Content
70%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 is a thorough, well-sequenced spec-authoring workflow with strong validation feedback loops, but it is verbose (a repeated hook-checking block and basic markdown-formatting tips) and monolithic with no progressive disclosure into reference files. Actionability is high thanks to concrete paths, commands, and templates.
Suggestions
De-duplicate the extension-hook checking instructions: define them once and reference them from step 9 instead of repeating the full block.
Remove markdown-formatting basics ('test that the table renders correctly in markdown preview', pipe-alignment coaching) — Claude already knows markdown.
Extract the checklist template and hook output-format examples into reference files (e.g. references/checklist-template.md) linked one level deep from the body to improve progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient domain guidance, but it repeats the entire extension-hook checking block verbatim in both Pre-Execution Checks and step 9, and over-explains markdown basics ('Use consistent spacing with pipes aligned', 'Test that the table renders correctly in markdown preview'). It is above 2 because the core instruction set is useful and not pure padding, but below 4 due to these unnecessary explanations. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | It provides concrete file paths (.specify/extensions.yml, .specify/templates/spec-template.md), shell commands (mkdir -p), JSON payloads, and a full checklist template — mostly executable guidance. It stops short of 5 only because some steps still use placeholders ({extension}, {command}) rather than fully copy-paste-ready content. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The Outline lays out a clear 1-9 sequence, and step 7 ('Specification Quality Validation') includes an explicit validate → fix → re-run loop with 'max 3 iterations', plus a generated checklist. This matches the score-5 anchor (clear sequence, explicit validation steps, feedback loops for error recovery, checklists). | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The file is well-sectioned (User Input, Project Context Pre-Load, Pre-Execution Checks, Outline, Quick Guidelines) but is a single ~330-line document with no bundle files; large blocks like the checklist template and hook output formats are inlined rather than split into one-level-deep references. It is not a 4 because content that clearly belongs in separate files is kept inline, and not a 2 because section headers provide real structure. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |