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81%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.
The body is an unusually disciplined process skill: every step is gated by a verification, commands and ledger formats are copy-paste exact, and edge cases (compaction, plan conflicts, reviewer misgrading, self-review without subagents) each get explicit handling. Its one real cost is token weight — the graphviz process digraph duplicates the prose workflow, and a few justifications are stated more than once.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The prose is dense and rule-per-line with almost no explanation of concepts Claude already knows, but the ~40-line graphviz digraph restates the exact process already narrated in Setup/Task Loop/Final Review at real token cost, and a few justifications repeat ('they chose inline to spend less', ledger-over-todos appears in multiple phrasings) — the anchor 'mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary content that could be tightened'. Not 4: the duplicated process graph is a substantial trimming opportunity, not a minor one. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Fully executable throughout: copy-paste-ready command invocations ('scripts/task-start PLAN_FILE N', 'scripts/task-done PLAN_FILE N BASE -- <test command>', '../subagent-driven-development/scripts/sdd-workspace PLAN_FILE', 'review-package PLAN_FILE MERGE_BASE HEAD'), verbatim output formats for ledger and ruling lines, a completion-contract checklist, and a worked example workflow covering the common case including a mid-plan ruling. No gaps found. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The sequence is explicit (Setup → task loop → final review → fix pass → finish) with validation checkpoints at every level: each step's Expected: line is compared against real output with three defined outcomes, the completion contract requires evidence in-session, task-done records only on a passing test run, and error-recovery feedback loops (systematic-debugging for wrong code, rule-and-ledger for wrong plan, re-grade then one fix pass) are built in. This matches the anchor for clear sequence with explicit validation and feedback loops. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Scored against the actual bundle: both scripts (task-start, task-done) exist and are referenced in the body with correct usage, and sibling-skill references (sdd-workspace, review-package, code-reviewer.md, using-superpowers references) are one level deep and clearly signaled with paths. Structure is good with clean sections (When to Use, Setup, Task Loop, Final Review, Finish, Rationalizations, Example). Not 5: nearly all content, including the redundant process graph, lives inline in the ~370-line body with no overview-to-detail split, so navigation depends on section headers alone. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |