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78%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 dense, highly executable language reference with excellent code examples, useful anti-pattern guidance (grouped records, idiomatic updates), and embedded validation loops like the assume-check pattern. The two real defects are the triple-repetition of variable-grouping guidance and the Guidelines section pointing at seven `guidelines/*.md` files that are absent from the bundle, leaving progressive disclosure's navigation dangling.
Suggestions
Include the seven `guidelines/*.md` files (operators, simulations, constraints, cli, patterns, tests, choreo) in the bundle — or remove/trim the Guidelines table — so the body's references resolve to real files.
Consolidate the three overlapping treatments of variable grouping (State variables, Records → when to group, and the Variable grouping decision guide) into one section with the decision table.
Add a short ordered validation workflow (e.g. `quint typecheck` → `quint test` → `quint run`/`verify`) so the toolchain sections form a coherent sequence rather than isolated commands.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is a lean operator/idiom reference — tables like the Set/List/Map operator blocks and the basicSpells table earn their tokens. However, the variable-grouping guidance is repeated three times ("State variables", "Records → when to group variables", and the "Variable grouping — decision guide" section), and the intro ("Quint is an executable specification language for complex systems, developed by Informal Systems") plus "Records group related fields into a named type" explain background Claude could be assumed to know. This fits "efficient; minor instances of over-explanation that could be trimmed" (4) rather than the every-token-earns-its-place level (5). | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Nearly every section is copy-paste-ready executable Quint: full module skeletons, working `Set(1,2,3).fold(...)` examples, concrete record-update forms (`{ ...n, phase: Propose }` vs `.with()`), a working nondet pattern, and specific CLI commands (`quint typecheck`, `quint test`, `quint -r spec.qnt::ModuleName`). The common cases (lookup an operator, write/update records, nondet choice, check an invariant) are covered with real, complete syntax — the score-5 anchor. The few `// ...` placeholders are justified elision in a reference, not pseudocode. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The reference includes real sequences with checkpoints: the assume section gives a check-then-fail loop ("write a `run` test that asserts it... the test fails (reporting which conjunct broke)"), and the file-layout section gives a decision table for which `--main` to pass to `quint run` plus explicit module responsibilities ("`step` must live in the main module"). What keeps it at 4 rather than 5: there is no stated validation order (e.g. typecheck → test → verify) tying the toolchain into a coherent protocol, and REPL guidance is a single line rather than a sequence. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Structure and signaling are good — a clearly labeled "Guidelines" table maps each `guidelines/*.md` file to its contents (one level deep, easy to navigate). But scored against the actual bundle, none of the seven referenced files (`guidelines/operators.md`, `simulations.md`, `constraints.md`, `cli.md`, `patterns.md`, `tests.md`, `choreo.md`) exist — there is no `guidelines/` directory (nor `references/`, `scripts/`, or `assets/`). The navigation is broken in practice, which lands between "references present but not clearly signaled" (3) and clearly below the good-structure level (4), where references would be real and resolvable. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |