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92%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-engineered skill body: fully executable configs and commands, a clearly sequenced seven-phase workflow with genuine validation checkpoints and error recovery, and accurate one-level-deep progressive disclosure into seven verified reference files. The only slack is mild redundancy between phases and the quick-reference tables, some pre-known semver exposition, and a provenance-focused closing section.
Suggestions
Cut the 'Source Skills' section (or compress it to the frontmatter metadata it duplicates) — it is composition provenance, not execution guidance, and its ~20 lines compete with context for no operational value.
Deduplicate guidance that appears both in phases and in the Quick Reference: pick one home for dist-tag meanings and bundler alternatives, and cross-reference from the other location instead of restating.
Drop or compress the semver ladder commentary that Claude already knows (e.g. the 0.x.y / patch lines) and keep only the SDK-specific pre-release transitions and changesets mechanics.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and mostly earns its tokens: executable configs, command sequences, and decision tables with very little concept-explanation padding. Minor over-explanation and redundancy remain: the semver identifier ladder is partially pre-known to Claude, bundler guidance appears in both Phase 3 and the Quick Reference table, dist-tag meanings are repeated in Phase 7 and the Release Tag table, and the closing "Source Skills" section is provenance metadata that does not guide execution. This fits 'efficient; minor instances of over-explanation that could be trimmed' rather than the every-token-earns-its-place anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Nearly everything is copy-paste ready: complete tsconfig.build.json, tsdown.config.ts, turbo.json, package.json exports maps, changesets pre-enter/exit command sequences, and concrete verification commands ("pnpm exec publint --strict", "pnpm pack" + sandbox install with node CJS/ESM resolution checks). Specific examples cover the common cases (dual ESM+CJS, subpath plugins, isomorphic conditions), matching the fully-executable top anchor; it is not pseudocode or high-level hints. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Seven explicitly sequenced phases with real inter-phase dependencies stated ("Skip any phase and something will break later"), dedicated verification commands in Phase 6 wired into prepublishOnly, explicit error-recovery loops ("Recover from a mistaken latest: npm dist-tag add @acme/sdk@1.0.0 latest"), and a per-release Pre-Publish Checklist. This matches the top anchor: clear sequence, explicit validation steps, feedback loops for error recovery, and checklists for the complex release process. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | SKILL.md acts as the unified workflow plus daily quick-reference, with each phase ending in a "Read next: references/<file>.md — §N" pointer whose section numbers match the actual reference headers (verified against workspace-and-layout.md and verification-and-publishing.md), plus a final Reference Files table mapping each file to a use-when scenario. All seven referenced files exist, references are exactly one level deep, clearly signaled, and easy to navigate — a match for the top anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 19 / 20 Passed |