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72%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 tight, well-structured instruction skill with a concrete output format and unambiguous classification rules. Its weaknesses are the unspecified mechanics of the scanning/CVE-lookup step and the absence of an explicit validation checkpoint in what is a batch operation, leaving the workflow implicit.
Suggestions
Name the concrete scanning commands or tools to run per ecosystem (e.g., npm outdated, pip list --outdated, an OSV scanner) so the core discovery step is executable rather than implied.
Add an explicit validation step to the workflow, e.g. re-run the scanner or CVE lookup after applying a suggested bump to confirm the advisory is resolved before reporting success.
Present the procedure as a short numbered sequence (scan → classify → check denylist/overrides → emit output) instead of leaving the order implied by the rules sections.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and assumes competence (terse semver classification rules, a compact output template, no concept explanations). Not 5 because the auto-generated untrusted-input block and its background URL add generic, non-skill-specific tokens that could be trimmed. Not 3: there is no unnecessary explanation of concepts Claude already knows. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | A copy-paste-ready output template ("### package-name (ecosystem...)", "Risk: patch | minor | major") and precise decision rules ("major: always escalate-human unless explicitly pre-approved", "If lockfile conflict or peer dependency warning → escalate-human") give mostly executable guidance. Not 5 because the core scanning step is unspecified — no commands or tools for finding outdated packages or looking up CVEs. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The sequence (scan → classify → emit triage output) is only implicit, and as a batch operation over many packages it lacks an explicit validation step confirming a suggested bump resolves the advisory; the human-escalation gates are the only checkpoints. The batch-operation guideline caps this at 3; not 2 because the classification rules do define clear decision points and error-path escalation. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is under 50 lines with no bundle files and no need for external references; it is organized into clearly labeled sections (Output per package, Classification Rules, Rules, Untrusted input), which satisfies the simple-skill exception. The only mentioned file, dependency-sweeper-state.md, is external loop state, not a bundle reference. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |