Conciseness

Largely lean and operational, assuming Claude's competence (no basic-concept explanations), though a few sections like the telemetry-feedback block and the directives banner carry detail that could be trimmed slightly.

Actionability

Fully executable throughout — copy-paste evo CLI commands, exact Task() subagent invocations with prompt strings, JSON output shapes, and concrete file paths cover the common cases.

Workflow Clarity

The iteration loop is explicitly numbered (steps 0–9) with a mandatory pre-run verifier checkpoint, 'address every block finding and re-invoke until passed: true' feedback loop, gate checks, and bounded retry logic — matching the anchor-5 validation pattern.

Progressive Disclosure

Clear section structure and a well-signaled reference tree pointing one level deep to cli-quick-reference.md, verifier.md, and finetuning references; the core protocol is appropriately inline but the body is long and a few inline reference lists could live in separate files.

Specificity

Names the domain ('evo optimization subagents') and a couple of concrete behaviors ('follow when dispatched from /optimize', 'understand the brief shape', 'debugging a subagent's behavior'), but these read as purpose/role rather than a comprehensive list of concrete actions.

Completeness

States both what it is ('Protocol that evo optimization subagents follow') and when to use it ('when dispatched from /optimize', 'useful when writing briefs or debugging a subagent's behavior'); the 'when' is explicit but slightly dense rather than crisp.

Trigger Term Quality

Good coverage of natural terms for the niche — '/optimize', 'subagent', 'dispatched', 'brief', 'orchestrator' — which a user managing evo runs would actually say; a few common synonyms are absent.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Occupies a clear niche (evo optimization subagent protocol auto-loaded from /optimize) with distinct triggers and minimal overlap risk with unrelated skills.