Content
85%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.
A well-structured, highly actionable overview with an explicit validation feedback loop, recovery/idempotency handling, and clean one-level reference disclosure. The main weakness is redundancy — several principles are stated twice (intro/P8, P3/Step 4, P6/Step 6) and seam annotations are duplicated between body and references.
Suggestions
Merge the intro's 'coordinator, not a knowledge holder' paragraph with P8 (or replace the principle with a pointer to the intro) to remove the duplicated statement.
Trim the restatements: P3 and P6 are re-explained in Steps 4 and 6 — cite the principle number instead of re-explaining it.
Drop the '(Hackable seam: ...)' parentheticals from the body since each referenced file already carries its own seam note at the top.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The prose is mostly tight, instruction-style writing with no padding about concepts Claude already knows, but there is noticeable redundancy: 'You are a coordinator, not a knowledge holder' is stated in the intro and again as P8; P3's throughline question is re-explained in Step 4; P6 is restated in Step 6; and 'Hackable seam' parentheticals duplicate notes already carried in the reference files. That is more than minor trimmable instances, placing it at 3 rather than 4. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Guidance is concrete throughout: Step 7 gives a complete, copy-paste-ready git command block; other steps name exact commands ('chmod +x prds/<feature>/run-prd-test.sh', 'git config user.email') and exact paths; the common invocation case ('/intent add a search page') is explicitly handled. As an instruction-only skill with specific, executable guidance, it meets the 5 anchor. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Steps 0–7 are clearly sequenced with an explicit validation feedback loop (Step 6: run the runner, read the exit code, fix wrong-reason failures, re-run, iterate), a decision gate (Step 3), an idempotency/re-running section for error recovery, and a 'Hard nevers' checklist — matching the 5 anchor's sequence + validation + feedback loops + checklist. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is an overview that splits detail into four real, one-level-deep reference files (elicitation.md, right-reason.md, prd-template.md, runner-recipes.md — all present in references/), each clearly signaled with what it contains and when to read it ('Read the two seam references before and during the conversation' vs. 'when you reach the build'). Easy navigation, no nesting. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |