Content
47%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The skill has excellent workflow clarity with well-defined steps, validation checkpoints, and error recovery loops, but is severely undermined by extreme verbosity — key instructions are repeated 2-3 times, and extensive background/troubleshooting sections explain things Claude already knows. Actionability is moderate due to deliberate vagueness around MCP tool names. The content would benefit greatly from being split into a concise main skill and separate reference files.
Suggestions
Cut the content by at least 50%: remove the Background section (or move to a reference file), eliminate the 'Common Mistakes' section which restates workflow steps, and consolidate the repeated prototype screen instructions into a single authoritative description.
Name the specific Miro MCP tools (e.g., exact tool names like `miro_get_board_overview`, `miro_get_item`) instead of saying 'the appropriate Miro MCP item-retrieval tool' — this would make the skill copy-paste actionable.
Move 'Background', 'Best Practices', 'Troubleshooting', and 'Content Types' into a separate reference file (e.g., `references/miro-spec-guide.md`) and link from the main skill to improve progressive disclosure.
Remove obvious troubleshooting entries (e.g., 'Verify the board URL is correct', 'Look for error messages') that Claude can infer without instruction.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is extremely verbose at ~350+ lines. It repeats the same instructions multiple times (e.g., prototype screen 3-task workflow is explained at least 3 times, common mistakes section re-states what was already covered). The 'Background' section explains concepts Claude can infer (what Miro is, what URLs are, basic use cases). The 'Best Practices' and 'Troubleshooting' sections add significant padding with obvious guidance. | 1 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides a detailed workflow with specific file paths, directory structures, and JSON schemas, which is good. However, it deliberately avoids naming specific MCP tool names (using vague phrases like 'the appropriate Miro MCP item-retrieval tool'), which reduces copy-paste executability. The subagent prompt template is concrete and useful, but curl commands and code examples are minimal. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced (9 steps) with explicit validation checkpoints in Step 9, feedback loops for error recovery (re-extract missing items), and a verification checklist. The prototype screen subagent workflow is thoroughly specified with a 3-task breakdown. The 'Common Mistakes to Avoid' section reinforces critical checkpoints. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references 'references/spec-storage.md' and a Plugin README, but no bundle files are provided, so these references are unverifiable. The main content is monolithic — the Background section, Best Practices, Troubleshooting, and Content Types table could all be in separate reference files. The skill would benefit from splitting the ~150 lines of background/reference material into linked files. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 8 / 12 Passed |