Conciseness

The body is only "# Drifted Skill" plus one sentence, so there is no verbosity or explanation of concepts Claude already knows. However, the single sentence "This skill body lacks ordered steps, imperative verbs, code examples, and guardrails" is itself an unnecessary explanation — it describes the skill's own deficiencies rather than earning its place as instruction, matching anchor 3 ("Mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation"). Not level 4/5 because the one piece of content present adds no value to executing any task, and not level 2 because nothing is padded or over-explained.

Actionability

The body offers zero concrete guidance — no code, commands, or specific steps; it "only describes rather than instructs", which is the exact level-1 anchor. Level 2 would require at least high-level hints toward a task, but no task is even named.

Workflow Clarity

The body states it "lacks ordered steps" and indeed presents no sequence of any kind, matching level 1 ("Steps missing or incoherent; no sequence; no validation for risky operations"). Level 2 would require at least a rough sequence, which is entirely absent.

Progressive Disclosure

There are no bundle files (references/, scripts/, assets/ absent) and nothing is inlined that belongs in a separate file, so there are no buried or nested references. But the simple-skill exception cannot lift it to 5: the heading plus one non-instructional sentence is a stub, not a clear overview of organized content, and no section provides navigational value. Anchor 3 ("Some structure but could be better organized") is the best fit — above level 2 (no monolithic bulk to relocate) but below level 4 (no appropriately placed content to speak of).

Specificity

The entire description is "A skill without activation trigger phrases" — it names no domain and no concrete action, only a meta-comment about the description itself. This matches the level-1 anchor ("Entirely vague; no concrete actions; pure abstract language"); it cannot be level 2 because not even a domain is named.

Completeness

Neither "what" nor "when" is present: the phrase "A skill without activation trigger phrases" says nothing about what the skill does or when to use it. Level 1 ("Missing both what and when") is the exact match; level 2 would require at least a vague 'what' or a 'when'.

Trigger Term Quality

There are no natural keywords whatsoever — no terms a user would say when needing this skill, not even generic ones like "files". Level 1 fits ("No natural keywords; only technical jargon or entirely generic language"); level 2 would require at least one or two generic keywords, which are absent.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

With no domain, actions, or triggers, the description is entirely generic and would conflict with virtually any other skill. Anti-drift check against level 2 ("Very broad; high overlap risk") confirms level 1 is the better fit since even a broad domain is never named.