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80%Weight 40%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A lean, well-organized instruction skill with concrete categories and rules, but its auto-fix loop lacks an explicit validation checkpoint before retry, which is the main workflow-clarity weakness.
Suggestions
Add an explicit validation step in the fix loop, e.g. 'After each fix attempt, re-run the failing check; only count the attempt if it was actually re-run.'
Clarify the sequence from classification to action (e.g. classify → decide next action → apply fix in worktree → re-run → update ci-sweeper-state.md) so the workflow is sequenced rather than implied.
Specify what 'retry once before classifying' for non-deterministic failures means concretely (re-trigger the check how, and what to record).
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence — it defines only the classification scheme, output, and rules with no padded explanations of concepts Claude already knows, matching the 'lean and efficient; every token earns its place' anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete: named categories, a specific output file (ci-sweeper-state.md) with explicit fields, and hard rules (max 3 attempts, worktree isolation). It is instruction-level rather than executable code, but for an instruction-only skill that is actionable with only minor gaps, fitting the 4 anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Classification rules and boundaries are clear, but the skill drives batch auto-fix attempts (up to 3 per item) without an explicit validation checkpoint confirming a fix resolved the failure before retrying; the feedback-loop guideline caps such skills at 3. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | At under 50 lines with no need for external references, the well-organized sections (Classification, Output, Rules) satisfy the simple-skill exception, earning the 'clear overview, well-organized' top anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |