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Use this plugin when the user wants a maximum-effort reasoning workflow for a complex, high-stakes, or ambiguous task.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

73%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.

The content is a well-structured, highly actionable reasoning protocol with strong sequencing, validation checkpoints, and adversarial review; its main weakness is mild verbosity from restated contrasts rather than leaner directive prose.

Suggestions

Trim the 'This is NOT /reason' callout and the 'What This Workflow Does NOT Do' section into a single concise line, since the contrast is already implied by the goal statement.

Replace the abstract 'Council of Experts' framing in Phase 5 with concrete checks (e.g., 'List edge cases; verify business objectives are met; identify maintenance friction') to tighten actionability.

Consider moving the long phase-by-phase detail into a referenced file (e.g., PHASES.md) and keeping SKILL.md as a tiered overview to improve progressive disclosure.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly directive but includes padded sections such as the extended 'This is NOT /reason' callout and the redundant 'What This Workflow Does NOT Do' block that restate known contrasts, fitting 'Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened'.

3 / 5

Actionability

Gives concrete executable guidance per phase — named tools (sequential-thinking MCP, Context7), specific files to read (MEMORY.md, gotchas.md), explicit questions, and a 5-step Pre-Action Verification Protocol — with only minor abstraction in the 'Council of Experts' framing.

4 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clearly sequenced 8-phase workflow with explicit validation checkpoints (Phase 6 checklist per step, Phase 7 verify-after-each-step and self-correct loop, 80% confidence STOP), feedback loops, and an adversarial Phase 8 review, matching 'Clear sequence with explicit validation steps; feedback loops for error recovery; checklists'.

5 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Well-organized with clear phase headers and inline content appropriate for a checklist-style protocol; however no well-signaled one-level-deep references are used (the only reference file is an unrelated attribution note), so it sits at 'Good structure; most content is appropriately placed; minor organization gaps'.

4 / 5

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Description

53%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.

The description clearly answers both what and when with an explicit trigger clause, but it stays abstract about concrete actions and uses broad trigger terms that risk overlap with general reasoning skills.

Suggestions

Add 1-2 concrete actions the workflow performs (e.g., 'decomposes problems, runs gap analysis, and adversarially reviews outputs') to lift specificity above a 2.

Broaden trigger-term coverage with natural synonyms users actually say (e.g., 'difficult decision', 'irreversible change', 'architecture choice') rather than only 'complex, high-stakes, ambiguous'.

Sharpen distinctiveness by contrasting with lightweight reasoning up front (e.g., 'Use when thoroughness matters more than speed; not for quick lookups') to reduce overlap with general analysis skills.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names the domain ('maximum-effort reasoning workflow') but provides no concrete actions, only an abstract process label, matching the anchor 'Names the domain but actions are minimal or generic'.

2 / 5

Completeness

States both what ('maximum-effort reasoning workflow') and an explicit when ('Use this plugin when the user wants... for a complex, high-stakes, or ambiguous task'), but the 'what' is somewhat abstract rather than fully concrete.

4 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

'complex, high-stakes, or ambiguous task' offers some relevant natural keywords but lacks synonyms or common variations users would say, fitting 'Some relevant keywords but missing common variations or synonyms'.

3 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The 'maximum-effort' framing is somewhat distinctive, but 'complex, high-stakes, or ambiguous task' is broad and could overlap with general analysis or reasoning skills, fitting 'Somewhat specific but could still overlap with similar skills'.

3 / 5

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Validation

100%

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

Validation16 / 16 Passed

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