military-encirclement-tactics

Use when besieging a fortified enemy or planning encirclement warfare. Based on Bai Qi's victory at Changping (长平) — feign retreat to draw the enemy out, deploy hidden forces to cut retreat routes, sever supply lines, and wait 40+ days for starvation-driven collapse.

Quality

85%

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Quality

Content

70%

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

A well-structured, simple instruction-only skill with a clear multi-step workflow and explicit validation checkpoints, appropriately scoped without external references. It loses points on minor frontmatter/body redundancy and somewhat abstract per-step wording.

Suggestions

Drop the redundant opening sentence and 'Overview' section since the strategy is already in the description; let the Steps stand on their own to improve conciseness.

Tighten abstract step phrasing into more directive, concrete guidance (e.g., specify how to feign retreat or how to verify forces remain hidden) to lift actionability.

Consider merging 'Expected Outcomes' into the Validation section to reduce overlap and keep the body focused on executable procedure.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is mostly lean, but the opening sentence ('Based on Bai Qi's victory at Changping, this procedure describes how to defeat a fortified enemy...') and the 'Overview' section both restate the strategy already conveyed by the frontmatter description, which could be tightened — matching the 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' anchor rather than the lean level-3.	2 / 3
Actionability	Concrete specifics exist (25,000 troops, 5,000 cavalry, '40+ days'), but per-step guidance remains abstract ('Engage briefly then retreat', 'Keep these forces hidden', 'Maintain pressure without direct assault'), placing it at the 'some concrete guidance but incomplete/abstract' anchor rather than fully executable level-3.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The five steps are clearly sequenced and a dedicated Validation section provides explicit checkpoints (confirm ambush force positioned before feigned retreat, verify supply severance, monitor breakout) with feedback on premature engagement — matching the clear-sequence-with-validation anchor.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Under 50 lines with no external references needed, and the content is well-organized into clearly labeled sections (Overview, Steps, Expected Outcomes, Validation), satisfying the simple-skill carve-out for a top score.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

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, specific description with an explicit trigger, multiple concrete actions, and a distinctive niche that won't conflict with other skills. It concisely answers both what the skill does and when to invoke it.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions: 'feign retreat to draw the enemy out, deploy hidden forces to cut retreat routes, sever supply lines, and wait 40+ days for starvation-driven collapse' — matches the anchor for several specific concrete actions, not a level-2 partial list.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both what (the four tactical actions) and when via a leading 'Use when...' trigger clause, satisfying the level-3 anchor and not the level-2 'when missing or implied' case.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Natural domain triggers ('besieging a fortified enemy', 'planning encirclement warfare', 'retreat', 'supply lines') are the terms a user would actually say, matching the good-coverage anchor rather than the level-2 'some relevant keywords' case.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A highly specific historical-tactics niche ('Bai Qi's victory at Changping') with distinct triggers is unlikely to overlap with other skills, matching the clear-niche anchor.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: baojie/shiji-kb
Path: kg/ontology/ontology-v1/skus/procedural/skill_141/SKILL.md
Commit: 79c272f

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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