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 well-structured, efficient skill body: clear sequenced workflow with explicit verification and done criteria, and exemplary progressive disclosure through a routing table to real one-level-deep reference files. Weakest points are minor — a redundant intro sentence and method-level specifics deferred entirely to references.
Suggestions
Trim or merge the introductory sentence that restates the workflow ('analyze the repository, choose the spec boundaries, write the docs, and verify the result') since the Workflow section immediately below lists the same steps.
Inline one concrete verification command (e.g., the placeholder grep `grep -R "To be filled\|TODO: fill\|placeholder" .trellis/spec` from spec-writing.md) into step 5 or Done Criteria so the final check is immediately executable from the body.
Add a brief explicit recovery loop after step 5 (e.g., 'if placeholders or inconsistencies remain, fix the offending spec files and re-verify') to close the last workflow gap.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | A lean 41-line body with terse, non-padded sections ('Treat templates as starting points, not contracts'), but the intro paragraph ('analyze the repository, choose the spec boundaries, write the docs, and verify the result') restates the Workflow section below it. Not 5: that duplication is a token cost; not 3: everything else earns its place. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete guidance for an instruction-only skill: named tools ('GitNexus, ABCoder, language tooling'), the exact tree ('.trellis/spec/'), a routing table, and a grep-style done state — though the executable specifics (e.g., the placeholder grep in spec-writing.md) live in references rather than the body. Not 5: steps like 'Analyze the repository architecture with the best available tools' leave method choice implicit. Not 3: the guidance is specific and executable via its references, not pseudocode-level. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Clear 5-step sequence with an explicit validation step ('Verify that the final specs are internally consistent and contain no template placeholders') and a Done Criteria checklist; the reference files add a final-pass verification loop. Not 4: all checkpoints are present, not just 'most' — validation, consistency check, and completion criteria are all explicit. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Body is a concise overview with a clear routing table; all 4 referenced files exist, are one level deep (no nested references), and are appropriately sized (59–90 lines) with no content inlined that belongs in references. Matches the well-signaled one-level-deep anchor exactly. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |