Content
75%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 tight, well-structured instruction skill that gives a concrete diagnostic procedure and crisp decision criteria rather than abstract advice. It assumes Claude's competence and avoids padding; the main gap is the absence of a worked example showing the ladder applied end-to-end.
Suggestions
Add one short worked example (a real bug traced through presentation → proximate cause → API contract → isolated/systemic) to lift actionability and workflow_clarity.
Add an explicit post-fix verification step (e.g., 're-run the regression test; confirm no adjacent call site regresses') to complete the workflow feedback loop.
Trim the opening paragraph's overlap with the description to push conciseness toward 5.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Lean and opinionated with no explaining of basics Claude already knows, but the opening 'Errors only grow' paragraph partially restates the description and the 'short version' repeats the body, giving minor trimmable redundancy. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides concrete actionable guidance — the four numbered ladder rungs each pose a specific question, and the bandaid test gives two precise conditions (Localized, Leak-free) — but lacks a worked example tracing a real bug through the ladder. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The diagnostic ladder is a clearly sequenced four-step process with an explicit checkpoint ('Stating in the PR description which rung you stopped at — and why') and a deferral revisit-loop, but there is no post-fix verification feedback loop. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized into clearly headed sections (diagnostic ladder, coverage, bandaid conditions, deferral, short version) with the 'short version' acting as an overview; no external references are needed for this conceptual skill, though a worked-example file could deepen it. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |