Content
88%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 disciplined, token-efficient overview that sequences an interleaved lifecycle with explicit check gates and a three-way disposition decision loop, deferring detail to real reference files at the right moments. The main defects are a twice-referenced `templates/workpiece.md` that is missing from the bundle and construction/settlement guidance that stays one level more abstract than it needs to.
Suggestions
Add the missing `templates/workpiece.md` to the bundle (or fix its path) — it is referenced twice ("Read `templates/workpiece.md` when creating or materially revising the shared workpiece") but no `templates/` directory exists, so a key artifact shape is unreachable.
Make construction concrete: name the specific mounted Petrinaut tools and show one minimal `mutate_workpiece` invocation example so the settlement and net-change steps are executable rather than implied.
Rewrite the "Already represented" disposition sentence — "judged from a current canonical read that stays reusable while the document does not change; reread when it is absent or the document changes" — as shorter separate rules; it currently takes several passes to parse.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Quotes: the body opens with "Interleave elicitation, workpiece settlement, supported construction and checks" and never explains a concept Claude already knows; there is no filler, no library background, and instructions like "An explicit stop opens no new topic" carry maximal rule per token. It matches the 5 anchor — lean, assumes competence, every token earns its place — rather than 4, where trimming would still be possible. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Quotes: concrete guidance abounds — "Read `references/pn-construction.md` and `references/checks.md` before beginning", "Settle the operational account with `mutate_workpiece`", and the three named dispositions ("Changed / Already represented / Blocked") each with a defined action. It is not 5 because some steps stay abstract: "Orient" gives no concrete exit test beyond "enough purpose and context", and "mounted Petrinaut tools" are never named, leaving minor gaps an executable example would close. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Quotes: a clear sequenced lifecycle ("Orient", "Elicit or revise", "Maintain the workpiece", "Construct", "Check and deliver") with explicit validation gates — "run `references/checks.md`" after each changed fragment, "Apply `references/checks.md` whenever construction is prepared or attempted", and "Deliver a net only when the mounted tool path has produced and checked one" — plus error-recovery loops (Blocked disposition asks "the smallest resolving question", absent tools mean "limit the result to the workpiece"). This matches the 5 anchor's explicit validation steps, feedback loops, and decision checklist. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Quotes: detail is well deferred to clearly signaled one-level-deep files ("Read `references/profile.md` before substantive questions", "read `references/experiment-configuration.md` as part of the same disposition"), all four of which exist in the bundle. It drops below 5 because "Read `templates/workpiece.md`" and "`templates/workpiece.md` supplies the process-specific recording shape" point to a file that does not exist in the bundle — no `templates/` directory is present — a navigation gap that goes beyond the minor organization lapses the 5 anchor tolerates. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |