Conciseness

The body is dense, non-obvious expert guidance with almost no explanation of concepts Claude already knows, but there is trimmable fat: the "Receipts" section duplicates six quotes that live in references/quotes.md, and inline name citations ("(Fain)", "(Pfeffer, Terry)") appear on nearly every line. Not 3: the verbosity is minor padding around genuinely useful content; not 5: the receipts duplication and citation density are tokens that could be cut or moved to the reference file.

Actionability

The skill gives copy-paste-ready material throughout: exact scripts ("Tell me what the board is pushing you on", "how strongly do you feel about this?"), a fill-in deliverable template with every cell specified, a 7-criterion grading rubric with point anchors, and named first moves. Not 4: guidance is executable end-to-end, covering the common cases (pitch, disagreement, overload, new-role trust).

Workflow Clarity

The sequence is explicit (Diagnose with max-4 questions → Pick the play via routing table → Run plays → Deliverable), with validation-style checkpoints ("Done when every critical-path person has a stance, a failure fear, an evidence type and a named first move"), stop conditions ("Climb one rung at a time; stop when it resolves"), and error-recovery loops ("If the objection is fatal, rethink the pitch"). Not 4: exit criteria, error handling, and a completion checklist are all explicitly present.

Progressive Disclosure

The body is a well-organized overview-plus-operating-instructions, with both bundle files (references/frameworks.md, references/quotes.md) verified to exist, clearly signaled one level deep in the "Go deeper" section with descriptions of what each contains. Not 4: navigation is easy, the split is appropriate (compressed plays inline, deep material in references), and there is no nesting or burying.

Specificity

"Builds a stakeholder map and an influence plan for getting buy-in from executives, founders, peers, engineering, sales or legal, then scripts the pitch, the pushback and the follow-up" names multiple specific concrete actions with named deliverables (map, plan, scripts), covering the full workflow. Not 4: coverage within the domain is comprehensive rather than having minor gaps.

Completeness

It explicitly answers both what ("Builds a stakeholder map and an influence plan... scripts the pitch, the pushback and the follow-up") and when ("Use it for stakeholder management, managing up, getting buy-in...") with concrete trigger phrases. Not 4: the 'when' is fully explicit with multiple specific triggers, not vague.

Trigger Term Quality

"stakeholder management, managing up, getting buy-in, handling a founder's pet idea, disagreeing with the CEO, saying no to a flood of requests, or building trust as a new PM" provides comprehensive natural trigger phrases including synonyms (buy-in / stakeholder management / managing up). Not 4: the trigger list spans the skill's whole surface with natural phrasing a user would actually say.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"scripts the pitch" and "building trust as a new PM" overlap slightly with adjacent comms, feedback, and onboarding-type skills, so it is mostly distinct with minor overlap risk. Not 5: unlike a niche with file-type triggers, workplace-influence territory is shared with closely related management skills; not 3: distinctive triggers like "handling a founder's pet idea" and "disagreeing with the CEO" are clearly specific.