Conciseness

The code examples are lean and assume competence, but the 26-line ASCII box diagram (mostly border art) and the Key Features table each restate what the other and the Session Workflow already convey — e.g., 'Session Detection | Automatically determines if INIT or CONTINUE' duplicates the diagram's 'If missing → INIT / If exists → CONTINUE'. This matches 'mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened'; it avoids anchor 2 because there is no concept-teaching verbosity and every section carries real information.

Actionability

The Quick Start snippets are executable and match the real bundle scripts (detect_session_type(project_dir), SessionManager.run(prompt), and auto_continue(delay_seconds=3) all exist with those signatures), meeting 'mostly executable guidance'. It is not anchor 5 because the SESSION_CONFIG dict is illustrative and never wired to a loading mechanism, and `prompt`/`project_dir` appear undefined in the snippets even though scripts.session_detector.get_next_session_prompt(project_dir) exists for exactly this.

Workflow Clarity

The four-phase lifecycle (DETECT → CREATE → RUN → END) is clearly sequenced in the diagram, but checkpoints are only implicit: 'Check completion status' is listed with no guidance on what to do when a session fails or state is inconsistent, and no validate/fix/retry loop appears even though SessionManager.handle_error exists. This matches 'steps listed but validation gaps; sequence present but checkpoints missing or implicit' rather than anchor 4, which requires most checkpoints to be explicit.

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a clean overview with dedicated References and Scripts sections pointing to real files — references/SESSION-LIFECYCLE.md, references/CONFIGURATION.md, and the three scripts all exist in the bundle — one level deep and clearly signaled, matching the anchor-5 example of a clear overview with well-signaled references.

Specificity

The description names several concrete actions — "starting new coding sessions", "resuming work", "detecting session type (init vs continue)", and "managing auto-continuation between sessions" — which matches the 'several specific actions; minor gaps in coverage' anchor. It falls short of anchor 5 because the headline "Session lifecycle management" is abstract and capabilities the body covers (state saving, graceful shutdown) are not stated; it is above anchor 3 because four concrete actions are explicitly enumerated.

Completeness

It explicitly answers 'what' ("Session lifecycle management for autonomous coding" with enumerated capabilities) and 'when' via a concrete "Use when starting new coding sessions, resuming work, detecting session type (init vs continue), or managing auto-continuation between sessions" clause with specific trigger phrases, matching the anchor-5 example. It is not anchor 4 because the 'when' clause is specific and enumerated rather than generic.

Trigger Term Quality

Phrases like "starting new coding sessions", "resuming work", and "auto-continuation" are natural terms a user might say, matching 'some relevant keywords'. It does not reach anchor 4 because common variations and synonyms are missing (e.g., 'continue where I left off', 'keep the loop running', or file-based triggers like feature_list.json), and it stays above anchor 2 because the keywords go beyond generic jargon.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The niche is clear — autonomous coding session lifecycle with distinctive triggers like "init vs continue" detection and "auto-continuation between sessions" — giving minimal conflict risk with unrelated skills. It is not anchor 5 because the body notes sibling skills (autonomous-loop, context-state-tracker) in the same domain, creating minor overlap risk with those closely related skills.