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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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86%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 methodology skill with a clear step sequence, concrete decision rules, and an explicit validation checklist. Its main gap is the absence of a concrete output template showing how conflicting accounts should be documented side by side.

Suggestions

Add a short worked example or output template showing how two conflicting accounts are preserved side by side with uncertainty notation, to lift actionability toward fully executable guidance.

Add an explicit feedback loop in the Validation section (e.g., 'if a check fails, return to the relevant Step and re-document') to make error recovery concrete.

Consider including one or two natural-language trigger synonyms (e.g., 'source criticism', 'historiographic comparison') in the description to broaden trigger coverage.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient with no padding of concepts Claude already knows; bilingual glosses like '乖异 - points of divergence' earn their place by disambiguating terminology rather than explaining background.

5 / 5

Actionability

Names concrete source types (谍记, 历谱谍) and gives clear conditional decision rules, but as an instruction-only skill it stops short of a concrete output template or example of the side-by-side uncertainty notation, leaving minor gaps below the fully executable 5.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

Six numbered steps form a clear sequence, reinforced by explicit Decision Points and a dedicated Validation section with three concrete checks; it lacks an explicit 'if validation fails, return to step X' feedback loop, keeping it just below 5.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist and the skill is well under 50 lines, single-purpose, with clearly organized sections (Overview, Steps, Decision Points, Expected Outcomes, Validation), so the simple-skill exception applies and well-organized sections warrant the top score.

5 / 5

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Description

87%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 description that clearly and explicitly states both the trigger conditions and the methodology it applies, with concrete named source types. It is concise, third-person, and highly distinct from other skills.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete actions — 'cross-referencing conflicting historical accounts', 'assessing source reliability', 'compare 谍记, 历谱谍, and other documentary evidence' — with only minor coverage gaps, fitting the 'several specific actions' anchor rather than the fully comprehensive 5.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers 'when' ('Use when cross-referencing conflicting historical accounts or assessing source reliability') and 'what' ('Applies Sima Qian's doubt-transmission principle... to compare...') with concrete trigger phrases, matching the top anchor exactly.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Natural phrases like 'conflicting historical accounts', 'assessing source reliability', and 'documentary evidence' map well to what a user would say, with good but not exhaustive coverage of synonyms; sits between the 3 and 5 anchors, closer to 4.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche — Sima Qian's doubt-transmission principle applied to specific Chinese historiographic source types — with highly distinct triggers and minimal conflict risk with other skills.

5 / 5

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