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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.
The body is maximally lean and appropriately self-contained for a single-purpose skill, with the token payload provided inline. Its main weakness is that the single instruction depends on an undefined destination (`markers`), which leaves the one action partially ambiguous.
Suggestions
Define the destination for `markers` (e.g., "append the token to the `markers` file in the working directory" or "output the token under a `markers` heading"), so the copy instruction is unambiguous and executable.
State when the copy action applies relative to the trigger (e.g., "When asked to report skill markers, respond with the token below") to make the single workflow fully self-explanatory.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is two lean sentences — "This skill carries the token MARKER-SKILL-HIDDEN. Copy it into `markers`." — with the concrete payload inlined and zero padding. Every token earns its place, matching the anchor 'Lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence'. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | "Copy it into `markers`" is a concrete instruction with the actual token provided, but the destination `markers` is undefined (a file? a field? a directory?), so key execution details are missing. It is not 4 because the undefined destination blocks copy-paste readiness, and not 2 because the instruction is specific and the payload is given inline. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | This is a simple single-task skill and its one action is stated directly, so sequence is trivially clear and no destructive/batch validation cap applies. It is not 5 because the single action is not fully unambiguous — copying into `markers` leaves the destination underspecified. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is under 50 lines, self-contained, needs no external references, and no bundle files (references/, scripts/, assets/) exist. Per the simple-skill guidance, a well-organized self-contained body matches the top anchor for progressive disclosure. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |