Content
77%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 operational core is excellent — a clearly sequenced, fully executable workflow with strong validation gates and feedback loops. The main weakness is token budget: nearly half the body is eval evidence and literature justification inlined in SKILL.md instead of a reference file, plus redundant Contract/Output Format sections.
Suggestions
Move the A/B eval results, reproduce/receipts, methodology caveats, and prior-work citations into a references/ file (e.g. EVAL.md), keeping only a 3–5 line summary with the failure-mode warning in SKILL.md — this addresses both conciseness and progressive disclosure.
Merge the 'Output Format' section into Step 4 (it restates the same template) and delete or drastically shorten the 'Contract' section that self-admittedly 'exists for the conformance test'.
Consolidate scattered version/date references (v0.31.7, v0.32.3.0, 2026-05-11, v0.33.x follow-ups) into a single Changelog/deprecated note so time-sensitive details don't penalize the evergreen instructions.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The operational sections (Steps 1–7, Anti-Patterns, Maintenance) are lean, but roughly 40% of the body is A/B eval tables, 'What the data shows', methodology caveats, and a prior-work citations section; the 'Contract' section even states it 'exists for the conformance test' and 'Output Format' restates Step 4. Version numbers and dates (v0.31.7, v0.32.3.0, 2026-05-11, v0.33.x) appear throughout rather than in a deprecated section, which the time-sensitive guideline penalizes. Not 2 because the padding is domain-specific evidence rather than concepts Claude already knows; not 4 because several sections could be cut or trimmed without losing executability. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Fully executable throughout: exact commands ('gbrain routing-eval --json', 'node harness.mjs --variants-dir "$TMP" --variants my-edit --model opus --parallel 3 --yes'), a copy-paste area-entry template, concrete thresholds (12KB gate, 95% revert threshold), cost estimates, and a worked before/after example. Placeholders like EDITED and API key are clearly marked. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps 1–7 are clearly sequenced with explicit preconditions that refuse to proceed (size gate, clean working tree), two mandatory validation gates, and feedback loops ('If accuracy ... drops below 95%, revert and tune') including a common-causes diagnosis list. The batch/destructive cap does not apply because validation is present and explicit. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is well-sectioned with clear headers and easy navigation, but it is a ~320-line monolith with no bundle files at all: the A/B eval results, reproduce receipts, prior-work citations, and harness internals clearly belong in a one-level-deep reference file. Not 2 because, unlike the anchor-2 example, the structure is genuinely well organized; not 4 because significant content that should be separate is inlined in SKILL.md. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |