Content
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 content delivers a clear, actionable five-step commit workflow with real commands, decision tables, and explicit pre-commit validation. Its weakest points are redundancy between the Rules section and the workflow steps, a motivational table that adds tokens without procedure, and one placeholder command plus a large-file check that does not actually check file size.
Suggestions
Remove or merge the Rules section with Steps 3-4, where every rule (validate first, conventional format, imperative mood, 72-char limit) is already stated, to cut redundant tokens.
Replace the placeholder "git add [relevant files]" with concrete guidance (e.g., stage the files identified in Step 1 with git add <paths>, or "git add -u" for tracked changes).
Fix the large-file validation: the current awk pipeline only prints filenames; use a command that actually tests size, e.g. "git diff --cached --numstat" plus a size check or "find . -size +1M" against staged paths.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly lean (tables, commands, example outputs), but the Rules section restates Step 3 and Step 4 content ("Always validate before committing", "Max 72 chars", "type(scope): description"), and the Anti-Rationalization table ("You won't. The context is fresh NOW.") is motivational padding. This matches "mostly efficient but could be tightened" rather than the minor-trims bar of 4. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete, executable commands appear throughout (git status --porcelain, grep -E '\.(env|pem|key)$', git commit -m "type(scope): description"), with precise constraints (scope max 15 chars, subject max 72 chars). It is not 5 because "git add [relevant files]" is a placeholder and the large-file check (git diff --cached --stat | awk '{print $NF}' | head -5) prints filenames without ever testing the stated 1MB threshold. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear 5-step sequence (Analyze, Detect, Generate, Validate, Execute) with an explicit validation checkpoint in Step 4 and a warn/preview decision point ("Proceed anyway? Showing commit preview"). It is not 5 because there is no error-recovery feedback loop for execution failures such as rejected pre-commit hooks, and validation stops at the pre-commit stage. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | A well-organized single-file skill with clear section headers (When to Use, Workflow, Output, Rules) and easy navigation, and no external references are needed. It is not 5 because at ~140 lines it exceeds the simple under-50-line case, and consolidated sections (duplicated Rules, Anti-Rationalization) leave minor organization gaps. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |