Content
62%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured interactive workflow skill with clear sequencing, validation checkpoints, and appropriate user approval gates. Its main weaknesses are moderate redundancy across sections (coverage list, constraints, and workflow overlap) and a lack of concrete examples showing what artifacts, change maps, or outputs actually look like. The actionability would benefit significantly from at least one concrete example of a change map or artifact structure.
Suggestions
Add a concrete example of a change map format and/or a sample proposal artifact to make the skill more actionable and copy-paste ready.
Remove or consolidate the 'What is covered in this Skill?' bullet list, as it largely duplicates information in the Constraints and Workflow sections.
Include a brief example showing what a conflict resolution interaction looks like (e.g., sample dialogue or decision format) to make step 5 more concrete.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is moderately efficient but includes some redundancy—the 'What is covered' bullet list largely duplicates the constraints and workflow sections. The 'When to use this skill' section also overlaps with the description. Some tightening is possible, but it doesn't over-explain concepts Claude already knows. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides specific CLI commands (`openspec --version`, `openspec init`, `openspec validate --all`) and names concrete artifact types, but lacks executable examples of actual artifact content, change map formats, or concrete input/output examples. The guidance is procedural but not copy-paste ready. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The six-step workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (step 5 for authority/alignment, step 6 for validate --all), a feedback loop for conflicts (leave unchanged, require review), and user approval gates before proceeding (steps 2 and 6). The workflow handles destructive/batch operations with appropriate safeguards. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references `references/042-planning-openspec.md` for detailed guidance, which is good progressive disclosure. However, no bundle files were provided to verify the reference exists, and the skill inlines a fair amount of constraint detail that could potentially be offloaded. The single reference is well-signaled but the overall structure could benefit from more clearly separated advanced content. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |