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negotiation-under-imminent-threat

Use when negotiating for survival under threat of execution or hostage situations. Restructures hostage transactions by demonstrating a living captive's leverage value, sequencing agreements to protect all parties, and buying time for allied intervention.

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

A concise, well-structured advisory skill with clear sequencing and an explicit validation checklist. Its main weakness is actionability: the guidance is directional rather than executable, lacking concrete negotiation scripts or contact procedures.

Suggestions

Add concrete, copy-paste-ready negotiation phrasing or a sample dialogue for the 'Reframe the Transaction' and 'Propose a Sequenced Agreement' steps to lift actionability.

Provide a specific procedure or template for 'Seek Additional Advocacy' (e.g., who to contact, what message to convey) rather than the current high-level direction.

Optionally include an explicit fix-and-retry feedback loop in the Validation section for the case where a proposed sequenced agreement fails to protect the executing authority's interests.

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Conciseness

The body is lean and sectioned (Overview, Steps, Decision Point, Expected Outcome, Validation) with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section earns its place, matching the lean-and-efficient anchor.

3 / 3

Actionability

The strategy is laid out in concrete directional steps (reframe, identify risk, sequence, seek advocacy), but it stops short of executable specifics — no sample negotiation phrasing, dialogue scripts, or concrete procedure for 'contacting influential allies' — so it is incomplete rather than fully copy-paste ready. It clears the score-1 bar (not pure abstraction) but misses the fully-executable anchor at 3.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Steps are explicitly numbered 1-4 and followed by a dedicated Validation section with three checklist items, giving a clear sequence with explicit verification checkpoints; as a simple advisory skill the single action sequence is unambiguous and validation is present, so it is not capped at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

With no bundle files and under 50 lines, the well-organized sections satisfy the simple-skill allowance where progressive disclosure scores 3 on clear organization alone; there is no monolithic wall of text or nested reference chain.

3 / 3

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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, third-person description that explicitly pairs a 'Use when' trigger with multiple concrete capabilities in a highly distinct niche. No fluff or over-claims; every clause earns its place.

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Specificity

The description lists multiple concrete actions — 'restructuring hostage transactions,' 'demonstrating a living captive's leverage value,' 'sequencing agreements,' and 'buying time for allied intervention' — matching the anchor for listing multiple specific concrete actions rather than the partial-coverage anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Completeness

It opens with an explicit 'Use when negotiating for survival under threat of execution or hostage situations' trigger and follows with a clear statement of what the skill does, satisfying both the 'what' and 'when' requirements at the top anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It surfaces natural terms a user would actually say in this scenario — 'negotiating for survival,' 'threat of execution,' and 'hostage situations' — giving good coverage of the domain's natural vocabulary rather than just one or two relevant keywords.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is extremely specific — survival negotiation under execution or hostage threats — with distinct triggers that would not plausibly fire for unrelated skills, matching the clear-niche anchor.

3 / 3

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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

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