loyalty-defense-argument

Use when defending against accusations of disloyalty or treason. Employs a rhetorical framework of family service records, historical precedents of wrongful execution (Bigan, Wu Zixu), and principle-based appeals to preserve reputation.

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A well-structured, actionable instruction skill with a clear sequenced workflow and explicit verification checkpoints. The main improvements are trimming redundant framing and adding a worked example argument to lift actionability.

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Trim the opening paragraph and Overview that restate the description; let the description carry the summary and open the body directly with the Structure section.

Add a short worked example (a sample opening argument applying the five steps) to move actionability from concrete guidance toward copy-paste-ready.

Fold the Decision Points and Expected Outcomes into the relevant steps, or tighten Verification into a checklist, to keep the body leaner and better navigable.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly efficient, organized as tight bullet lists, but the opening paragraph and Overview partly restate the description ('A rhetorical framework for defending against accusations...') and could be trimmed; not a 5 because of this minor redundancy.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides concrete, specific guidance — a 5-step structure with named precedents (Guan Longpang, Bigan, Wu Zixu) and ready principle quotes ('Those who govern by the Way do not kill the innocent') — but stops short of a fully copy-paste-ready example argument, so it sits just below the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	The five numbered sections give a clear sequence and the Verification section supplies explicit checkpoints, but there are no error-recovery/feedback loops, keeping it just below the 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	A single self-contained file with clear, well-organized sections and no need for external references; at ~63 body lines it sits just over the simple-skill (<50 line) threshold that would allow a 5, with minor organization slack in the framing sections.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

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A strong, specific description that clearly states both what the skill does and when to use it, with concrete named precedents and a distinct niche. Minor room to broaden trigger-term synonyms and sharpen the action list.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete components of the framework — 'family service records', 'historical precedents of wrongful execution (Bigan, Wu Zixu)', and 'principle-based appeals to preserve reputation' — but these are framework ingredients rather than discrete executable actions, leaving minor coverage gaps relative to the comprehensive 5 anchor.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Employs a rhetorical framework of family service records, historical precedents... and principle-based appeals') and 'when' ('Use when defending against accusations of disloyalty or treason') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural trigger terms a user would say ('defending against accusations of disloyalty or treason') with good coverage, but a few natural synonyms (e.g. 'loyalty', 'betrayal', 'allegiance') are missing.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear, narrow niche (rhetorical defense against disloyalty/treason accusations via historical-precedent framework) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: baojie/shiji-kb
Path: kg/ontology/ontology-v1/skus/procedural/skill_184/SKILL.md
Commit: 6b836e3

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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