Conciseness

The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence: no git or subagent concepts are explained, and every line is an instruction, a condition, or a one-sentence rationale for a rule ("You wrote them; a self-review defeats the purpose of this skill"). The partial-staging rules reappearing in the auto-fix section are a compressed restatement that keeps the alternative mode self-contained, not padding, so it fits the 'lean and efficient; every token earns its place' anchor rather than level 4's 'minor instances that could be trimmed'.

Actionability

Guidance is largely executable: named tools and paths (`scripts/git-unstaged-diff.sh <repo-root>`, `claude-subagents/staged-reviewer.md`, `~/.claude/agents/`), concrete commands (`git add <file>`), a precise footer format, and clear stop conditions. It falls short of fully copy-paste-ready because the prompt to give the `staged-reviewer` subagent is only implied by "Give it the repository root", and the referenced `scripts/git-unstaged-diff.sh` does not exist in this skill's bundle with no skill-qualification on the path — matching level 4's 'concrete commands with minor gaps' rather than level 5's 'specific examples cover the common cases'.

Workflow Clarity

The 7-step workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints throughout: a guard check before anything else, "Wait for the user" decision points, re-collection of staged changes when state has drifted, a fix-report-re-review feedback loop continuing the same reviewer, and an alternative auto-fix mode with explicit stop conditions (verdict OK, needs human decision, or 3 rounds). This matches the top anchor's 'explicit validation steps; feedback loops for error recovery' — the commit is gated on explicit user approval, so the destructive-operation cap does not apply.

Progressive Disclosure

Sections are well organized (Arguments, Guard, Workflow, Automatic fix loop) and external material is delegated one level deep with clearly signaled paths (`git-workflows`' `references/op_commit_message.md` and `references/partial_staging.md`). It stops short of level 5 because `scripts/git-unstaged-diff.sh` is referenced unqualified but absent from the skill's bundle (no `scripts/` directory), leaving its provenance ambiguous — a minor organization gap matching level 4 rather than level 3, since references are clearly signaled and no content that belongs in a separate file is inlined.

Specificity

The description lists multiple concrete actions in sequence — "Have the `staged-reviewer` subagent review the staged changes, resolve its findings with the user, then draft a commit message and commit after approval" — plus documented arguments ("a model name for the commit footer and `--auto-fix`"). This matches the anchor for multiple specific concrete actions with comprehensive coverage; the only unstated capability (the guard behavior) is internal detail, not a capability gap, so it does not fit the level-4 'minor gaps' anchor better.

Completeness

The 'what' is explicit (review staged changes via the staged-reviewer subagent, resolve findings, draft and commit) and the 'when' is explicitly stated: "Intended for the session that wrote the changes, so the review comes from an agent without the author's context; a fresh session should use `generate-commit-message` instead." This is equivalent explicit trigger guidance with a concrete condition, matching the level-5 anchor rather than level 4, where the 'when' would be less specific.

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms users would say are present: "review", "staged changes", "commit message", "commit", "auto-fix". A few natural phrasings are missing (e.g., "review before committing", "pre-commit review", "review my changes"), which matches 'good keyword coverage; a few natural terms missing' rather than the level-5 anchor requiring comprehensive synonyms, and is clearly above level 3's 'missing common variations' since the core natural vocabulary is all there.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The description occupies a clear niche: it names the specific `staged-reviewer` subagent, scopes usage to the session that wrote the changes, and explicitly routes fresh sessions to a different skill (`generate-commit-message`), giving minimal overlap risk. It clearly fits the 'clear niche with distinct triggers' anchor rather than level 4's 'minor overlap risk with closely related skills'.