Conciseness

The body is ~30 lean lines with zero padding: no explanation of what git is, no commit-message theory, and every line is a constraint or command ("<= 72 chars, no trailing period", "git commit -m \"<subject>\""). This matches anchor 5 ("Lean and efficient; assumes Claude's competence; every token earns its place") — nothing could be cut without losing guidance.

Actionability

Guidance is concrete and near-executable: the exact format `<type>(<scope>): <summary>` with required/optional fields, permitted types, and copy-runnable commands (`git status`, `git diff`, `git log -n 50 --pretty=format:%s`, `git commit -m "<subject>"`). It stops short of anchor 5 ("specific examples cover the common cases") because no example subject or full example commit is shown, leaving a minor gap.

Workflow Clarity

The six steps form a clear, ordered sequence with a genuine checkpoint (step 4: "ask the user for clarification before committing" on ambiguous files) and pre-flight review (steps 2–3). It fits anchor 4 ("Clear sequence with most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps") — the missing piece is any post-commit verification that the commit succeeded as intended, which keeps it below anchor 5.

Progressive Disclosure

This is a sub-50-line single-purpose skill with no external references needed, and it uses clear sections (## Format, ## Notes, ## Steps) with a one-line purpose statement up top. Per the rubric's simple-skill rule, well-organized sections alone justify anchor 5 ("Clear overview with... easy navigation").

Specificity

The description names the domain ("making git commits") but performs no capability listing — it only says "Read this skill before", which is an access instruction, not an action. This matches anchor 2 ("Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic", e.g. "Processes PDF files"); it is above anchor 1 because the domain is concrete, and below anchor 3 because no concrete actions (e.g., writing Conventional Commits subjects, staging files) are stated.

Completeness

Only the "when" is present ("before making git commits") with no "what" — the description never says what the skill does. This is exactly anchor 2's pattern ("only 'when' is present without 'what'", e.g. "Use when working with documents"); it cannot reach anchor 3 because there is no clear 'what' at all.

Trigger Term Quality

"making git commits" is a genuinely natural phrase users would say, so this is above anchor 2's generic keywords ("Works with files"). It stays at anchor 3, however, because common variations and synonyms are missing: "commit message", "commit these changes", "stage", "check in", "checkin".

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"git commits" carves out a real niche, but the bare description gives nothing to distinguish this commit skill from closely related ones (commit-message generation, pre-commit hooks, PR-creation skills), so overlap risk remains. It is above anchor 2 ("Helps with document files" — broad overlap with many skills) but below anchor 4, which requires mostly-distinct triggers, because no scope detail is given.