Content
76%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-structured skill body with concrete tool calls and recipes, held back by repeated guidance and missing validation feedback loops in its batch workflows. Progressive disclosure is good but the tool reference could live in its own file.
Suggestions
Consolidate the Trimmomatic 'discarded reads' guidance into a single authoritative block (keep the counter table once) to remove the triple repetition and tighten token use.
Add explicit validation checkpoints to the FASTQ/alignment workflow (e.g., verify sample count matches input pairs before summing, sanity-check that total discarded ≤ total input) so the batch operation qualifies for a higher workflow_clarity score.
Move the per-tool parameter reference (Phases 1-6 + quick-reference table) into a references/TOOLS.md file and keep SKILL.md as an overview pointing to it, improving progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and mostly earns its tokens — tool params, return shapes, gotchas, and recipes rather than explanations of concepts Claude already knows — but the Trimmomatic 'discarded reads' rule is restated three times (top-of-mind rule, the FASTQ counter table, and the trailing 'DO NOT report just D' line) and wobble rules appear both inline and via the script, so it is not fully lean. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Fully executable: exact tool names with required params, return-value shapes, numbered recipes with example calls, and complete CLI invocations for every bundled script — copy-paste ready and covering the common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The Phase 1→6 sequence and RULE ZERO pre-check give a clear overall order, but the batch/sample-level operations (Trimmomatic counting, alignment/coverage) lack explicit validate→fix→retry checkpoints; per the batch-operation cap, a destructive/batch workflow without validation cannot exceed 3 even though steps are listed. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Bundled scripts are clearly signaled with full one-level-deep paths and usage, and sections are well-headed; however the large per-tool parameter reference (Phases 1-6) and the tool-quick-reference table are inlined rather than split into a separate reference file (no references/ directory exists), a minor organization gap. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |