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67%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 a well-designed router: a clear task-to-file mapping, an optional repository overlay with explicit precedence, and one-level-deep external references. Its main weaknesses are a 68-entry flat file catalog that duplicates the routing map and an unspecified mechanism for loading files from the external github/gh-aw repository, plus the absence of any validation step confirming the routed file was the right one.
Suggestions
Replace the 68-file flat catalog with the categorized routing map itself (or group the catalog by purpose), eliminating the duplication between the catalog and the routing list.
Specify how to load files from the external github/gh-aw repository (e.g. the exact fetch command or URL pattern), since the paths alone are not locally resolvable.
Add a brief validation step after loading a prompt — e.g. confirm the loaded file matches the identified task type before following it — to close the workflow's feedback loop.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The instruction "Read only the files you need:" is followed by a flat catalog of 68 file paths, 14 of which are then repeated in the routing map — a duplication that could be merged, and a catalog that contradicts the read-only-what-you-need guidance. The rest of the body is lean with no concept over-explanation, so this fits "mostly efficient but could be tightened" rather than the noticeably verbose anchor. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | The routing map gives concrete task-to-file guidance (e.g. "Debug, audit, or investigate workflows: .github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md") plus an explicit overlay mechanism (@.github/aw/instructions.md). It is mostly executable, but how to actually load files "from github/gh-aw" (they are not local) is never specified — a minor gap that keeps it below the fully executable anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The dispatcher sequence is clear — identify task type, load the matching prompt, follow it, with an optional overlay and precedence rule — and includes an explicit checkpoint ("ask a clarifying question if the correct prompt is unclear"). No verification that the loaded file matches or exists keeps it at the anchor for most checkpoints present rather than the explicit-validation anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | All references are one level deep and clearly signaled, and the body is appropriately split between router logic and external detail files (no local bundle files exist to check). The 68-file catalog is an ungrouped flat list with no categorization, a minor organization gap that fits the good-structure anchor rather than the clear-and-easy-navigation one. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |