Content
82%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.
A dense, highly actionable CLI skill: executable commands, cost/rate-limit tables, and explicit error-recovery guidance, with detail correctly split into one-level-deep reference files. Main gaps are repeated credentials-protocol phrasing, implicit validation checkpoints in the main workflows, and an orphaned citation.bib bundle file.
Suggestions
State the credentials-skill protocol once (e.g., in Prerequisites or Core Rules) and reference it tersely elsewhere ('see credential rule above') instead of repeating the full instruction ~5 times.
Add explicit validation checkpoints to Common Workflows, e.g. after `resolve`: 'confirm the candidate ID (display_name/hint) before using it in --filter', and after `filter`: 'check result count is non-empty before slimming with jq'.
Either link `references/citation.bib` from the body (e.g., in Entity References or a workflow for exporting a bibliography) or remove it from the bundle so every reference file is navigable from SKILL.md.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is largely lean — tables for costs and error codes, terse rules, no explanations of concepts Claude already knows — but "use the safe credentials protocol in the credentials skill" is repeated ~5 times (Prerequisites, Core Rule 5, download-pdf, rate-limit, error table) and Rule 2 restates 'resolve' twice. Not 5: these repetitions could be trimmed to a single stated rule; not 3: the padding is minor, not whole unnecessary sections. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands throughout: five complete `uv run scripts/openalex_cli.py ...` workflows (author works, DOI lookup, bulk DOI, group-by, sample), concrete flag documentation, and an error-code-to-action table. Matches the anchor: specific examples cover the common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Sequences are clear (resolve → filter shown in Common Workflows, Rule 2 mandates it) and feedback loops exist (max 3 retries, 429-body disambiguation with 'Do not retry' guidance, verify downloaded PDFs are non-empty, report empty results accurately). Not 5: the main workflows lack inline numbered validation checkpoints — e.g., no explicit 'confirm the resolved ID before filtering' or 'verify results non-empty before jq' step — leaving checkpoints implicit in examples and comments. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | SKILL.md is a well-organized overview with clearly signaled, one-level-deep references to `references/*.md` per entity (all files exist, no nesting) and the CLI in `scripts/`. Not 5: `references/citation.bib` exists in the bundle but is never mentioned or linked anywhere in the body, making that asset undiscoverable from the skill — a minor organization gap matching the anchor-4 description. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |