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historical-source-verification

Use when cross-referencing conflicting historical accounts or assessing source reliability. Applies Sima Qian's doubt-transmission principle (疑则传疑) to compare 谍记, 历谱谍, and other documentary evidence.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

57%

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

The content is a tidy, well-structured methodology with clear sequencing and a validation checklist, appropriate for a compact instruction-only skill. Its main gaps are abstract rather than concrete guidance and a terminal rather than embedded validation loop.

Suggestions

Make the steps more actionable by specifying concrete artifacts to produce at each step (e.g. a side-by-side comparison table, a divergence log) rather than verbs like 'Identify discrepancies'.

Turn the Validation section into embedded checkpoints with an explicit fix-and-retry loop so verification catches errors mid-process instead of only at the end.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and free of padding about concepts Claude already knows, but the Overview and Expected Outcomes sections add descriptive framing that restates what the Steps already convey, fitting the 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

Sequenced steps give some concrete guidance (e.g. distinguishing 年月 vs. 略, flagging 乖异 divergence points), but the instruction remains methodological and abstract with no specific executable procedure, matching the level-2 anchor for instruction-only skills.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear 6-step sequence with decision branches and a Validation checklist is present, but the validation is a final confirm-and-check list rather than embedded checkpoints with validate→fix→retry feedback loops, so it does not reach level 3.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a compact (~25 line) single-purpose skill with well-organized sections and no need for external bundle references (none exist), so under the simple-skills note well-organized sections earn the top score.

3 / 3

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Description

75%

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 well-targeted with an explicit trigger and a distinctive niche, but its stated actions are somewhat abstract and its trigger terms lean on specialized Sinological jargon. Tightening to more concrete operations and plainer keywords would lift the weaker dimensions.

Suggestions

Replace abstract verbs with concrete operations the skill performs (e.g. 'list conflicting accounts side by side', 'flag divergence points as 乖异') to reach the level-3 specificity anchor.

Soften the specialized jargon in the trigger clause or pair each Chinese term with a plain-language equivalent so users can invoke the skill with everyday phrasing.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Phrases like 'cross-referencing conflicting historical accounts', 'assessing source reliability', and 'compare 谍记, 历谱谍' name the domain and several actions, but the actions stay abstract rather than listing multiple concrete operations as the level-3 anchor requires.

2 / 3

Completeness

It answers both 'what' ('Applies Sima Qian's doubt-transmission principle ... to compare ... documentary evidence') and 'when' with an explicit 'Use when cross-referencing ... or assessing source reliability' trigger, satisfying the level-3 anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural triggers ('cross-referencing conflicting historical accounts', 'assessing source reliability') appear, but they are mixed with specialized jargon ('疑则传疑', '谍记', '历谱谍') that an ordinary user would be less likely to say, matching the 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations' anchor.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The narrow historical-source-verification niche with distinctive triggers (Sima Qian's principle, 谍记/历谱谍 evidence) makes it clearly distinguishable and unlikely to fire for the wrong skill.

3 / 3

Total

10

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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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