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 body is an exceptionally well-sequenced orchestration protocol with explicit validation gates, bounded retry loops, and thorough error handling — workflow clarity is excellent. Its weaknesses are noticeable rule duplication across sections and a bundle whose referenced template/protocol files are absent, leaving the inlined content to carry everything.
Suggestions
Ship the referenced files (templates/implementer-prompt.md, templates/reviewer-prompt.md, templates/debugger-prompt.md) in the skill bundle, or inline their essential content, so the referenced paths resolve.
Consolidate rules stated in multiple places (review-mode options, selective staging, debug round caps) into one canonical section and reference it, cutting roughly 15-20% of tokens.
Move the detailed sub-agent dispatch mechanics (sections 3a-3g) into the referenced templates to slim SKILL.md into a true controller overview.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and operational with no concept explanations Claude already knows, but rules are restated in multiple places: review-mode handling appears in background_information ("Accept explicit forms: `--review required|inline|off`"), Step 2, and Step 3c-3d; "NEVER use `git add -A` or `git add .`" appears in both Step 3e and Critical Constraints; debug round limits ("Max 2 debug rounds") appear in section 3g and again in Critical Constraints. Anchor 3 fits: mostly efficient but with tightening opportunities; the duplication is more than minor, so not 4. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Highly concrete throughout: exact commands ("Run `git status --porcelain`", "git add <file1> <file2> ...", "Commit message format: `feat(<feature-name>): <task description>`"), exact parse targets ("Parse implementer status only from the exact `## Status Report` block and `- STATUS:` field"), and explicit decision trees for READY_FOR_REVIEW/BLOCKED/NEEDS_CONTEXT and APPROVED/REJECTED. Not 5 because the actual implementer/reviewer/debugger prompt contents live in template files not present in this bundle, so the guidance is not fully self-contained or copy-paste ready. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Clear four-step sequence with explicit validation checkpoints and feedback loops at every stage: a TDD cycle with RED/GREEN/REFACTOR/VERIFY steps, structured status and verdict parsing gates ("Do NOT proceed to review without a parseable `READY_FOR_REVIEW | BLOCKED | NEEDS_CONTEXT` value"), bounded remediation loops ("REJECTED (round 1-2) → re-dispatch implementer", "Max 2 debug rounds per task"), a final GO/NO-GO validation gate, and a full Safety & Fallback section covering error scenarios. Not 4: there are no material validation gaps — checkpoints are explicit, not implicit. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | References are clearly signaled and one level deep ("Read `templates/implementer-prompt.md` from this skill's directory", "Resolve `../kiro-review/SKILL.md` relative to this skill's directory"), but none of the referenced files — templates/implementer-prompt.md, templates/reviewer-prompt.md, templates/debugger-prompt.md, ../kiro-review/SKILL.md, ../kiro-debug/SKILL.md — exist in this bundle, so the referenced paths do not resolve. Meanwhile ~250 lines of dispatch protocol are inlined in SKILL.md. Structure is good and references are well-signaled (better than anchor 2), but the unresolved references and inline bulk keep it below anchor 4. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |