Content
63%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 actionable and presents a coherent connection-to-execution workflow with state-based checkpoints, but it carries introductory over-explanation and ships no progressive-disclosure references despite exceeding the 50-line simple-skill threshold. A broken 'Step 2' cross-reference slightly undermines the otherwise clear sequence.
Suggestions
Trim the introductory paragraph explaining what Finix is and the 'auth plumbing' commentary; Claude can infer product context and the Membrane auth behavior is already shown by the commands.
Fix the dangling 'skip to Step 2' references — either define an explicit numbered Step 2 (e.g. '## 2. Search and run actions') or reword to point at the relevant section by name.
Move the proxy flag reference table and the detailed clientAction state handling into reference files (e.g. references/proxy.md, references/connection-states.md) and link to them from the body to enable one-level-deep progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient with concrete commands, but includes unnecessary explanation such as the three-sentence 'Finix is a payment processing platform for SaaS businesses...' introduction and the 'so you can focus on the integration logic rather than auth plumbing' commentary, plus filler like 'Use action names and parameters as needed.' This matches 'Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened'; it is above score 2 because the bulk is actionable rather than padded. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete, executable commands dominate (e.g. `npm install -g @membranehq/cli@latest`, `membrane connection ensure "https://finixpayments.com/" --json`, `membrane action run <actionId> --connectionId=CONNECTION_ID --json`), matching 'Mostly executable guidance; concrete code or commands with minor gaps'. It is below score 5 because several commands retain placeholders (CONNECTION_ID, actionId, QUERY, agentType) that the user must fill before they are copy-paste ready. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear install -> authenticate -> connect -> poll-until-ready -> search -> run sequence exists with state-based checkpoints (READY/BUILDING/CLIENT_ACTION_REQUIRED/CONFIGURATION_ERROR) and a feedback loop ('poll again... to check if the state moved to READY'). It is below score 5 because the body references 'skip to Step 2' twice but no Step 2 section is defined, leaving the sequencing incomplete. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The ~140-line body is well-sectioned with headers but contains everything inline and ships no reference files (references/scripts/assets are absent), so the proxy flag table and detailed clientAction state handling that could live in separate files are inlined. This matches 'Some structure but could be better organized... content that should be separate is inline'; the simple-skill exception does not apply because the body exceeds the 50-line threshold. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 14 / 20 Passed |