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persuasion-through-interest-alignment

Use when persuading officials or leaders by aligning your proposal with their self-interest. Demonstrated by Kuai Tong and Li Yiji, this technique researches the target's fears, frames problems objectively, and presents solutions that benefit the listener.

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SKILL.md
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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-organized, self-contained instruction skill with a clear sequenced workflow and explicit verification. The main gaps are mildly abstract actionability and a few soft sections that add length without proportional value.

Suggestions

Tighten or merge the 'Warning Signs to Avoid' and 'Expected Outcome' sections into the procedure to remove soft, non-action-oriented content.

Make step guidance more concrete by adding measurable or checkable criteria (e.g., 'list at least two of the target's stated fears') instead of abstract directives like 'create urgency without panic'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is largely lean and bullet-driven without over-explaining concepts Claude knows, but sections like 'Warning Signs to Avoid' and 'Expected Outcome' are somewhat soft and could be tightened, so it is mostly efficient rather than fully lean.

2 / 3

Actionability

As an instruction-only skill it offers concrete steps and a grounded historical example, but much of the guidance is abstract behavioral direction ('Highlight dangers they may not see', 'Create urgency without panic') rather than fully specific, executable instruction.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced six-step procedure is paired with an explicit 'Verification' checklist (confirm research done, validate benefit framing, ensure easy first steps), matching the anchor for clear sequence with explicit validation steps.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is self-contained with no bundle files and no nested references, and content is well-organized into clearly headed sections, which satisfies the simple-skill guidance for progressive disclosure.

3 / 3

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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.

A strong, well-structured description that clearly states both capability and trigger conditions with a distinct niche. The main weaknesses are second-person voice and incomplete coverage of natural trigger-term variations.

Suggestions

Rewrite in third person (e.g., 'Aligns a proposal with a target's self-interest') to avoid the second-person penalty on specificity.

Broaden trigger terms to include common user phrasings like 'convince', 'negotiate', or 'influence' alongside 'persuading'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

The description lists three concrete actions ('researches the target's fears, frames problems objectively, and presents solutions that benefit the listener'), but uses second person ('aligning your proposal'), so per the rubric guideline specificity is reduced by 1 from 3 to 2.

2 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly answers both 'what' (researches fears, frames problems, presents beneficial solutions) and 'when' via an explicit 'Use when persuading officials or leaders...' trigger, matching the top anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

It includes relevant natural terms ('persuading officials or leaders', 'self-interest', 'proposal'), but misses common variations a user might say such as 'convince', 'negotiate', or 'influence', so coverage is partial rather than comprehensive.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The interest-alignment persuasion niche is clearly distinguished with specific triggers ('persuading officials or leaders by aligning your proposal with their self-interest'), making conflict with other skills unlikely.

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

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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