establish-administrative-counties

Use when organizing conquered or acquired territories into centrally-administered counties (县). Covers territory assessment, settlement consolidation, official appointment, and administrative standardization. Based on Qin's 41-county system under Shang Yang.

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Quality

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A well-structured, concise procedural skill with a clear sequenced workflow and an explicit validation section. Its weakest area is actionability: several steps give high-level direction without the concrete specifics needed to execute them.

Suggestions

Tighten actionability by adding concrete sub-guidance to vague steps, e.g. for 'Assess the Region' specify what to record (population counts, arable land, garrison needs) and for 'Document the Establishment' name the exact records to produce.

Integrate validation as inline checkpoints after key steps (e.g. after 'Appoint Officials', confirm each county has a registered 令 reporting to the center) and add a brief feedback loop for when a check fails.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean and assumes competence — terse bulleted steps with no padding or explanation of known concepts — though the Overview slightly restates the frontmatter description.	4 / 5
Actionability	Steps are concrete for an instruction-only governance skill ('Assign one administrator (令) per county', 'Apply uniform laws and regulations') but several are high-level directives ('Evaluate population and resources', 'Identify key strategic locations') without specifics on how to execute them.	3 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear six-step sequence is paired with a dedicated Validation section, but validation sits at the end rather than as inline checkpoints between steps, and there is no feedback loop describing what to do when a check fails.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	At under 50 lines with no need for external references and no bundle files present, the well-organized sections (Overview, Steps, Examples, Expected Outcomes, Validation) meet the simple-skill exception for clean structure.	5 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 clear, domain-specific description that explicitly answers both what the skill does and when to use it, with strong distinctiveness. Its main weakness is limited trigger-term variety, offering essentially one trigger phrasing rather than a range of natural synonyms.

Suggestions

Broaden trigger terms with natural synonyms a user might say, e.g. 'Use when establishing counties (县), setting up direct administrative control over new territories, or reorganizing conquered regions'.

Consider listing one or two additional concrete actions (e.g. tax/census registration) to push specificity toward comprehensive coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain and lists several concrete actions — 'territory assessment, settlement consolidation, official appointment, and administrative standardization' — but coverage has minor gaps rather than being fully comprehensive.	4 / 5
Completeness	Both 'what' (the four administrative actions) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when...' clause) are present and clear, though the 'when' centers on a single trigger scenario rather than multiple concrete trigger phrases.	4 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	The trigger 'Use when organizing conquered or acquired territories into centrally-administered counties' is relevant, but it offers few natural keyword variations or synonyms a user might independently say.	3 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The niche of organizing conquered territories into centrally-administered counties (县), grounded in Qin's 41-county system, is highly specific with minimal overlap risk against other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Validation

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: baojie/shiji-kb
Path: kg/ontology/ontology-v1/skus/procedural/skill_023/SKILL.md
Commit: 6b836e3

Reviewed: 13 days ago

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