Content
67%Scale 1-5Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured planning skill that clearly defines decision criteria for choosing between different composition primitives (skills, rules, hooks, MCP servers). Its main strengths are clear workflow sequencing and efficient use of tokens. Its primary weakness is the lack of a concrete example plan output, which would make the 'Write the plan' step more actionable and reduce ambiguity about what the deliverable should look like.
Suggestions
Add a brief example of what a completed composition plan looks like (e.g., a 5-line sample plan showing problem, artifacts, proposed shape, and primitive assignments) to make the 'Write the plan' section more actionable.
Add explicit guidance for what happens when the user rejects or modifies the plan (e.g., 'If the user disagrees, revise the plan and re-confirm') to close the feedback loop.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The content is efficient and well-structured. There's minor verbosity in some explanations (e.g., 'In Tessl a skill is already a minimal plugin (it gets a plugin.json), so this is not a lesser option' could be trimmed), but overall it respects Claude's intelligence and avoids over-explaining concepts. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | The skill provides clear decision criteria and a structured process, but it's inherently an instruction-only planning skill with no code or commands. The guidance is moderately concrete—it tells Claude what to decide and what to output—but the 'Write the plan' section is somewhat vague about the exact format or structure of the plan output. An example plan would significantly improve actionability. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced: choose primitive → decide shape → write plan → confirm → hand off. The 'When to stop' section provides a clear exit condition, and confirmation with the user serves as a validation checkpoint. Minor gap: no explicit guidance on what to do if the user rejects the plan (feedback loop for iteration). | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill references [references/choosing-the-shape.md] for deeper detail on primitive selection, which is appropriate progressive disclosure. The content is well-organized with clear section headers. However, since no bundle files were provided, we can't verify the referenced file exists. The skill is appropriately sized for a single file with one reference. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |