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ark-documentation

Guidance for structuring Ark documentation using the Diataxis framework. Use this skill when creating new docs, deciding where content belongs, reviewing documentation PRs, or restructuring existing documentation.

83

1.17x
Quality

76%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

93%

1.17x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./.claude/skills/documentation/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Discovery

75%

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

The description is well-structured with clear 'what' and 'when' clauses, and occupies a distinct niche that minimizes conflict risk. However, it could be more specific about the concrete actions it enables (e.g., classifying content into Diataxis categories, providing templates) and could include more natural trigger terms users might use when seeking documentation guidance.

Suggestions

Add more specific concrete actions, e.g., 'Classifies content into tutorials, how-to guides, reference, and explanation categories' to better convey what the skill actually does.

Include additional natural trigger terms users might say, such as 'tutorial vs how-to', 'reference docs', 'doc organization', or 'where should this content go'.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain (Ark documentation, Diataxis framework) and some actions (creating docs, deciding content placement, reviewing PRs, restructuring), but the actions are somewhat general and lack concrete specifics about what the skill actually does (e.g., does it classify content into tutorials/how-tos/reference/explanation?).

2 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (guidance for structuring Ark documentation using Diataxis framework) and 'when' (creating new docs, deciding where content belongs, reviewing documentation PRs, restructuring existing documentation) with explicit trigger scenarios.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Includes relevant terms like 'docs', 'documentation', 'PRs', 'Diataxis', and 'restructuring', but misses natural variations users might say such as 'where should this doc go', 'tutorial vs how-to', 'reference docs', 'explanation pages', or 'doc structure'.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive due to the specific combination of 'Ark documentation' and 'Diataxis framework' — this is unlikely to conflict with other skills given the narrow, well-defined niche.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Implementation

77%

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

This is a solid documentation structuring skill with excellent actionability—the decision tree, persona mappings, and 'content belongs here if' criteria make it immediately useful. The writing guidelines section is comprehensive and specific. The main weakness is that it's somewhat long for a SKILL.md, with the detailed writing style guide and full Diataxis quadrant descriptions adding bulk that could be split into referenced files.

Suggestions

Extract the detailed writing guidelines (lexicon, capitalization, bullets, headings, links, avoid) into a separate WRITING_STYLE.md and link to it from the main skill.

Trim the Diataxis quadrant descriptions to focus on Ark-specific adaptations rather than restating general Diataxis principles Claude already knows.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The skill is mostly efficient and well-structured with tables and decision trees, but includes some content Claude would already know (e.g., general Diataxis quadrant descriptions like what tutorials vs how-to guides are). The 'When to use this skill' section duplicates the frontmatter description. Some sections like writing style per quadrant could be tighter.

2 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides highly concrete, actionable guidance: a clear decision tree for content placement, specific 'content belongs here if' criteria for each quadrant, persona-to-section mappings, explicit writing rules (use 'ARK' not 'Ark', no gerunds in headings, use imperatives), and a 'what not to mix' table. This is copy-paste-ready decision-making guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The decision guide provides a clear flowchart for the primary workflow (deciding where content belongs). For a documentation structuring skill, this is the key multi-step process, and it's unambiguous. The quadrant descriptions with 'content belongs here if' criteria serve as validation checkpoints. This is not a destructive/batch operation, so no feedback loops are needed.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The content is well-organized with clear sections and headers, but it's a fairly long monolithic document (~180 lines of content). The detailed writing guidelines (lexicon, capitalization, bullets, links, etc.) could be split into a separate WRITING_STYLE.md reference, and the four quadrant descriptions could potentially be condensed or linked out. References at the bottom are good but the skill doesn't leverage external files for depth.

2 / 3

Total

10

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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

Validation11 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
mckinsey/agents-at-scale-ark
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