Content
92%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A well-sequenced, highly actionable read-only review process with a worked example and explicit success criteria; the only weakness is progressive disclosure — everything lives inline in a single long file with no use of reference files.
Suggestions
Move the per-category STRIDE question lists and the full report template into reference files (e.g. references/stride-checklist.md, references/report-template.md) and link to them from SKILL.md so the main file stays a lean overview that progressively discloses detail.
Consolidate <anti_patterns> with <core_principle>: three of the six anti-patterns (generic checklists, modifying code during review, hypothetical exploits) restate core principles — keep only the net-new items to tighten token use.
Add an in-process validation gate after Step 5 Triage — e.g. confirm every finding has a file:line citation and a concrete exploit scenario before writing the report — turning the terminal success_criteria into a checkpoint within the workflow.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and assumes Claude's competence (it does not explain STRIDE, OWASP, or injection); sectioned structure and the worked report example earn their place. Minor reinforcement between <core_principle> and <anti_patterns> keeps it just under the verbose threshold rather than pushing into a 2. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete per-category STRIDE questions, a listed OWASP pattern set, explicit triage fields (Severity/Exploitability/Business impact), and a copy-paste-ready report template with a fully worked SQL-injection finding citing file:line — strongly actionable guidance for an instruction-only skill. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear 7-step sequence (Scope → Attack surface → STRIDE → OWASP → Triage → Report → Follow-ups) with explicit checkpoints (clarifying-question limit, explicit confirmation before filing, terminal success_criteria checklist). The read-only nature means no fix-retry loop is required, so the destructive-operation cap does not apply. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is well-organized into sections but is a ~175-line monolithic SKILL.md with no reference/bundle files at all; the detailed per-category STRIDE question lists, OWASP checklist, and full report template are candidates to split out and link to, matching the "some structure but content that could be separate is inline" anchor. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |