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Load before build-workflow and before scoping or planning new workflows and feature additions, including requests spanning multiple workflows. Implement one increment per user message. Finish setup and inspect a successful real execution before offering another increment. Then wait for the next user reply. Partial setup is incomplete. A first setup or test refusal pauses building. Follow the skill's full-build exceptions. Also supports workflow edits and repairs. For workflows that create or write Data Tables, load data-table-manager first. Requests only to run, inspect, or manage existing resources use their normal tools and skills.

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81%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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

A tightly written policy skill: concrete limits, named tools and state fields, explicit validation gates, and a clear end-of-increment state machine. The only notable weaknesses are repeated restatements of the pause rule and one or two sections (counting rules, exceptions) that could be split into reference files.

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Conciseness

Nearly every sentence is an operative rule, and edge-case clarifications ("Count services even when their credentials are connected", "An AI provider counts toward the same two-service total") earn their tokens. The pause/wait rule is restated several times ("A successful verification does not authorize another increment in the same turn", "The original list of requested outcomes does not replace this pause"), which could be trimmed or consolidated — minor over-explanation, matching anchor 4 rather than the fully lean anchor 5.

4 / 5

Actionability

Concrete, executable policy guidance: hard limits ("one trigger and at most two credentialed services"), concrete state fields (`partial: true`, `nodesStillNeedingSetup`), and named tools (`executions`, `data-table-manager`, `create-tasks`). Minor gaps — e.g. "Keep a short Done/Next roadmap in substantive replies" gives no template or example — keep it below fully copy-paste-ready guidance.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

The six-step build sequence has explicit validation checkpoints ("Extend only after a successful, non-simulated execution", "Confirm that every required path added or changed in this increment ran successfully", "Repair failures before extending"), an explicit error-recovery loop, and a three-state end-of-increment decision table. This matches the top anchor: clear sequence with explicit validation and feedback for error recovery.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, so all content is appropriately inline in a well-sectioned ~92-line policy document with nothing buried. Good structure, but it is not a trivial sub-50-line skill — the credential-counting rules and full-build exceptions could arguably live in a reference file — so minor organization gaps keep it at anchor 4.

4 / 5

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Description

87%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

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 dense but effective trigger description that explicitly covers what (incremental workflow building gated on verified executions), when (before scoping/planning builds), and when not to load it. The main weakness is that the core capability is conveyed through behavioral rules rather than a plain capability statement, and a few natural synonyms are absent.

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Specificity

Lists several concrete actions — "Implement one increment per user message", "Finish setup and inspect a successful real execution before offering another increment", "load data-table-manager first", "supports workflow edits and repairs" — but the core capability (building workflows) is only implied via the build-workflow reference rather than stated plainly, leaving a minor coverage gap. Not 3 because the action list goes well beyond 1-2 items; not 5 because a plain what-it-does statement is missing.

4 / 5

Completeness

Explicitly answers when ("Load before build-workflow and before scoping or planning new workflows and feature additions") and what (staged increments verified by real executions before extending), with concrete trigger phrases plus an explicit exclusion ("Requests only to run, inspect, or manage existing resources use their normal tools and skills"). Both what and when are explicit and concrete, matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Good coverage of natural phrases users would say in this domain: "scoping or planning new workflows and feature additions", "workflow edits and repairs", "Data Tables". A few natural synonyms (e.g. automation, integration) are missing, keeping it below the comprehensive level of 5 but clearly above the partial coverage of 3.

4 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Clear niche — a progressive staging policy for workflow building — with distinct triggers and explicit disambiguation: it positions itself relative to build-workflow ("Load before build-workflow") and carves out run/inspect/manage requests that should use other tools. Minimal conflict risk with adjacent skills.

5 / 5

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

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