Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is highly actionable with a clearly sequenced, validated multi-layer workflow grounded in concrete file paths and a real prior PR. Its weaker spots are token efficiency (length, duplicated warnings, rehashed checklist) and progressive disclosure (a monolithic file with no bundle references).
Suggestions
Remove the duplicated "Do NOT install this on production Paperclip agents." warning (it appears on both line 11 and line 19) and consolidate the audience caveat into one statement.
Split the per-layer file-touch lists and validation invariants into a reference file (e.g. references/layer-checklist.md) linked from a leaner "Order of operations" overview, so the main SKILL.md stays an overview with one-level-deep references.
De-duplicate the pre-merge checklist against the per-layer invariants so each rule appears in one canonical place.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with domain-specific detail Claude would not know, but it is long (~268 lines), repeats the "Do NOT install this on production Paperclip agents" warning twice (lines 11 and 19), and the pre-merge checklist rehashes invariants already stated per-layer, so it could be tightened. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | It gives concrete per-file touch lists (e.g. packages/shared/src/constants.ts, server/src/services/issue-thread-interactions.ts), executable commands (git show --stat 4d5322c82, the full NODE_ENV=test vitest run), and specific function/switch targets — copy-paste ready. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear numbered "Order of operations" (steps 1–5 from shared contract through agent guidance) is followed by an explicit "Tests to run before requesting review" validation checkpoint and a pre-merge checklist, with feedback-loop guidance (e.g. re-run with NODE_ENV=test on act errors). | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill is a well-sectioned monolith with no bundle files (references/scripts/assets absent); it wisely points to the external worked-example diff and PAP-10415 plan rather than inlining them, but the detailed per-layer file lists and invariants are inline content that could be split into one-level-deep reference files. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |