bmad-advanced-elicitation

Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output. Use when user asks for deeper critique or mentions a known deeper critique method, e.g. socratic, first principles, pre-mortem, red team

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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 tight, well-architected skill body: executable commands, explicit user-acceptance validation checkpoints, and clean progressive disclosure via real bundle files. Only minor conciseness trims would improve it.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly lean and assumes Claude's competence, but the opening role paragraph and repeated 'offer the menu again' phrasing add minor padding that could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Provides fully executable commands with exact arguments ('uv run {skill-root}/scripts/pick_methods.py --file {workflow.methods_file} <command>') and concrete subcommand examples covering the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	Clear sequenced flow (On Activation → Serving the Catalog → Menu → Running a Method) with explicit HALT checkpoints and a validation feedback loop ('Never change the work unless the user accepts the proposal'; Apply/Reject/direction).	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	Well-structured sections with one-level-deep, clearly signaled references to real bundle files (scripts/pick_methods.py, assets/methods.csv); the catalog is served by script so it never enters context whole.	5 / 5
	Total	19 / 20 Passed

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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 that clearly pairs a concrete 'what' with an explicit 'when' backed by named trigger methods. It is specific and well-triggered, with only minor overlap risk against generic critique skills.

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Differentiate from generic review skills by leading with the elicitation-method framing rather than the broad 'deeper critique' trigger.

Add a couple more natural synonyms users might say (e.g. 'stress-test', 'challenge assumptions') to round out trigger coverage.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists several concrete actions ('reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output') targeting a clear domain, though the three verbs are near-synonyms rather than comprehensive distinct capabilities.	4 / 5
Completeness	Explicitly states both what it does ('Push the LLM to reconsider, refine, and improve its recent output') and when to use it ('Use when user asks for deeper critique or mentions a known deeper critique method') with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural phrases users would say ('deeper critique') plus named methods (socratic, first principles, pre-mortem, red team); good coverage but a few common synonyms are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The named elicitation methods (socratic, pre-mortem, red team) carve a distinct niche, but 'deeper critique' is broad enough to risk minor overlap with general review/critique skills.	4 / 5
	Total	17 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: bmad-code-org/BMAD-METHOD
Path: src/core-skills/bmad-advanced-elicitation/SKILL.md
Commit: 67d876f

Reviewed: about 21 hours ago

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