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80%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-organized single-purpose skill: the workflow, focus patterns, and guardrails are all directly actionable with zero padding. Its only material gap is the absence of a verification step (e.g. running tests or re-checking the diff) before wrapping up, which matters because the skill makes batch edits across a whole diff.
Suggestions
Add a validation checkpoint after the edits, e.g. "Run the project's tests (or re-read the diff) to confirm behavior is unchanged before summarizing" — this would lift workflow clarity above the batch-operation cap.
Optionally make the first step copy-paste ready: "Get the diff with `git diff main`" so the exact command is unambiguous.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Every line earns its place: a one-sentence workflow ("Check the diff against main and remove AI-generated slop introduced in the branch"), a five-item pattern list, and three guardrails — no explanations of concepts Claude already knows and no padding. This matches the score-5 anchor 'Lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence' rather than 4, which requires some over-explanation to trim. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete and executable for an instruction-only skill: "Check the diff against main", specific patterns like "Casts to `any` used only to bypass type issues" and "Deeply nested code that should be simplified with early returns". It falls short of 5 because there are no copy-paste commands (e.g. `git diff main`) or a worked before/after example covering the common cases, matching the anchor 'concrete code or commands with minor gaps'. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The single action (check the diff against main, then remove slop) is unambiguous, and the guardrails ('Keep behavior unchanged unless fixing a clear bug', 'Prefer minimal, focused edits') act as partial checkpoints. However, the skill edits code across an entire diff — a batch operation — with no validation step such as running tests or re-reviewing the diff, so per the guidelines workflow clarity is capped at 3. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is under 50 lines with no need for external references, and the body is cleanly organized into a workflow line, 'Focus Areas', and 'Guardrails' sections, which per the guidelines earns a 5. No bundle files (references/, scripts/, assets/) exist, so there are no broken or deeply nested references to penalize. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |