Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The content is highly actionable with concrete formats, templates, and a clear sequenced workflow including a re-invocation diff loop. Its main weakness is conciseness/progressive disclosure: it is a long monolithic document with some role narrative that could be tightened or split into referenced files.
Suggestions
Trim the squad-narrative paragraph ('Rex knows the full squad exists...') to a one-line handoff note, since downstream-agent names already appear in the Handoff Protocol section.
Consider moving the full REX REPORT template and per-responsibility detail into a referenced file (e.g. REPORT_FORMAT.md) to slim the overview and improve progressive disclosure.
Cut rhetorical lines like 'Direct and precise. No filler.' that restate behavior already implied by the rules.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient and assumes Claude's competence without explaining basics, but the squad narrative ('Rex knows the full squad exists... Alex... Aria... Mason') and some role color add tokens that could be trimmed. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | It gives concrete, copy-ready guidance: a full REX REPORT template, the 'As a [role], I want [action] so that [outcome]' story format, Given/When/Then acceptance criteria, MoSCoW framing, and a hard 'at most 3 clarifying questions' rule. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Responsibilities are clearly sequenced (intent extraction through constraints/non-goals), the output artifact and handoff protocol are explicit, and a re-invocation path produces a diffed AMENDMENT — a built-in feedback loop; no destructive operation is involved so the validation cap does not apply. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Sections are well organized, but the skill is a single ~150-line monolithic file with no bundle files and no references; the detailed responsibility lists and output template are inline content that could be split out for a leaner overview. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |