scene-blocking-and-staging

Use for actor blocking, spatial staging, movement through frame, and dynamic scene geography in dialogue, action, or ensemble scenes.

Quality

81%

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Content

72%

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

A concise, well-organized heuristic skill that assumes Claude's competence, but it lacks concrete worked examples and an explicit application sequence, capping actionability and workflow clarity at 2.

Suggestions

Add one short worked example showing a static scene idea turned into filmable blocking/staging output, to lift actionability toward 3.

Sequence the guidance as an explicit application order (e.g., identify scene type → determine movement motivation → apply staging heuristics → describe subject/camera paths for AI video) to clarify the workflow.

Convert conceptual heuristics ("can express hierarchy or entrapment") into testable directives ("use foreground/background layering to show hierarchy") so guidance stays instructive rather than descriptive.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean bullet directives with no padding and no explanation of concepts Claude already knows (e.g., what blocking is); every line earns its place, matching the score-3 anchor.	3 / 3
Actionability	Several directives are concrete ("Describe subject path and camera path separately", "State whether the performer is advancing, circling, recoiling, kneeling...") but there is no worked example or output template, and some heuristics are conceptual ("can express hierarchy or entrapment") rather than instructive; above score 1 because concrete guidance is present, below 3 because specific examples are missing.	2 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Content is organized into clear sections (Blocking Rules, Staging Heuristics, For AI Video) but presents heuristics rather than a sequenced process; there is no explicit order of operations or checkpoints, so it sits above score 1 (organized) but below 3 (no clear sequence).	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	A simple under-50-line skill with no need for external references and well-organized sections; per the rubric's simple-skills note this scores 3 without bundle files.	3 / 3
	Total	10 / 12 Passed

Description

90%

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 concise, well-targeted description with explicit trigger guidance and good natural keyword coverage; its only weakness is naming domain topics rather than concrete actions.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain comprehensively ("actor blocking, spatial staging, movement through frame, and dynamic scene geography") but lists topic nouns rather than concrete action verbs like the score-3 anchor ("Extract text... fill forms... merge documents"); not vague, yet not a list of specific actions.	2 / 3
Completeness	Answers both what (blocking/staging/movement/scene geography) and when ("in dialogue, action, or ensemble scenes") with an explicit "Use for" trigger clause, matching the score-3 anchor's what-plus-when structure.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Natural filmmaking terms a director or writer would actually say ("actor blocking", "spatial staging", "movement through frame", "dialogue, action, or ensemble scenes") give good coverage; it is not merely technical jargon.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Occupies a clear niche (directing/video scene blocking) with distinct triggers unlikely to fire for unrelated skills; no overlap risk with general skills.	3 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

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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

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: nolanx-ai/nolanx.ai
Path: .nolanx/skills/scene-blocking-and-staging/SKILL.md
Commit: 595d863

Reviewed: about 10 hours ago

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