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75%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.
A well-crafted instruction skill: it gives an unambiguous, correctly-ordered workflow with genuine decision checkpoints, concrete per-section guidance, and a discipline against padding that it also practices itself. The main improvement levers are removing the redundant Notes section, adding a short worked example of a 6-part value proposition, and closing the loop by verifying the finished PRD against the review checklist.
Suggestions
Cut or merge the Notes section: 'Lean is the default; detail is on request' and 'Flag assumptions clearly' restate the Lean-by-default section and step 7.4, trimming ~4 redundant lines.
Add a one-paragraph worked example of a completed 6-part value proposition (Who through Alternatives plus the closing statement) so the template's format is unambiguous on first use.
Add a final instruction step to re-check the finished PRD against the 'Reviewing an existing PRD' checklist (segments present, value propositions per segment, Solution delivers the How, Key Results measure the What after) before presenting it.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body teaches only what Claude would not already know — the specific template, lean-by-default philosophy, and question-asking protocol — using terms like "SMART OKR format" and "6-part JTBD template" without tutorials. It is not a 5 because the Notes section restates earlier points ("Lean is the default; detail is on request" and "Flag assumptions clearly" duplicate the Lean-by-default and 7.4 guidance). | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete and executable for a document-writing skill: a numbered interaction protocol ("up to three short questions in one message"), a named 6-part value proposition template with per-part definitions, per-section question checklists, and a specific output filename (`PRD-[product-name].md`). It falls short of fully copy-paste-ready because there is no worked example PRD or sample value proposition statement to anchor the format. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The 7-step instruction sequence (gather input → ask clarifying questions → research → think → write → save → report omissions) is clearly ordered with real checkpoints ("stop and ask about them first... no PRD in that reply"; "If they don't line up, fix that before anything else") and a review checklist section. It is not a 5 because there is no final step verifying the written PRD against the review checklist before presenting it. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The single-file body is well organized with clear headers (Purpose, Lean by default, Instructions, Reviewing, Notes) and no nested references; all content is appropriately inline for a template skill of ~95 lines. It is not a 5 because it exceeds the simple-skill threshold and its external pointers (the optional value-proposition plugin skill, Further Reading links) are soft mentions rather than a clearly signaled reference structure. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |