Content
86%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-structured instruction-only skill whose loop, rules, and completion criteria are specific and largely actionable. The main gaps are the unspecified command syntax and selection conditions for the Act verbs and the absence of an explicit branch for failed verification.
Suggestions
Add a one-line decision rule or command example for each Act verb (e.g., what 'approve', 'relay', and 'delegate' concretely map to), or at least complete the 'detail --tail 10' command with the agent identifier so it is copy-paste ready.
Specify the failed-verification branch in the Loop, e.g. 'If verify fails: correct or re-delegate, then re-verify; escalate after two failed verifications of the same agent', turning the implicit feedback loop into an explicit one.
Clarify when to choose each action in step 3 (e.g., approve for waiting-on-permission agents, relay when a downstream agent needs upstream output) so the sequence's checkpoint maps unambiguously to an action.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is fully bullet-driven with zero concept explanations or padding, and assumes competence ('Own the loop until assigned work is complete, blocked, or stopped'). The only near-redundancy — the agent-management/agent-communication split appearing in both opening paragraphs — is not pure duplication because the second statement adds which skill owns which mechanics. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Two concrete commands with flags are given ('agent list --json', 'detail --tail 10') plus specific parameters (sleep 10-60s, one status line), but the core Act verbs ('approve, clarify, correct, delegate, relay, verify, or escalate') have no command syntax or selection conditions, and 'detail --tail 10' omits the agent identifier. This is mostly executable guidance with minor gaps, matching the anchor-4 example rather than anchor 5's fully copy-paste-ready coverage. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 5-step loop is clearly sequenced with an explicit pre-action checkpoint ('Inspect waiting, idle, unknown, missing, or stale agents before acting') and mandated validation ('Use `verify` before accepting any agent's completion claim'). It falls short of anchor 5 because no branch specifies what to do when verification fails — only a general escalation rule ('Escalate only for repeated failures') covers error recovery. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is under 50 lines, needs no external references (none exist in the bundle), and is organized into clean, well-labeled sections (## Rules, ## Loop, ## Completion). Per the rubric's simple-skill note, this earns anchor 5 with well-organized sections alone. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |