Content
63%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 a well-organized, actionable rule set with concrete commands, tables, and validation checkpoints, and it appropriately avoids teaching cuOpt basics. Its main weaknesses are redundancy across the several ask-first/permission sections (hurting conciseness), a solve workflow expressed narratively rather than as an explicit gated checklist, and inlined detail that could be split into reference files given there is no bundle to absorb it.
Suggestions
Consolidate the overlapping 'Ask Before Assuming', 'Handle Incomplete Questions', 'Ask Before Running', 'No Privileged Operations', and 'Never Install Packages Automatically' sections into one 'Clarify and confirm before acting' section to remove redundancy and tighten token use.
Express the core solve workflow as an explicit numbered checklist with a validation gate after each step (formulate → verify understanding → solve → validate status/objective → post-correction check) rather than a narrative paragraph.
Add a short worked end-to-end example (e.g. a small vehicle-routing or LP solve showing import, setup, solve, and result-summary) to lift actionability, and consider moving the package-by-interface tables into a separate INSTALL.md reference with a clear pointer, improving progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient and well-structured with tables and code blocks, but several sections restate obvious guidance ('Don't guess — ask', repeated 'ask before running' framing, multiple overlapping permission/clarify sections) that could be tightened or consolidated. It does not reach 4 because the repeated ask-first material across 'Ask Before Assuming', 'Handle Incomplete Questions', 'Ask Before Running', 'No Privileged Operations', and 'Never Install Packages Automatically' is noticeably redundant. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | It provides concrete, executable guidance: exact package names per interface, copy-paste verification commands (`import cuopt; print(cuopt.__version__)`, `curl /cuopt/health`), a clear package-by-interface table, and a mandatory result-summary template. It falls short of 5 because most code snippets are illustrative one-liners rather than complete worked examples (e.g. no end-to-end routing/LP solve snippet), and 'Provide diagnostic code snippets when helpful' is guidance rather than shown code. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Multi-step workflows are sequenced with validation checkpoints: 'MUST Verify Understanding' before coding, a Formulate-solve-sanity-check workflow, and a mandatory 'Post-correction check' tied to skill-evolution. The 'Check Environment First' section is a clear numbered sequence. It does not reach 5 because the main solve workflow is described narratively rather than as an explicit numbered checklist with per-step validation gates, and result-status validation is a checklist of questions rather than an enforced loop. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Structure is decent with clear section headers and a Resources section linking out to docs/examples/support, and no bundle files exist so it is self-contained. However, several sections (the environment/package tables, the multiple permission sections) are inlined blocks that read like material that could be split into a reference file, and the skill references an external workflow path (`skills/skill-evolution/SKILL.md`) without signaling one-level-deep navigation. It does not reach 4 because organization is good but content placement is not cleanly separated into overview vs. detail. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 14 / 20 Passed |