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80%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, highly actionable reference: copy-paste-ready hook configurations, exact event/exit-code/JSON schemas, and a script template, with heavy detail correctly offloaded to two real, clearly-signaled reference files. The main gap is workflow clarity — no explicit sequence or testing/verification guidance for creating and validating a new hook.
Suggestions
Add a short step-by-step creation workflow (e.g., 1. pick the event from the table, 2. write the command or script, 3. add the config block to the chosen settings file, 4. trigger the event to verify it fires).
Include a debugging/verification note, such as checking hook output in verbose mode or testing a script by piping sample stdin JSON before installing it in settings.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with API specifics Claude cannot be assumed to know precisely (event names, exit-code semantics, matcher syntax, exact JSON shapes) and contains essentially no concept padding — "What Hooks Are" is two sentences. Minor redundancy (the PostToolUse and Stop/SubagentStop blocks repeat the same decision/reason structure, and some schema detail duplicates the reference files) keeps it below the "every token earns its place" anchor. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides copy-paste-ready settings.json configurations for four common patterns, the exact hook config schema, environment variables, and a runnable uv single-file script template whose only placeholder ("Validation logic here") is deliberate scaffolding for user logic. This matches "Fully executable; copy-paste ready code or commands; specific examples cover the common cases". | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The content is organized as a reference (Configuration → Events → Exit Codes → Patterns) with no explicit sequence for creating a hook and no validation checkpoint — there is no guidance on testing that a hook fires or debugging it before relying on it. This matches "sequence present but implicit / checkpoints missing"; the simple-skill exception does not apply since hook creation spans choosing an event, writing a command or script, and configuring settings. | 3 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is a clear ~230-line overview whose Reference section points to two one-level-deep files (references/anthropic-hooks.md and references/anthropic-hooks-guide.md), both of which exist in the bundle and are labeled with what each contains ("Complete reference (input schemas, prompt hooks, MCP tools)" / "Quickstart and examples"); scripts/update-docs.py referenced in Setup also exists. This matches "Clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references; content appropriately split; easy navigation". | 5 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |