Conciseness

The body is dense and operational with no padding or explanations of known concepts, but a few details could be trimmed or moved to references: the merge-queue paragraph, the JSON schema block, and the --remote caveat which is stated twice. Anchor 4 (minor instances that could be trimmed) fits; it is not noticeably verbose (3) nor perfectly lean (5).

Actionability

Fully executable guidance throughout: copy-paste bash blocks for the core loop, branch placement, sync, and conflict recovery; an always-run/never-run table with the reason each bare command fails; and a per-exit-code recovery column. Common cases including rebase conflicts are covered.

Workflow Clarity

Sequences are explicit (checkout owner → edit → commit → rebase upstack → top → push) with a validation step ("gh stack view --json # confirm") and full feedback loops: the exit-code table pairs every failure with a recovery command, and Exit 3 has continue/abort paths for both rebase and sync. The destructive/batch cap does not apply since validation is present.

Progressive Disclosure

A lean overview with three verified, one-level-deep references, each carrying an explicit read-when trigger ("read before creating a stack", "read when a command fails unexpectedly", "read on a rebase conflict") plus the guidance to open only the matching one. This trigger-based navigation matches or exceeds the anchor-5 example.

Specificity

"Manages stacked PRs and splits multi-part work into reviewable branches" plus the enumerated verb list ("stack creation, viewing, edits, push, submit, sync, rebase, merge, or checkout") gives comprehensive concrete-action coverage of the tool, matching the anchor-5 example structure.

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ("Manages stacked PRs and splits multi-part work into reviewable branches") and when ("Use for...; whenever a user mentions a stack...; or when a stack is checked out") with concrete trigger phrases, mirroring the anchor-5 example.

Trigger Term Quality

Natural terms users would say are comprehensively covered: "stack", "stacked PRs", "gh stack", "branch layers", "dependent PRs", and "split or isolate work for review"; no file extensions exist for this domain, so synonym coverage is complete.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The gh-stack tool name and stack-specific nouns dominate the triggers, including a state-based trigger ("when a stack is checked out"), giving a clear niche with minimal conflict risk; the broadest clause ("split or isolate work for review") still accurately describes this tool's purpose.