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persuasion-through-historical-precedent

Use when advising a powerful figure to change course or retire gracefully. Systematically presents cautionary and positive historical examples to illustrate the wisdom of timely withdrawal before success reverses.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

85%

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

The content is concise, clearly sequenced, and includes explicit verification checkpoints within a well-organized short skill. The main gap is actionability: steps are directive but lack concrete examples or templates that would make them immediately executable.

Suggestions

Add one or two concrete historical examples per step (e.g., name a cautionary figure and a positive one) so the guidance is actionable rather than abstract.

Include a short example phrasing or template for 'propose the graceful exit' so Claude has a concrete model to adapt.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence: a one-line summary, terse numbered steps, a single principle quote, outcomes, and verification, with no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows, matching the 'lean and efficient' top anchor.

3 / 3

Actionability

Each step gives a directive ('Cite historical figures who achieved great things but met bad ends', 'Offer a specific path for honorable retirement'), but guidance stays abstract with no concrete examples of figures, phrasings, or templates, fitting 'some concrete guidance but incomplete; missing key details' rather than fully actionable.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The 8 steps are clearly sequenced and the Verification section provides explicit validation checkpoints (confirm both cautionary and positive examples, confirm analysis applied to the subject, confirm a concrete exit path proposed), matching the 'clear sequence with explicit validation steps' top anchor.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

This is a simple, single-purpose skill under 50 lines with no bundle files; the body is well-organized into clear sections (Steps, Key Principle, Expected Outcomes, Verification), so per the simple-skills scoring note it qualifies for the top level without external references.

3 / 3

Total

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Description

75%

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, clear what/when coverage, and a distinctive niche. Its main weakness is moderate specificity and limited trigger-term coverage, which keep it just below the top tier on those dimensions.

Suggestions

Add a few more concrete actions or sub-tasks to the description to lift specificity (e.g., 'analyzes why figures failed, compares to the current situation, and proposes a concrete exit path').

Broaden trigger terms with natural variations a user might say, such as 'convince a leader to step down', 'argue for retirement', or 'persuade someone to quit while ahead'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain and concrete actions ('Systematically presents cautionary and positive historical examples to illustrate the wisdom of timely withdrawal'), but does not enumerate multiple specific discrete actions like the top anchor does, so it stops at 2 rather than 3.

2 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what ('Systematically presents cautionary and positive historical examples to illustrate the wisdom of timely withdrawal before success reverses') and when ('Use when advising a powerful figure to change course or retire gracefully'), satisfying the explicit-trigger requirement for the top level.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The trigger 'Use when advising a powerful figure to change course or retire gracefully' offers relevant natural phrases, but coverage is thin with no common variations, matching 'some relevant keywords but missing common variations' rather than the broad coverage of a 3.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche of persuading powerful figures via historical precedent of withdrawal is highly specific with distinct triggers, making conflict with other skills unlikely, matching the top anchor's 'clear niche with distinct triggers.'

3 / 3

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12

Passed

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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