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persuasion-methodology

Use when persuading rulers, executives, or powerful figures who hold your fate. Applies Han Fei's 说难 framework to diagnose hidden motivations, avoid dangerous pitfalls (revealing secrets, pointing out faults), and build trust before speaking boldly.

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Content

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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.

The body is a tight, well-organized framework with concrete if-then diagnostic rules and an explicit validation checklist, so it scores well across the board. The only notable gaps are minor redundancy in the Overview/Expected Outcome lines and the absence of a worked example or template for the final persuasive message.

Suggestions

Remove or tighten the Overview and Expected Outcome sections, which restate the description without adding actionable guidance.

Add a short worked example or message template showing how to translate a diagnosed motivation into an actual argument.

Reorder the principles into a true temporal workflow (assess trust/relationship → diagnose motivation → match message → avoid dangers → speak) so the sequence matches execution order.

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Conciseness

Largely lean and efficient with no padding of concepts Claude already knows, but the Overview and Expected Outcome lines restate the description's gist and add slight aspirational filler that could be trimmed.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides concrete, specific guidance — explicit if-then matching rules (fame vs. profit) and enumerated danger zones to avoid — with only a minor gap: no template or worked example for crafting the actual message.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A numbered principle structure plus a dedicated Validation section with three explicit checkpoints (including a conditional 'delay bold counsel if shallow' retry) gives clear sequencing, though the principle order is not strictly a temporal workflow.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well under 50 lines with no need for external references, and content is cleanly organized into clearly headed sections (Overview, Key Principles, Expected Outcome, Validation), satisfying the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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Description

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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-structured with an explicit 'Use when' trigger and a clear, specific statement of what the skill does, giving it strong completeness and distinctiveness. Its main weakness is trigger-term coverage, which leans on literary and framework-specific jargon rather than the everyday words users would naturally say.

Suggestions

Add common natural-language synonyms a user would actually say, e.g. 'convince', 'influence', or 'negotiate with' alongside 'persuading'.

Soften the literary phrasing ('who hold your fate') in favor of concrete situational triggers like 'when stakes are high' or 'when you depend on their decision'.

Optionally name one more concrete action (e.g. 'crafting the argument') to round out the capability list.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete actions ('diagnose hidden motivations', 'avoid dangerous pitfalls', 'build trust before speaking boldly') with specific pitfall examples, but stops short of comprehensive mechanical coverage of the full persuasion process.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both 'what' ('Applies Han Fei's 说难 framework to diagnose... avoid... and build trust') and 'when' with a concrete 'Use when persuading rulers, executives, or powerful figures' trigger clause.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant natural terms ('persuading', 'executives', 'rulers', 'powerful figures', 'build trust') but misses common synonyms users would actually say ('convince', 'influence', 'negotiate') and leans on literary/jargon phrasing ('who hold your fate', 'Han Fei's 说难').

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear, narrow niche (persuading powerful figures via Han Fei's Shuonan) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk against generic communication or negotiation skills.

5 / 5

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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.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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