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86%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.
A high-quality instruction skill: every rule is non-obvious domain knowledge delivered as concrete commands, formats, and named examples rather than vague direction. The main weaknesses are verbose anecdotal asides in the indentation and attribution sections and the absence of an explicit validation/re-check loop for auditing workflows.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with non-obvious repo-specific rules and assumes Claude's competence (no general-concept explanations), but the mkdocs-indent defect bullet and the 'Backfilling' section carry anecdotal asides ('two plugins (dhcp_servers, website_monitor) had...') that could be trimmed — fitting 4's 'minor instances of over-explanation' rather than 5's 'every token earns its place'. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Copy-paste-ready commands and formats throughout: grep commands ('grep -rn "Based on\|Author:" server/plugins/<code_name>/*.py'), exact link templates ('https://docs.netalertx.com/plugins/<code_name>'), named sibling-plugin pairs, and concrete template-leftover markers to grep for. Not 4 — the specifics cover the common cases completely. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear implied sequence ('Verify against the actual code first' → structure → cross-linking → defect checklist) with inline checkpoints (grep for credit comments, check the other side links back, grep for template leftovers), but no explicit validate→fix→re-validate loop — 4's 'most checkpoints present; minor validation gaps' rather than 5. Not 3 since checkpoints are present, not missing. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Under 50 lines with no bundle files; sections are clearly organized and external references (docs/PLUGINS_OVERVIEW.md, docs/PLUGINS_DEV.md, the plugin-run-development skill) are cleanly signaled in a dedicated Reference section one level deep, matching the simple-skill guideline. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |