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AI DevKit · Use when the user asks to brainstorm, ideate, generate ideas, expand options, challenge ideas, pressure-test ideas, compare concepts, narrow choices, name something, plan content angles, explore strategy, evaluate product ideas, technical approaches, experiments, or decisions.

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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-structured instruction skill: concise, clearly sequenced, and self-policing via built-in challenge and self-review loops. Adding one concrete output example would push actionability to a 5.

Suggestions

Include one short worked example of a Quick-format output (e.g. 2 clusters, 1 challenge, 3 picks) to make the expected result fully concrete.

Clarify when to switch from Quick to Deep beyond 'ambiguous or high-stakes' with a one-line heuristic, since that boundary currently rests on judgment alone.

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Conciseness

Lean and efficient with no over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every line ('Run a compact diverge-to-converge loop', the numbered steps, the format bullets) earns its place.

5 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, specific instruction ('strongest 3 picks', 'reject speculative generality ... each abstraction, layer, flag, and data copy needs a current caller'); the minor gap is the absence of a worked output example showing what a cluster or '3 picks' result looks like.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear six-step numbered sequence with self-review checkpoints embedded in the Challenge and Converge steps ('Self-review first: for each new constant, object, layer, and flag ask why do we need this?').

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Under 50 lines with no need for external references, and content is well-organized into clearly signaled ## Workflow and ## Formats sections, matching the simple-skill exception.

5 / 5

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Description

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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, trigger-rich description with comprehensive synonym coverage and an explicit 'Use when' clause. The only gap is that capabilities are conveyed as trigger verbs rather than a standalone capability statement.

Suggestions

Add a short capability clause before the trigger list, e.g. 'Runs a diverge-to-converge ideation loop. Use when... ', so the 'what' is stated as explicitly as the 'when'.

The 'AI DevKit ·' prefix is a namespace marker rather than descriptive content; consider whether it adds clarity for trigger matching or could be dropped.

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Specificity

Lists many concrete actions — 'brainstorm, ideate, generate ideas, expand options, challenge ideas, pressure-test ideas, compare concepts, narrow choices, name something' — giving comprehensive coverage of the skill's capabilities.

5 / 5

Completeness

The 'when' is explicit and specific ('Use when the user asks to...'), but the 'what' is only implied through the trigger-verb list rather than stated as a clean capability description; not a 5 because there is no separate statement of what the skill produces.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Extensive natural phrases a user would actually say ('brainstorm', 'generate ideas', 'narrow choices', 'name something', 'pressure-test ideas'), with strong synonym coverage.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear ideation/brainstorming niche with distinct trigger terms; minimal overlap risk with other skills.

5 / 5

Total

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20

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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No warnings or errors.

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