Content
68%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, mostly executable overview backed by a real bundle script, with lean formatting and clear phase sequencing. Its main weakness is the absence of validation/cost-confirm checkpoints in a batch, cost-incurring workflow, which caps workflow clarity.
Suggestions
Add an explicit pre-flight validation checkpoint before running — e.g., confirm required API keys are set and surface estimated call count/cost (len(models)^2 + chairman) for user confirmation, especially when more than 5 models are requested.
Include a brief failure/feedback loop: check that all phase-1 responses succeeded before proceeding to ranking, and re-run or skip a model if its response errors out.
Move the default per-provider model roster (or a representative example like '--models gpt-4o,claude-sonnet-5,deepseek-v3') inline or into a clearly signaled reference so the run command is fully copy-paste ready without opening council.js.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean and uses compact tables, command blocks, and a directory tree rather than prose, with only minor padding such as the 'dair-academy's version hardcoded Fireworks' aside, so it is efficient with trimmable over-explanation rather than verbose. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides concrete executable commands ('node $SKILL_ROOT/scripts/council.js run "<query>" [--models ...] [--chairman ...] [--provider ...] [--wiki ...]'), a providers table, and an output tree pointing to the real council.js script, with minor gaps where the model roster is deferred to the script. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The three phases (Independent, Ranking, Synthesis) are clearly sequenced and reinforced by 'Hard rules', but there are no validation checkpoints for what is inherently a batch, cost-incurring operation (N-squared ranking calls), and the rubric caps batch operations without validation/feedback loops at 3. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Well-organized into clearly headed sections with a one-level-deep, well-signaled reference to the verified scripts/council.js for default model rosters; navigation is easy, though the inlined env table and output tree represent minor organization gaps rather than the clean reference-splitting of the level-5 anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |