Content
88%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.
An exemplary operational skill: fully executable commands, explicit pass criteria with observed failure modes and issue references, strong validation checkpoints, and cleanup/restore guarantees that respect the user's environment. Its only weaknesses are mild verbosity (the shell-semantics aside and dual full example reports) and the lack of any progressive-disclosure split in a long single file.
Suggestions
Trim the curl-mac blockquote to the project-specific gotcha (the confusing sudo terminal failure and issue #2436) and drop the general explanation of how VAR=x prefixes behave across a pipe, which Claude already knows.
Replace the two full-length PASS and FAIL example reports with one template plus a short 'FAIL adds: captured command/exit/output and next steps' note, cutting ~30 lines.
Consider moving the per-test 'Common failures' issue tables into a references/troubleshooting.md so the main procedure stays a lean execution path for green runs.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is long (~530 lines) but almost entirely project-specific operational detail Claude could not know — pass criteria, issue-number regressions, observed failure modes, restore logic — so nearly every token earns its place. Minor trims exist: the blockquote teaching basic shell pipe env-var semantics ("In VAR=x cmd1 | cmd2 the assignment applies only to cmd1") could be compressed to the project-specific gotcha alone, and two full-length example reports could share one template. This fits 'Efficient; minor instances of over-explanation that could be trimmed'; a 5 would require the lean density of a bare command list, and a 3 would require noticeably padded sections. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Every phase is copy-paste executable: exact commands per path (brew tap/install, curl | INSTALL_DIR=… bash, ssh wrappers), per-test pass criteria with exit-code and output assertions, and a fully scripted exact-match assertion for the env-leak test (grep -qxF against the resolved repo path). Matches 'Fully executable; copy-paste ready code or commands; specific examples cover the common cases'. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Six clearly sequenced phases (scope → pre-flight → install → smoke tests → uninstall → report) with explicit validation checkpoints: user confirmation before install, prerequisite checks with abort messages, per-test pass criteria plus 'Common failures' remediation lists (feedback loops), capture-before/verify-after of the dev binary, mandatory cleanup even on failure, and archon-stable restore logic. This matches the anchor-5 example with validation and error-recovery loops; the destructive-operation cap does not apply because validation is extensive. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist and all content lives in one well-sectioned SKILL.md: numbered phase headers, per-path subsections, a Key behaviors summary, and a Related section pointing at real repo files (scripts/build-binaries.sh, .github/workflows/release.yml, homebrew/archon.rb, scripts/install.sh). Navigation is easy and the procedure reads coherently in execution order, but a ~530-line monolith with no references/ split (the two full example reports and the issue-number failure tables are candidates) leaves minor organization gaps — matching 'Good structure; most content is appropriately placed; minor organization gaps' rather than the clearly-split anchor-5 pattern. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |