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okr-design

OKR design as actually shipped, not as conference-talk theory. Outcome statements that drive decisions, key results that measure the right thing, scoring discipline, mid-quarter recalibration, and the difference between sandbagged OKRs (always 100%) and aspirational OKRs (always 30%) and stretch OKRs (genuine ambition with quarterly accountability). Triggers on OKR design, OKR setting, key result design, OKR scoring, mid-quarter recalibration, OKR cascading, outcomes vs outputs, quarterly planning, goal setting. Also triggers when a team's OKRs are always hit and producing no learning, when OKRs are demoralizing because they were set as fantasy, or when the team uses OKR vocabulary but the practice has decayed.

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Quality

71%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

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npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/okr-design/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

42%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This is a comprehensive but excessively verbose skill that reads more like a product leadership essay than an efficient instruction set for Claude. Its strengths are thorough coverage of OKR failure modes, good worked examples, and excellent progressive disclosure structure with well-organized references. Its primary weakness is extreme verbosity—the same concepts (sandbagged vs fantasy vs stretch, outcomes vs outputs) are repeated multiple times, and much of the content explains things Claude already knows about goal-setting frameworks.

Suggestions

Cut the content by 50-60%: eliminate the repeated sandbagged/fantasy/stretch explanations (state once, reference thereafter), remove the introductory paragraphs that explain what OKRs are, and trim the closing section which restates the introduction.

Add a concrete step-by-step OKR design workflow: 'Step 1: Identify 2-4 outcome areas → Step 2: Draft objective statements → Step 3: Validate against outcome-not-output test → Step 4: Design 3-5 KRs per objective → Step 5: Calibrate stretch level against historical scores'

Provide a copy-paste-ready OKR template or structured format that Claude can fill in when helping users design OKRs, rather than only describing what good OKRs look like.

Remove the 'What this skill is for' section listing other skills—this is internal navigation that doesn't help Claude execute OKR design tasks.

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Conciseness

The skill is extremely verbose at ~2500+ words. It extensively explains concepts Claude already understands (what OKRs are, what objectives are, what metrics are), repeats the same points multiple times (the sandbagged/fantasy/stretch framing appears at least 4 times), and includes lengthy philosophical framing that doesn't add actionable value. The closing section largely restates the introduction. The 'What this skill is for' section listing other skills is unnecessary padding.

1 / 3

Actionability

The skill provides worked examples of strong vs weak objectives and key results, the 12-consideration framework, and specific scoring thresholds (60-70% target). However, it lacks executable templates, concrete scoring worksheets, or copy-paste-ready formats for actually writing OKRs. The guidance is more descriptive and philosophical than procedural—it tells Claude what good OKRs look like but doesn't provide a step-by-step process for generating them.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The review cadence section provides a clear temporal sequence (weekly → mid-quarter → end-of-quarter → retrospective), and the 12-consideration framework provides a checklist. However, the actual OKR design workflow is not sequenced as clear steps—there's no explicit 'Step 1: Draft objectives, Step 2: Validate against criteria, Step 3: Design key results' process. The recalibration section has good decision criteria but lacks a structured decision tree.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The skill references 9 detailed reference files with clear descriptions of what each contains, all at one level deep. The main SKILL.md provides overview-level content for each topic with explicit pointers to deeper material. Navigation is well-signaled with consistent formatting. However, no bundle files were provided to verify the references actually exist.

3 / 3

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12

Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is an exceptionally well-crafted skill description that combines concrete capability enumeration with explicit trigger guidance covering both keyword-based and situational triggers. It uses third person voice throughout, avoids vague buzzwords, and carves out a clear niche. The inclusion of anti-pattern triggers (sandbagged OKRs, demoralizing fantasy OKRs, decayed practice) is particularly strong for disambiguation.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Lists multiple specific concrete actions: outcome statement design, key result measurement, scoring discipline, mid-quarter recalibration, distinguishing sandbagged vs aspirational vs stretch OKRs. Goes beyond naming a domain to enumerate distinct capabilities.

3 / 3

Completeness

Clearly answers both 'what' (OKR design with outcome statements, key results, scoring, recalibration, distinguishing OKR types) and 'when' (explicit 'Triggers on...' clause with keyword list plus situational triggers for common dysfunction patterns).

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Excellent coverage of natural terms users would say: 'OKR design', 'OKR setting', 'key result design', 'OKR scoring', 'mid-quarter recalibration', 'OKR cascading', 'outcomes vs outputs', 'quarterly planning', 'goal setting'. Also includes situational triggers like 'OKRs are always hit' and 'OKRs are demoralizing'.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Highly distinctive niche focused specifically on OKR methodology with clear, domain-specific triggers. Unlikely to conflict with generic planning or goal-setting skills due to the depth of OKR-specific vocabulary and the situational anti-pattern triggers.

3 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

90%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

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Total

10

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11

Passed

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