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goal-loop

Explain and write effective instructions for the `/goal` feature — the persistent self-checking agent loop (plan → act → test → review → iterate), available in agents like Codex, Claude Code, and Hermes Agent. Use when the user mentions `/goal`, "goal loop", "Ralph loop", wants to kick off a long-running autonomous agent run, asks how to write a goal prompt, or wants a one-paragraph goal instruction drafted.

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Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

Highly actionable and clearly sequenced content with strong validation and error-recovery guidance. Its weaknesses are minor redundancy and a monolithic single-file structure that, at this length, would benefit from splitting reference material into linked files.

Suggestions

Remove the redundancy between the closing 'Mental model' section and the 'What `/goal` is' section — both state the 'contract enforcer with a verification loop' framing and the /plan distinction, so collapse them into one.

Move the inline reference material (troubleshooting table, control-command table, and the example goal blocks) into a reference file such as GOAL_EXAMPLES.md and link to it from SKILL.md, giving the 155-line skill proper progressive disclosure.

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Conciseness

The body is dense and assumes Claude's competence (no basic-concept padding), but it restates the 'contract enforcer with a verification loop' framing in both 'What `/goal` is' and the closing 'Mental model', and repeats the /plan distinction, so it could be tightened.

2 / 3

Actionability

Provides a copy-paste-ready contract template, exact validation commands (`pytest -q`), concrete slash commands (`/goal pause`, `/goal resume`), and two fully worked example blocks plus command and troubleshooting tables.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

Launch is a clear numbered sequence; the contract mandates a validation command after each change and a verifiable stop condition, and the 'When a goal drifts' section gives an explicit error-recovery decision flow.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle/reference files exist and the 155-line body keeps everything inline (troubleshooting table, control-command reference, and multiple examples) with no one-level-deep reference links, though it is well-organized into clear sections.

2 / 3

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Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, well-targeted description that states concrete capabilities and provides an explicit, multi-variant 'Use when' trigger clause with minimal fluff. It cleanly answers what the skill does and when to invoke it.

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Specificity

Explicitly states concrete actions and deliverables — 'Explain and write effective instructions for the `/goal` feature' and 'draft a one-paragraph goal instruction' — plus the plan→act→test→review→iterate mechanism, rather than vague language.

3 / 3

Completeness

Answers both 'what' (explain/write instructions for the persistent self-checking agent loop) and 'when' via an explicit 'Use when the user mentions...' clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Covers natural user phrasing including '/goal', 'goal loop', the internal nickname 'Ralph loop', 'write a goal prompt', and 'kick off a long-running autonomous agent run'.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Triggers are tied to the specific `/goal`/Ralph-loop niche, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.

3 / 3

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Validation

100%

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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