Conciseness

The body assumes Terraform competence (no concept explanations) and stays tight, with useful per-gate annotations. It is not 5 because the inline "tfsec version note" is time-sensitive version information placed outside any old-patterns/deprecated section, which the guidelines penalize; it is not 3 because the rest is genuinely lean with only this minor trimmable instance.

Actionability

All four gates have copy-paste commands ("terraform fmt -check -recursive", "tflint --recursive", tfsec/checkov/trivy variants) plus an executable pre-merge plan snippet. It is not 5 because Section 6 instructs "List exact fixes with the corrected HCL snippet" without showing a single example fix, and sections 2–5 are question-form checklists rather than fully executable guidance.

Workflow Clarity

The pipeline is an explicitly ordered gate sequence with a per-gate pass/fail-and-why instruction, and the pre-merge block includes an approval checkpoint ("Any replacement of stateful resources ... requires explicit approval"). It is not 5 because there is no fix-then-revalidate feedback loop after the recommended actions — Section 6 lists fixes but never says to re-run the gates.

Progressive Disclosure

The skill is a single well-organized file with clear numbered sections, and no bundle files exist to reference; the cross-skill pointer to /platform-skills:checkov is clearly signaled and one level deep. It is not 5 because at ~85 lines it exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill exception, and the tfsec version-flag detail would sit more appropriately in a small reference or deprecated-flags note.

Specificity

The description lists multiple concrete capabilities — "fmt, validate, tflint, security scan" for the pipeline and "blast radius, IAM risk, and state impact" for the review — in third-person voice, comprehensively covering the skill's actions. It is not 4 because the coverage has no notable gaps; seven named specifics match the comprehensive anchor.

Completeness

The "what" is clearly and concretely answered (validation pipeline plus three named review dimensions), but there is no "Use when..." clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance — the "when" is only weakly implied by "reviews a module or plan". Per the judging guidelines, a missing 'Use when' clause caps completeness at 3.

Trigger Term Quality

"Terraform", "tflint", "validate", "IAM", "plan", and "state" are terms users naturally say, giving good keyword coverage. It is not 5 because common synonyms and variations such as "HCL", "IaC"/"infrastructure as code", and ".tf" files are missing.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

"Terraform" plus named tools (fmt, tflint) carves out a clear niche with minimal conflict risk against other skills. It is not 4 because the description is not merely "mostly distinct" — it is firmly anchored to Terraform-specific tooling and review dimensions.