Content
51%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.
The body is well-sequenced with strong workflow clarity and verification checkpoints, but it is padded with explanations of concepts Claude already knows and, most seriously, relies on a modules/ directory of referenced files that are not present in the bundle.
Suggestions
Ship the referenced modules/*.md files (or remove the links and inline only the essential detail) so navigation resolves to real files.
Cut definitions of concepts Claude already knows — fallacy names, cognitive-bias catalogs, 'First Principles popularized by Elon Musk', OODA/Six Hats histories — keeping only the framework steps and output formats.
Move at least one compact worked example (e.g. the technology-selection case in philosopher-examples.md) inline into the relevant framework section so the skill is actionable without opening a reference.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The ~275-line body re-explains concepts Claude already knows — fallacy definitions ('Appeal to authority', 'False dichotomy', 'Straw man'), cognitive-bias catalogs, and reference files explaining 'First Principles… popularized by Elon Musk' and the OODA loop — adding noticeable padding beyond the methodology itself. | 2 / 5 |
Actionability | It is an instruction-only skill (no code, which is acceptable), and each framework gives concrete step lists, but much guidance is descriptive ('Rate each cluster against success criteria (1-10)') rather than copy-paste-ready templates; worked examples are deferred to a reference file rather than shown inline. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Each framework is explicitly sequenced (7-step, 5-phase, 6-layer), the combined workflow orders them, a decision-complexity guide routes by task size, and a Verification checklist ('Diverge phase produced at least 3 distinct alternatives', etc.) provides explicit checkpoints. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body links to seven modules/*.md files (critical-evaluation, diverge-converge, deep-questioning, first-principles, assumption-matrix, trade-off-analysis, cognitive-bias) that do not exist in the bundle — only the three references/*.md files are present — so the primary navigation points to dead paths. | 2 / 5 |
Total | 12 / 20 Passed |