Content
85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A clean, highly actionable command reference with good sequencing and a dry-run safety checkpoint for writes. The only weakness is repetition of the auth-token/UUID boilerplate across the modify examples, which inflates tokens without adding clarity.
Suggestions
State the auth-token requirement once (e.g. "All `update` commands need `--auth-token <TOKEN>` or `THINGS_AUTH_TOKEN`") and drop the repeated `--auth-token <TOKEN>` from each modify example to reduce token redundancy.
Similarly, factor out the shared `things update --id <UUID>` prefix in the modify section rather than repeating it on every bullet.
Consider a one-line note clarifying that `--dry-run` works for both `add` and `update` so the safe-preview guidance is consolidated rather than shown ad hoc per example.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is lean command-list prose with no concept padding, but the `--auth-token <TOKEN>` and `--id <UUID>` prefixes are repeated verbatim across ~10 modify examples and could be factored into a single note, so it could be tightened. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Commands are fully executable and copy-paste ready across add, modify, search, and list operations, with specific flag-level examples like `things add "Buy milk" --notes "2% + bananas"`. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The modify flow is explicitly sequenced (get the UUID → set auth → run update) and provides a `--dry-run` validation checkpoint for risky writes, satisfying the destructive-ops feedback-loop requirement. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | A single, well-organized SKILL.md with clear labeled sections (Setup, Read-only, Write, Examples, Delete, Notes) and no need for external references, which the simple-skill guidance allows to score 3. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |