Content
81%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 a tight, executable overview: a gated workflow with real validation feedback loops, concrete inspection commands, and well-signaled progressive disclosure into references/. The main weaknesses are duplicated validation-command and reference listings, placeholder-substitution gaps in commands, and several referenced Infrastructure paths that are unresolvable from the bundle alone.
Suggestions
State the validation command once (e.g., in the Validation section) and reference it from the workflow and output examples, and merge the 'Read when' bullets with the References list to remove the duplicated reference listings.
Resolve or inline the 'Infrastructure/references/...' and 'Infrastructure/scripts/...' paths — they are absent from the bundle, so the primary validation command and three guidance pointers are unresolvable from SKILL.md alone; bundle them under references/ or remove them.
Replace the '<plugin>' placeholder with one concrete example invocation (or define the substitution once at first use) so the inspection commands are copy-paste ready.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and directive with no padding or explanations of concepts Claude already knows, but the validation command ('bash Infrastructure/scripts/validation-and-linting/validate_skill_authoring_family.sh') appears three times — in the output example, the workflow commands, and the Validation section — and the 'Read when' bullets duplicate the References list. This matches 'minor instances of over-explanation that could be trimmed' rather than 'every token earns its place'. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides concrete, runnable inspection commands (the jq manifest projection and find for bundled surfaces), an exact output schema, and before/after JSON fix examples. Falls short of fully copy-paste-ready because commands use unsubstituted '<plugin>' placeholders and the validation script path does not resolve within the skill bundle. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 5-step sequence runs the validation gate before any file changes ('Run the focused validation checkpoint before changing files'), patches the smallest surface, then reruns the gate and returns exact pass/fail/blocked evidence, reinforced by 'Fail fast: stop at first failed gate and report blocker text'. This is a complete validate -> fix -> revalidate feedback loop. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | SKILL.md is a compact overview with well-signaled one-level-deep pointers ('Read when: ... references/workflow.md', verified present in the bundle), keeping the main file tight. However, four referenced paths under 'Infrastructure/references/' do not exist in the bundle, and the References section lists files never introduced in the body — minor organization gaps that keep it below the clean navigation of a 5. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |