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Use when encountering bugs, test failures, runtime errors, broken builds, or "this doesn't work" reports. Systematic root-cause analysis before any patch — never blind-patches symptoms. Standalone, ends with a final-integration review of the fix. Trigger with /hyperflow:trace, "debug this", "find the root cause", "why is this failing", "this test is broken".

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Quality

Content

77%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A highly actionable, exceptionally well-validated orchestration workflow whose sequencing and error handling are best-in-class. Its weaknesses are redundancy — the same 7-step plan is presented three times — and a reference structure where several links point outside the skill bundle instead of at the reference files that actually ship with it.

Suggestions

Collapse the duplication: drop or drastically shrink the 'Per-Step Agent Map' table and the bottom 'Overview'/'Instructions'/'Output' sections, keeping one canonical statement of the 7-step flow (the step sections) to cut roughly 40-60 lines.

Fix the reference paths to point at the bundled files: link references/DOCTRINE.md rather than ../hyperflow/DOCTRINE.md, and either include the agents (searcher.md, debugger.md) and failure-recovery.md in the bundle or describe their role inline instead of linking to files that are not shipped.

Move the three full example transcripts into a references file (e.g. references/examples.md) and keep a one-line pointer in SKILL.md, reserving the body for the workflow itself.

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Conciseness

Mostly efficient — step sections are dense with dispatch templates, verdict enums, and constraint lists rather than explanations of concepts Claude already knows — but the 7-step workflow is restated three times ('Per-Step Agent Map' table, the full step sections, and the bottom 'Instructions'/'Overview'/'Output' summary sections), which is unnecessary padding that could be tightened. It is not a 4 because the ~40 lines of duplicated summary sections are a real trim, and not a 2 because the bulk of the body is unique, actionable guidance.

3 / 5

Actionability

Fully executable guidance: copy-paste-ready agent dispatch labels (e.g. "Searcher — reading error stack traces and logs"), exact Reviewer checklists, concrete failure behaviors with literal messages ('Cannot reproduce — needs more info'), a filled Output Format block, and three worked example transcripts covering the standard, refusal, and intermittent cases. It is not a 4 because no key detail is left to inference.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The 7 steps are clearly sequenced with explicit validation checkpoints (a Reviewer gates every step), explicit feedback loops (Step 4b CONFIRMED/FALSIFIED ALL/PARTIALLY CONFIRMED branch logic, Step 5 rejection loop, Step 6 fail-without/pass-with test verification), and an Error Handling table covering each failure mode. This matches the top anchor: clear sequence, explicit validation, error-recovery loops, and a checklist table.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Structure exists — clear section headers, a Resources section listing the references, and the five references/*.md files (DOCTRINE.md, memory-system.md, output-style.md, reviewer-prompt.md, worker-prompt.md) are real and one level deep — but several in-body links point outside the bundle and do not resolve ([DOCTRINE.md](../hyperflow/DOCTRINE.md) when the file lives at references/DOCTRINE.md, ../../agents/searcher.md, ../../agents/debugger.md, and skills/hyperflow/failure-recovery.md), and long example transcripts plus DOCTRINE rule restatements are inlined in SKILL.md rather than split out. It is not a 4 because the broken/external reference paths are more than a minor organization gap; it is above 2 because references are present and mostly clearly signaled.

3 / 5

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Description

90%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description with explicit what/when structure and excellent natural-language trigger coverage. The only weakness is that the capability statement stays at the level of one core action (root-cause analysis) rather than enumerating the concrete steps the skill actually performs.

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Specificity

The description names the domain ("bugs, test failures, runtime errors, broken builds") and 1-2 concrete actions — "Systematic root-cause analysis before any patch" and "ends with a final-integration review of the fix" — but does not enumerate the fuller action set (reproduce, hypothesize, verify, regression-test), matching the 'names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive' anchor. It is not a 4 because no additional specific actions are listed, only the same root-cause idea restated as a refusal ('never blind-patches symptoms').

3 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers both: what ("Systematic root-cause analysis before any patch") and when ("Use when encountering bugs, test failures, runtime errors..." with concrete trigger phrases in the 'Trigger with' line). This mirrors the anchor-5 example structure of a clear capability statement followed by an explicit 'Use when' clause.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural trigger coverage including synonyms and phrasings users actually say: "bugs", "test failures", "this doesn't work", plus explicit quoted triggers "debug this", "find the root cause", "why is this failing", "this test is broken". This matches the top anchor's comprehensive-synonyms standard; nothing common is missing.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

It occupies a clear niche (root-cause debugging that refuses symptom patches) with distinct triggers and an explicit scoping note ("Standalone", off the auto-chain), so conflict risk with adjacent fix/ship/review skills is minimal. It is not a 4 because no plausible overlap case is left ambiguous.

5 / 5

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Validation

81%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 13 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

CriteriaDescriptionResult

allowed_tools_field

'allowed-tools' contains unusual tool name(s)

Warning

frontmatter_unknown_keys

Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata

Warning

relative_links

Relative link issues: 4 suspicious

Warning

Total

13

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16

Passed

Repository
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