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Resume prior work by rebuilding context from the Basic Memory knowledge graph — pick up where you left off using memory:// URLs, recent activity, and search. Use when starting a session or when the user says 'continue with...', 'back to...', or 'where were we?'

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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.

A well-executed MCP-tool skill body: concrete executable calls, a clearly sequenced decision workflow with confirmation checkpoints, and no token waste on concepts Claude already knows. The main improvement opportunities are moving the parameter lookup tables to a reference file and adding feedback-loop guidance for empty/missed lookups.

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Conciseness

The body is lean: every section documents Basic Memory-specific tool behavior Claude cannot know (memory:// URL syntax, timeframe syntax, tool parameters) with no filler or generic explanations. Falls short of anchor 5 because the timeframe table and URL wildcard examples partly restate what tool schemas could surface, and 'Present Context to the User'/'Guidelines' have minor phrasing that could be tightened.

4 / 5

Actionability

All guidance is copy-paste-ready calls with realistic parameters — build_context(url="memory://topic-or-note-name", depth=2, timeframe="7d"), recent_activity(timeframe="3d"), search_notes(query=...), read_note(identifier=...) — plus three concrete scenario playbooks covering the common cases (resuming a spec, continuing general work, following up on a topic). Executable and complete for an MCP-tool skill.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The four-step 'Building Context' sequence is clear, with decision rules for choosing tools ('Known topic — use build_context', 'No clear starting point — use recent_activity') and explicit checkpoints: 'If it's unclear, ask' up front and 'Confirm understanding. Verify the reconstructed context is what the user actually needs before acting on it'. Not 5 because there are no error-recovery feedback loops (e.g., what to do when search returns nothing or a memory:// URL misses).

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

With no bundle files provided, the single-file structure is well organized: 'When to Use', numbered 'Building Context' steps, compact reference tables, scenario playbooks, and guidelines are each load-bearing. Not 5 because the Memory URL and Timeframe reference sections (~30 lines of parameter documentation) are the kind of lookup material the rubric expects split into a separate reference file, and the memory-notes cross-reference is named but not linked.

4 / 5

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Description

95%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 description: third-person voice, concrete capability list, explicit 'Use when' triggers with natural quoted user phrases, and a distinct niche anchored by the Basic Memory-specific terminology. Its only weakness is that the capability list could be slightly more comprehensive.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ('Basic Memory knowledge graph') and several concrete capabilities — 'rebuilding context', 'pick up where you left off', and the specific mechanisms 'memory:// URLs, recent activity, and search'. It falls just short of anchor 5 because coverage of the full capability set (reading notes, multi-project discovery) is incomplete, and it clearly exceeds anchor 3's '1-2 concrete actions'.

4 / 5

Completeness

It explicitly answers both parts: what ('Resume prior work by rebuilding context from the Basic Memory knowledge graph... using memory:// URLs, recent activity, and search') and when ('Use when starting a session or when the user says...') with concrete trigger phrases. This matches the anchor-5 example structure exactly.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

It includes multiple natural phrases users would actually say — "continue with...", "back to...", "where were we?", plus 'starting a session' — giving comprehensive coverage of synonyms for resuming work. Not 4 because no common variation of the resume intent is missing; not below because the terms are natural speech, not jargon.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'Basic Memory knowledge graph' niche and memory:// URL triggers are clearly distinct from generic context or memory skills; the quoted user phrases are specific to resuming prior work, minimizing wrong-skill triggering. Minor overlap with general 'remember preferences' memory skills exists but is negligible.

5 / 5

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Validation

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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

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