific actions rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both: WHEN via the canonical "Use when navigating a hostile banquet..." trigger and WHAT via "Guides escape from the Hongmen Banquet scenario using alliances, deference, and covert withdrawal."

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural terms a user would say — "hostile banquet", "diplomatic ambush", "dangerous political gathering", "Hongmen Banquet (鸿门宴)" — giving good variation coverage rather than jargon or a single generic term.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (diplomatic survival at a hostile banquet) with distinct triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills; not generic enough to conflict.

3 / 3

Total

12

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12

Passed

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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