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90%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 lean, highly actionable navigation hub: executable examples in two languages, concrete commands, and well-structured anti-patterns with rationale. Its main gaps are the absence of explicit error-recovery loops in the workflow and a reference index that surfaces only 6 of the 47 bundle files, leaving declared in-scope topics undiscoverable from the hub.
Suggestions
Add a reference-table entry (or index) for the in-scope but currently orphaned bundle files — e.g., link the isolate-* references under 'Mock/stub isolation strategy' and the org-* references under 'Naming and organization conventions', so all 47 files are reachable from SKILL.md.
Add explicit error-recovery steps to the Workflow section, e.g., 'If the test fails for an unexpected reason, fix the test or the diagnosis before writing implementation' and 'If refactoring breaks the suite, revert and re-run before proceeding', to close the feedback-loop gap.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body assumes Claude's competence: no explanation of what TDD or unit testing is, examples are minimal and self-contained ("test(\"add returns the sum of two numbers\", () => { expect(add(2, 3)).toBe(5); })"), and the anti-pattern entries pair a one-line WHY ("WHY: fixed waits create flaky and slow suites") with tight BAD/GOOD snippets. It matches anchor 5 ('lean and efficient; every token earns its place'); the only conceivable trim — merging the four small bash fences — is presentation, not padding, so it does not fall to anchor 4's 'minor instances of over-explanation'. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is copy-paste ready throughout: complete TypeScript and Elixir red-green-refactor examples ("export function add(a: number, b: number): number { return a + b; }"), runnable commands ("bun test --watch", "mix test"), and concrete BAD/GOOD code for each anti-pattern ("await expect(promise).resolves.toBeDefined()"). This matches anchor 5 ('fully executable; copy-paste ready; specific examples cover the common cases') rather than anchor 4, which would require a missing detail in a common case. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The Workflow section gives a clear five-step sequence with a RED-phase validation checkpoint ("Run tests and verify failure is for the expected reason") and the examples show expected failure output ("// ❌ Fails: cannot find module './add'"), placing it above anchor 3. It falls short of anchor 5's 'feedback loops for error recovery' because there is no explicit recovery guidance (e.g., what to do when the failing test fails for the wrong reason, or when the refactor breaks green beyond 'keeping the suite green'). | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The References section is well-signaled with a topic-labeled table of one-level-deep links, all of which resolve to real files (e.g., references/cycle-write-test-first.md, references/design-aaa-pattern.md), matching the good-structure anchor 4. It is not anchor 5 because the bundle contains 47 reference files while SKILL.md surfaces only 6: in-scope topics declared in the Scope section ("Mock/stub isolation strategy", "Naming and organization conventions") are covered by orphaned files (isolate-*, org-*) with no navigation path from the hub, which is more than a 'minor organization gap' at the bundle level yet short of anchor 3's 'references not clearly signaled'. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |