qin-standardization-system

Use when implementing uniform standards across a newly unified empire. Covers weights and measures (衡石丈尺), writing system (书同文字), transportation (车同轨), Five Elements cosmology, and symbolic renaming of rivers and populace.

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A well-structured, concise procedural skill with concrete numerical specifics and an explicit validation section. The main gaps are a few abstract directives that lack the concrete standard value, and the absence of feedback-loop checkpoints between batch steps.

Suggestions

Add the specific standard values to the abstract steps (e.g. state the unified axle width and the standard script name) so every step is directly executable.

Insert inter-step validation checkpoints or a validate->fix->retry loop for the batch/destructive operations (renaming rivers/populace, empire-wide standardization) rather than only an end-of-process Validation section.

Trim the redundancy between the Overview and Expected Outcomes sections to tighten the token budget.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is efficient and assumes Claude's competence (it does not over-explain Five Elements cosmology or the historical context), with only mild redundancy between the Overview and Expected Outcomes sections that could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Most steps are concrete and specific (6-inch caps, 6-foot carriages, tenth-month calendar start, rename Yellow River to 'Virtue River'), but a few steps are high-level directives without the underlying spec ('Build roads to standard specifications', 'Unify all measuring instruments').	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Steps are clearly numbered 1-6 and an explicit Validation section with three checks is present, but there are no inter-step checkpoints or validate->fix->retry feedback loops for these empire-wide batch operations.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The skill is under 50 lines, self-contained, and well-organized into clear sections (Overview, Steps, Expected Outcomes, Validation) with no need for external bundle files, meeting the simple-skill exception.	5 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

Description

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A strong description with an explicit 'Use when...' trigger, clear statement of what the skill covers, and a distinctive niche. The main weakness is that several listed items read as covered topics rather than concrete performed actions, and a few natural synonyms are missing.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several specific concrete coverage areas (衡石丈尺, 书同文字, 车同轨, Five Elements cosmology, renaming of rivers and populace) with only minor gaps, though the verbs ('implementing', 'Covers') are somewhat generic rather than distinct concrete actions.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (covers the listed standardization domains) and 'when' ('Use when implementing uniform standards across a newly unified empire') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes an explicit 'Use when implementing uniform standards across a newly unified empire' trigger plus domain keywords (weights and measures, writing system, Five Elements cosmology), though a few natural synonyms (e.g. 'Qin', 'standardization' as a noun) are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a highly specific historical niche (Qin-era empire standardization) with distinct triggers and minimal realistic overlap with other skills.	5 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Validation

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: baojie/shiji-kb
Path: kg/ontology/ontology-v1/skus/procedural/skill_031/SKILL.md
Commit: 6b836e3

Reviewed: 1 hour ago

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