Content
82%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 concise, highly actionable commit-message guide with strong examples and good sectioning. The main gap is the absence of an explicit verification checklist for the stated format rules.
Suggestions
Add a short pre-commit verification checklist (subject ≤70 chars, imperative mood, scope matches codebase section, body wrapped at 72) to lift workflow_clarity.
De-duplicate the body guidelines — the 'junior Ruby developer' framing and the impact rationale each appear twice — to tighten conciseness.
Consider moving the three full examples into a separate references file to keep SKILL.md as a leaner overview if the skill grows further.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Lean with no explaining of concepts Claude already knows, using tight tables and rules; minor redundancy in the body guidelines where 'junior Ruby developer' is repeated and the impact rationale is stated twice, fitting the 'efficient; minor instances of over-explanation' anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Three complete copy-paste-ready example commit messages, a full type table, concrete subject rules (70 chars, imperative mood), and explicit footer syntax covering the common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | As a single-purpose format skill the task is unambiguous, but there is no explicit verification checklist (e.g. confirm subject ≤70 chars, imperative mood) and the guidance is format-driven rather than a sequenced workflow with checkpoints, so it sits below 5. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized into clear sections (Format, Types, Subject Rules, Body, Footer, Examples, Common Mistakes) with no nested references and no external bundle files needed; at ~90 lines it is slightly long for a pure overview, keeping it below 5. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |