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persuasive-diplomacy-technique

Use when persuading a resistant authority figure to take difficult but necessary action. Employs a gradual empathetic approach: build rapport through shared humanity, introduce topics indirectly, present arguments through historical examples, appeal to long-term interests, and let conclusions be self-evident.

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Quality

77%

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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 clear, well-sequenced instruction-only skill with explicit verification checkpoints and sensible single-file organization. It is held back by restated/redundant sections and a lack of concrete illustrative examples that would make the guidance fully actionable.

Suggestions

Remove or merge the "Key Techniques" and "Expected Outcomes" sections, since they restate the Steps and Core Principles; fold only any genuinely new detail back into the Steps.

Add at least one concrete worked example — a short sample dialogue or a named historical example showing the indirect approach in action — to lift actionability from abstract directives to copy-paste-ready guidance.

Broaden the description's trigger terms (e.g., add "convince", "win over", "negotiate with a boss or manager") so the skill surfaces for the varied phrasings a user might naturally say.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is bullet-form and free of concept-explanation fluff, but the "Key Techniques" and "Expected Outcomes" sections largely restate the "Steps" and "Core Principles" content, so not every token earns its place and it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Steps give concrete behavioral directives ("Discuss mundane matters (health, family, daily life)", "Use historical or familiar examples"), but as a soft-skill guide it lacks specific illustrative material such as sample dialogue or a worked historical example, falling short of fully copy-paste-ready guidance.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Six numbered steps form a clear sequence, and the closing "Verification" section provides three explicit validation checkpoints, matching the clear-sequence-with-explicit-validation anchor rather than the implicit-checkpoint anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single self-contained SKILL.md with no bundle files and no nested references, organized into clearly labeled sections (Overview, Core Principles, Steps, Key Techniques, Expected Outcomes, Verification), which is appropriate structure for a skill of this size.

3 / 3

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Description

85%

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 well-crafted description with explicit trigger guidance, concrete technique listing, and a clearly distinct niche. Its only weakness is narrow trigger-term coverage that omits common synonyms a user might naturally say.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple concrete actions — "build rapport through shared humanity, introduce topics indirectly, present arguments through historical examples, appeal to long-term interests, and let conclusions be self-evident" — matching the comprehensive-actions anchor rather than the partial-coverage anchor at 2.

3 / 3

Completeness

It explicitly states what the skill does (the gradual empathetic approach and its techniques) and when to use it via an explicit "Use when persuading a resistant authority figure..." clause, satisfying both halves required for the top anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

The trigger "persuading a resistant authority figure to take difficult but necessary action" uses relevant natural terms, but covers only a single phrasing and misses common variations (e.g., convince, win over, negotiate with a boss/manager), so it does not reach the broad-coverage anchor at 3.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is narrow and specific — persuading a resistant authority figure via indirect, empathetic diplomacy — with distinct triggers unlikely to overlap with general communication or negotiation skills.

3 / 3

Total

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12

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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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