octopus-architecture

Review system architecture, simplify boundaries, or compare interface designs from repository evidence

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Content

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The content is an efficient, well-structured instruction skill that gives concrete procedural guidance with grounding gates and a clear deliverable contract. It scores consistently at 4 across all dimensions, held back from 5 by minor over-explanation, the lack of a worked example, and external references that cannot be verified against a local bundle.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The body is lean and assumes Claude's competence, giving procedural directives rather than explaining what architecture or LSP is; not a 5 because the host-adapter blockquote and the 'Transport diversity does not prove model family diversity' aside could be trimmed or moved to a referenced file.	4 / 5
Actionability	It gives concrete, specific instructions for an instruction-only skill: pin the source revision, inspect five named evidence sources, produce Draft A/B with defined properties, and return six named deliverables plus a keep/simplify/investigate decision; below 5 because no worked example or minimal template ties the steps together.	4 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear sequence runs from method selection through producing drafts to the Completion deliverables, with grounding gates ('simplify requires exact source evidence and a concrete caller example', report incomplete reviewer coverage); below 5 because there is no explicit validate-then-retry feedback loop, though the task is non-destructive so no 3-cap applies.	4 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	The body is a well-sectioned overview (Method, Completion, LSP Integration) pointing one level deep to plugin blocks like engineering-method-selection.md and architecture-simplification.md; below 5 because those references are external plugin paths with no local bundle files present to verify, and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md is named but not bundled.	4 / 5
	Total	16 / 20 Passed

Description

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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 is concise and names three concrete architectural actions grounded in repository evidence, giving it good specificity and distinctiveness. Its main weakness is the absence of any explicit 'Use when...' trigger guidance, which caps completeness at 3.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'when' clause, e.g. 'Use when reviewing a system's module boundaries, proposing an interface simplification, or comparing two interface designs from code evidence.'

Broaden trigger coverage with natural synonyms users say ('API design', 'refactor boundaries', 'module coupling', 'caller surface') to lift trigger-term quality toward 5.

Tighten the distinctiveness by naming the artifact type (e.g. 'module/interface boundaries') so it cannot be confused with general code review.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	The phrase 'Review system architecture, simplify boundaries, or compare interface designs from repository evidence' names the domain plus three concrete actions (review, simplify, compare) grounded in 'repository evidence'; not a full 5 because the actions stay at a fairly broad architectural altitude without naming concrete artifacts.	4 / 5
Completeness	It clearly answers 'what' (review/simplify/compare architecture) but offers no 'Use when...' clause or equivalent explicit trigger guidance, so per the rubric guideline completeness is capped at 3; it is not 2 because the 'what' is concrete rather than vague.	3 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	It surfaces natural developer phrasings like 'system architecture', 'simplify boundaries', 'interface designs', and 'repository evidence' that a user would plausibly say; below 5 because synonyms and broader trigger variants (e.g. 'refactor boundary', 'API design', 'module coupling') are absent.	4 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	'Architecture review' is a fairly distinct niche with its own trigger surface and low conflict risk; below 5 because it could still overlap with general code-review or refactoring skills on broad phrasings.	4 / 5
	Total	15 / 20 Passed

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Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: nyldn/claude-octopus
Path: skills/octopus-architecture/SKILL.md
Commit: 805d58c

Reviewed: 24 hours ago

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