Content
71%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-structured, actionable process document with clear sequencing, explicit stop/escalation rules, and appropriate one-level references to companion skills. Its main weaknesses are a redundant 'Remember' recap section and a padded note about subagent tooling, which cost token efficiency.
Suggestions
Delete or merge the 'Remember' section — five of its six bullets restate rules already given in Steps 1-3 and 'When to Stop'.
Trim the 'Note' paragraph to a single sentence (e.g. 'If subagents are available, prefer superpowers:subagent-driven-development.') and drop the platform enumeration.
Make the per-task verification checkpoint more explicit by naming the loop (run verification -> fix -> re-run) instead of only 'Run verifications as specified'.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly lean, but the 'Remember' section repeats earlier guidance nearly verbatim ('Review plan critically first', 'Follow plan steps exactly', 'Don't skip verifications', 'Stop when blocked, don't guess'), and the 'Note' paragraph about Superpowers and subagent platforms adds context that could be tightened. This fits anchor 3 ('mostly efficient but could be tightened') rather than anchor 4. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | The guidance is concrete and executable for a process skill: numbered steps, verbatim announcement strings, explicit stop conditions, and exact sub-skill invocations. It falls short of anchor 5 only because some steps delegate specifics to the plan ('Run verifications as specified') rather than fully specifying behavior. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear three-step sequence is present with explicit checkpoints (critical review before starting, raising concerns, per-task verification) plus error-recovery guidance in 'When to Stop' and 'When to Revisit Earlier Steps'. This matches anchor 4; anchor 5 would require fully explicit validation and feedback loops rather than partially delegated ones. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill needs no bundle files; all inline content is appropriate to SKILL.md, sections are well-organized and easy to navigate, and the cross-skill references (superpowers:using-git-worktrees, superpowers:finishing-a-development-branch) are clearly signaled and one level deep. This matches the simple-skill exception and the anchor-5 pattern. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |