Conciseness

The body is instruction-dense with no filler and no explanations of concepts Claude already knows, but a few passages run long with nested clauses (e.g., the Step 3 in-flight paragraph embedding the shell pattern in a parenthetical) that could be trimmed or split. Efficient overall with minor over-length — the 4 anchor, not the 5 anchor's 'every token earns its place'.

Actionability

Concrete throughout: a named skill invocation ('daymade-claude-code:read-codex-history'), a receipt checklist, a contract table with per-field evidence requirements, one copy-paste shell pattern, and explicit do-nots ('Do not run `codex resume`'). Mostly executable guidance with minor gaps — the workflow is procedural judgment work rather than fully command-complete — fitting the 4 anchor better than 5.

Workflow Clarity

Clear 5-step sequence (receipt → contract → reconcile → execute → report) with explicit fail-closed validation conditions, feedback loops ('expand verification only for new changes, failures or unresolved evidence gaps', 'close its feedback loop'), and a final report checklist keyed to the contract. Matches the 5 anchor's explicit validation steps, error-recovery loops, and checklists.

Progressive Disclosure

A single well-signaled one-level-deep reference ([Native Goal reconciliation](references/native-goal-reconciliation.md)) linked exactly at the point of need; the file exists and references nothing further. The core workflow stays inline and the specialized Native Goal procedure is appropriately split out, matching the 5 anchor.

Specificity

Multiple concrete actions in third-person voice: "Continues interrupted Codex work", "verifies rollout identity and fork/compaction lineage", "restores the original outcome, unfulfilled requests, and the next action". Coverage is comprehensive across verify/restore/next-action, matching the 5 anchor; no minor gaps that would justify 4.

Completeness

Explicitly answers both questions: what ("restores the original outcome, unfulfilled requests, and the next action") and when ("Use when given a Codex Session ID, asked to pick up a prior Codex run, told Codex was interrupted, fused, compacted or stuck..."), plus a negative boundary ("Not for a conversation Codex already natively resumed"). Matches the 5 anchor exactly.

Trigger Term Quality

Natural user phrasings with synonyms: "given a Codex Session ID", "pick up a prior Codex run", "Codex was interrupted, fused, compacted or stuck", "take over without `codex resume`". This matches the 5 anchor's comprehensive synonym coverage; the 4 anchor's "a few natural terms missing" does not apply.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche (Codex takeover after verified history read) with distinct triggers and an explicit exclusion separating it from native resume, so overlap with other skills is minimal. Matches the 5 anchor.