Conciseness

The body assumes Claude's competence (e.g., "Resolve it ONCE per invocation with Bash `printf '%s\n' "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR-$HOME/.claude}"`" and the byte-bounded "read only the first 256 KB of each record") with no known-concept padding, but the /inquire-vs-/apportion distinction is written out at full length three times (Data Sources rows, the Phase 5 feedback example, and Quiz Design), and Rules 2/9/10 restate phase text. Anchor 3 ("mostly efficient … could be tightened"), not 2, since most tokens carry unique operational instruction rather than explanation.

Actionability

Guidance is concrete and executable for an instruction-only skill: exact gate option text, explicit branch handling ("If no signals detected … recommend `/elicit`"), pool-exhaustion transitions, and precise record-selection rules ("Glob `{config_dir}/projects/*/*.jsonl` … Exclude partitions whose name contains `-worktrees-`"). Anchor 4 rather than 5 because sample renderings — e.g., what an evidence card or a one-sentence recommendation actually looks like — are described by rules but never shown.

Workflow Clarity

Phases 0–6 are clearly sequenced with per-path preconditions ("Quick path only", "Targeted path only"), an explicit skip rule ("targeted + standard → skip Phases 1-2, jump to Phase 3"), named state variables, a gate-call budget table, and fallbacks at every failure point (no records, unparseable lines, pool exhaustion). Anchor 4 rather than 5 because the section numbering collides — "Phase 2a: Pick", "Phase 2b: Evidence", and "Phase 2: Map" are three separate headers sharing the number 2 — which mildly obscures navigation.

Progressive Disclosure

Both referenced bundle files (`references/scenarios.md`, `references/advanced-usage.md`) exist and are cited at their point of use, one level deep and clearly signaled ("Use the **Trial prompt** field from `references/scenarios.md`"). Anchor 4 rather than 5 because the 13-protocol Data Sources catalog — including single table rows exceeding 100 words (e.g., the Merismos `/apportion` row) — is inlined in SKILL.md where it is natural reference material that belongs in a separate file.

Specificity

"Quick protocol recommendation from recent sessions" and "quest-based learning through scenario, trial, and quiz" name the domain and two concrete actions, but coverage stops there — what the recommendation is based on or produces is not stated. This matches anchor 3 ("names domain and 1-2 concrete actions, but not comprehensive"), not 4, which requires several specific actions with only minor gaps.

Completeness

A "what" is present (recommendation plus guided learning via scenario/trial/quiz) but no "when" — there is no "Use when…" clause or equivalent trigger guidance, which per the judging guidelines caps completeness at 3. It is not 4 because the "when" is not merely implicit-weak but entirely absent.

Trigger Term Quality

"protocol recommendation", "learning", "scenario, trial, and quiz" are reasonably natural, but the common user phrasings for this skill — "onboarding", "getting started", "which protocol should I use" — are absent, and "quest-based learning" is jargon users would not say. Anchor 3 ("some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms"), not 2, since multiple relevant keywords are present rather than one or two generic ones.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Quick protocol recommendation from recent sessions" carves a niche (onboarding to a protocol suite) but "quest-based learning through scenario, trial, and quiz" could plausibly overlap with any tutorial or learning skill, and no concrete trigger phrases disambiguate it. Anchor 3 ("somewhat specific but could still overlap with similar skills"), not 4, because the overlap risk extends beyond closely related skills.