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42%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 communicates the four-phase flow and discovery questions well, but it is padded with a large ASCII diagram and inline templates that duplicate existing reference files, references a non-existent templates/ directory, and provides no script invocation examples or validation checkpoints. It reads more as a feature overview than an operational instruction file for Claude to execute.
Suggestions
Replace the ~90-line ASCII flow diagram with a short 4-step numbered workflow, moving detail to the existing references; this is the largest conciseness win.
Delete the inline "Project Templates" section (it duplicates references/TEMPLATES.md) and either create the referenced templates/*.md files or remove those broken paths from the Templates section.
Add one concrete checkpoint step, e.g., "Before generating the spec, summarize the collected answers back to the user and confirm" plus a one-line example of how to invoke scripts/spec_builder.py, to close the workflow-clarity and actionability gaps.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body spends ~90 lines on a decorative ASCII "SPEC BUILDER FLOW" diagram, inlines four template blocks that duplicate references/TEMPLATES.md, and includes two long mock-dialogue examples — noticeably verbose with several padded sections. It avoids explaining background concepts Claude already knows, so it does not fall to anchor 1. | 2 / 5 |
Actionability | The core and follow-up discovery-question tables are concrete, but the Scripts section lists bare paths ("scripts/spec_builder.py - Core discovery engine") with no invocation examples, and the specification output is shown only as an illustrative transcript rather than executable guidance or a copy-paste-ready spec format. Some concrete guidance exists, but key execution details are missing, matching anchor 3. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The four phases (discovery, elaboration, technology recommendation, output) are clearly sequenced in the diagram and question tables, but there are no checkpoints: no step to confirm collected answers with the user, nor any validation that the generated spec is complete before handing off to autonomous-master. Sequence present but checkpoints missing matches anchor 3 rather than 4. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | References (QUESTION-BANK.md, TEMPLATES.md, TECH-STACKS.md) and scripts exist and are one level deep with dedicated sections, but the four inline template blocks duplicate content that belongs in those separate files, and the listed templates/saas.md, ecommerce.md, social.md, and internal.md paths do not exist, breaking navigation. This fits anchor 3 (references present but content that should be separate is inline / structural gaps). | 3 / 5 |
Total | 11 / 20 Passed |