Content
81%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 is a well-structured, highly actionable guide with strong workflow sequencing and validation checkpoints, supported by real one-level-deep reference files. The main gaps are minor: a buggy inline code example, some checklist redundancy, and a long inline testing section that could be progressively disclosed.
Suggestions
Fix the error-propagation code example: use 'except Exception as e:' and add the missing colon after 'def foobar(self, *, organization_id: int) -> RpcTentativeResult' so the snippet is executable as written.
Deduplicate the Step 3 'Checklist for new services' and the Step 8 'Pre-flight Checklist' — the latter could reference the former rather than restating overlapping items (e.g. the 'no future annotations' and keyword-only checks).
Consider moving the detailed Step 7 testing subsections (7.1–7.6) into a references/testing.md file, keeping only a brief overview and the key decorator/import examples inline in SKILL.md.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense, actionable, and assumes Claude's competence (it does not re-explain RPC or basic Python), but the Step 3 checklist and Step 8 pre-flight checklist overlap heavily, which could be trimmed. It is noticeably above the 'mostly efficient' anchor without being fully lean. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Mostly copy-paste-ready code with concrete decorators, signatures, and test patterns, but the error-propagation example contains bugs ('except e:' instead of 'except Exception as e:' and a missing colon on the def line) that prevent it from being fully executable. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clearly sequenced 8-step workflow with a routing decision table in Step 1, explicit validation via Step 7 (six testing categories) and Step 8 (a 17-item pre-flight checklist), plus feedback loops for error recovery. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | All four referenced files (rpc-models.md, resolvers.md, service-template.md, deprecation.md) exist, are one level deep, and are clearly signaled with 'Load references/X.md'. Structure is good, but the very long inline Step 7 testing section could itself be split into a reference file. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |