Content
73%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 delivers a well-sequenced, validated upgrade workflow with concrete executable examples and strong Stripe-specific guidance, and it handles time-sensitive version data thoughtfully. Its main weakness is moderate verbosity: generic versioning explanations Claude already knows and some duplicated content could be trimmed.
Suggestions
Cut explanations Claude already knows, such as the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH semantic-versioning definitions and the generic backward-compatible/breaking change bullets, keeping only Stripe-specific behavior (monthly no-breaking-change releases, biannual majors).
Consolidate the thin-vs-snapshot-event guidance, which currently appears in both "Choose a target API version" and "Important Notes", into one section.
Add a concrete example for strongly-typed SDKs (e.g., the Maven/Go/NuGet command or version-pinning snippet for selecting a release that targets the chosen API version).
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient and Stripe-specific, but includes explanations Claude already knows (the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH semantic versioning breakdown, generic backward-compatible/breaking change taxonomy) and repeats the thin-vs-snapshot-event distinction twice; time-sensitive version numbers are used throughout, though mitigated by the explicit "Replace bundled API versions shown in those examples" instruction and snapshot-staleness framing. This fits anchor 3's "mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation or could be tightened". | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Concrete, executable guidance dominates: Python/Ruby/JavaScript client configuration code, curl with the Stripe-Version test header, package-manager commands ("npm update stripe", "pip install --upgrade stripe"), and a per-destination inspection step naming snapshot_api_version. Minor gaps (PHP listed among dynamic languages without an example; "select an SDK release that targets the selected API version" gives no concrete command) place it at anchor 4 rather than 5. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The "Upgrade Checklist" is a clear 9-step sequence with explicit validation checkpoints ("Test your integration against the new API version using the Stripe-Version header", "create and test a replacement destination", "accept both secrets during testing and cutover") and error-recovery feedback (72-hour rollback in Workbench, "If live verification fails or is unavailable, say that the latest version remains unverified"). Validation is present for the destructive destination-replacement operations, so no cap applies; this matches anchor 5. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist, and the single-file body is well organized with clear section headers and clearly signaled external references ("See [Mobile SDK Versioning](https://docs.stripe.com/sdks/mobile-sdk-versioning.md) for details"). Minor gaps — the thin/snapshot-event guidance is duplicated across two sections and the Stripe.js/mobile sections could be split out — fit anchor 4 rather than 5. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |