Conciseness

Every line is operational — commands, constraints, and a template — with zero concept explanation and zero padding; even dense bullets like the cross-repo commit instruction consist entirely of executable guidance. This matches anchor 5 ('every token earns its place') and is clearly above anchor 4, which reserves room for trimmable over-explanation.

Actionability

Fully executable, copy-paste-ready commands throughout: `ls -t ~/scratch | head -20`, `rg -il "<words>" ~/projects ~/scratch ~/inbox`, `git -C ~/projects/<slug> add <files> && git -C ~/projects/<slug> commit -m "<what>"`, plus a concrete rename example (`mv ~/inbox/IMG_2041.pdf ~/projects/sell-the-car/title-scan.pdf`) and a fill-in AGENTS.md template. Matches anchor 5's 'specific examples cover the common cases'.

Workflow Clarity

The find-earlier-work workflow is a numbered 4-step sequence with concrete commands, and the risky operations carry explicit guardrails: 'never delete from ~/inbox unless asked', 'leave unmatched items in place', 'state which file you updated'. It is anchor 4 rather than 5 because there is no post-operation verification step (e.g., confirming a moved file landed at its destination); it is not capped at 3 because the skill forbids deletion outright rather than performing unvalidated destructive operations.

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single SKILL.md with no references/, scripts/, or assets/ directories, is 24 lines of body content (well under the 50-line threshold), and is organized under clear bold section labels (Find earlier work, Move don't copy, Commit changes, AGENTS.md, server-owned folders). Per the rubric's simple-skill guideline, this earns 5 with just well-organized sections; there are no buried or nested references to penalize.

Specificity

The what-clause "Finding and filing things in the home" is generic, with the only concrete verbs ("files, moves, or tidies files") appearing in the when-clause, matching anchor 3's 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive'. It is not 4 because the skill's actions are not enumerated where the capability is stated, and not 2 because the domain and file/move/tidy actions are explicitly named.

Completeness

Both parts are present: a what ("Finding and filing things in the home") and an explicit "Use when..." clause with concrete triggers ("a thread builds on earlier work... or files, moves, or tidies files"). It does not reach 5 because the what-half is vague and would need concrete, named actions to clearly answer both halves.

Trigger Term Quality

Includes natural phrases a user would say — "a note, a draft, a past thread", "files, moves, or tidies files" — giving good keyword coverage, though common variations like "find my notes", "search", or location names ("projects", "inbox") are missing, so it falls short of anchor 5's comprehensive synonym coverage.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Things in the home" and "files" are broad enough to overlap with any generic file-management skill; the thread-journal framing ("a past thread") is the only distinctive hook, matching anchor 3's 'somewhat specific but could still overlap with similar skills'. It is not 4 because the dominant vocabulary (files, moves, tidies) is shared with common file skills.