Content
75%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 well-structured, concise architecture skill that delivers concrete decision rules, naming conventions, and anti-patterns rather than restating concepts Claude already knows. It is actionable and cleanly organized, falling just short of top marks for lacking a worked end-to-end example and an explicit multi-step workflow.
Suggestions
Add a short worked example applying the decision rule and naming conventions end-to-end (e.g., a RegisterMember use case with its View/Request/Dbo types and port) to lift actionability toward 5.
Tighten the 'Common misconception' note and Layer Responsibilities descriptions to remove explanatory phrasing Claude can infer, improving conciseness.
Consider a brief ordered checklist for applying the architecture to a new module (identify ports → place domain → implement adapters) to add an explicit workflow with checkpoints.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly lean and assumes Claude's competence — opinionated decision rules, naming tables, and anti-patterns rather than generic 'what is hexagonal architecture' padding — with only minor explanatory passages (the 'Common misconception' note and layer descriptions) that could be trimmed. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete, actionable guidance throughout — a binary decision rule, specific naming conventions with examples (MemberView, CreateMemberRequest, asMember()), and named anti-patterns with code snippets — though it lacks a fully worked end-to-end example applying the conventions. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 'Core Decision Rule' provides a clear, repeatable classification procedure (test I/O → classify → check dependencies), and the skill involves no destructive/batch operations so no validation cap applies; it falls short of 5 only because there is no multi-step workflow with explicit checkpoints. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized into clearly headed sections (Core Decision Rule, Layer Responsibilities, Naming Conventions, Anti-Patterns, Testing Strategy, When NOT to Use) with no nested references and content appropriately self-contained for a skill of this size. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |