Content
85%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 highly actionable, well-sequenced upgrade procedure with strong validation feedback loops and copy-paste-ready code, but it is a long monolithic single file with no bundle references, keeping version-specific reference material inline rather than progressively disclosed.
Suggestions
Move the per-version breaking-change lists (Step 6) and the Laravel 13 server-requirement / dependency-change tables into a references/ file (e.g. references/breaking-changes.md) and signal them one level deep from SKILL.md to improve progressive disclosure and keep the main file lean.
De-duplicate the `composer require rector/rector --dev` / `driftingly/rector-laravel --dev` install block, which appears verbatim in both Step 3 and Step 5 — reference it once and reuse.
Relocate time-sensitive version/date facts (e.g. 'Laravel 13 (March 2026)', the PHP-version matrix) into a clearly labeled version-reference section or file so they are easier to maintain and do not penalize the procedural body's conciseness.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and mostly earns its tokens with executable commands and config, but it carries mild redundancy (the `composer require rector/rector --dev` block appears in both Step 3 and Step 5) and inline reference material (PHP-version and server-requirement tables, per-version breaking-change lists) that pads length without being core procedure. Efficient with minor trims possible — not a 5, clearly above a 3. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides copy-paste-ready bash commands (`composer require`, `vendor/bin/rector process --dry-run`, `php artisan config:clear`), complete executable `rector.php` configs for single-version, cumulative, multi-pass, combined PHP+Laravel, and package cases, plus a concrete errors-and-fixes table covering the common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Seven clearly sequenced steps (Inspect → Decide → Composer Plan → Configure → Safe Execution → Breaking Changes → Deliverables) with explicit validation checkpoints — dry-run preview, 'review the diff, adjust rector.php if needed, repeat dry-run', then sanity checks, static analysis, and tests before commit — satisfying the feedback-loop requirement for batch/destructive operations. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist (references/scripts/assets absent), and the entire ~374-line skill lives inline in SKILL.md with good section headers but content that would naturally split into separate references — the per-version breaking-change lists, server-requirement tables, and dependency-change tables — kept inline rather than signaled as one-level-deep files. Some structure, but content that should be separate is inline. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |