Content
65%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 highly actionable with concrete MCP calls and copy-paste YAML across the scanner/registry matrix, but it is verbose from duplicated YAML and a redundant Performance Notes section, lacks a pre-update validation checkpoint before the mutating harness_update call, and keeps all reference-style material inline in a single large file.
Suggestions
Add a validation checkpoint before Step 7: e.g. lint/validate the assembled pipeline YAML (correct 2-space indentation, identifier pattern ^[a-zA-Z_][0-9a-zA-Z_]{0,127}$, valid SecurityTests infrastructure block) and only call harness_update once validation passes — turning the post-hoc Troubleshooting checks into a pre-update feedback loop.
Remove duplicated content to tighten token budget: the HarnessSCA step YAML in Step 6 Scenario A is identical to Step 5 (reference it instead), and the Performance Notes section largely restates guidance already in the steps — keep only the non-obvious points there.
Move bulk reference material into one-level-deep reference files (e.g. references/scanner-yaml.md for the per-scanner step templates and references/registry-fields.md for the registry field tables) and link from SKILL.md, so the main file stays an overview.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly concrete with little concept-overview fluff, but padded by repetition: the full HarnessSCA step YAML is duplicated verbatim in Step 5 and Step 6 Scenario A, and the 'Performance Notes' section restates guidance already given in the steps (ask the user which scanner, set privileged: true, ask for delegate only on new stages, default mode/config, resource limits). | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides executable MCP tool calls with named parameters, copy-paste YAML templates for each scanner category and registry type, field-by-field tables, and exact secret-reference formats like <+secrets.getValue("project.snyk_api_token")> covering the common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The eight steps are clearly sequenced with interactive checkpoints (ask user for stage, scanner, image details), but the pipeline update in Step 7 is a mutating operation with no pre-update validation/dry-run checkpoint — the destructive-operation cap applies, and validation guidance only appears after the fact in Troubleshooting. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The file is well-sectioned with headers but entirely monolithic (~280 lines, no bundle files): bulk reference material such as the per-scanner YAML templates and registry field tables is inlined rather than split into one-level-deep reference files, and the simple-skill exception does not apply given the length. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 14 / 20 Passed |