Content
88%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.
An excellent, highly actionable reference: every section is executable YAML with real gotchas (Duration typing, quoting, null guards) that Claude would not reliably know, and the workflow includes explicit validation and error-recovery steps. The main improvements are trimming duplication between the Schema, View Types, and Complete Examples sections, and moving more of the long tail (full examples, exhaustive tables) into reference files.
Suggestions
Consolidate the View Types section into the Schema section or the examples — the four short per-view snippets repeat information already shown in the schema and complete examples.
Move one or two of the three complete example bases into a references/ file (e.g., references/EXAMPLES.md), keeping one representative example inline in SKILL.md.
Trim the trailing "References" list of four help.obsidian.md links to the single canonical syntax page, since the functions link duplicates the FUNCTIONS_REFERENCE.md pointer.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense with non-obvious, skill-specific knowledge (Duration does not support .round(), YAML quoting rules, the "this" keyword scoping) and contains no padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows. It falls short of anchor 5 because the four view-type snippets, the summaries table, and the third complete example partially duplicate what the Schema section and the first two examples already demonstrate, and could be trimmed or consolidated. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Everything is executable: a full annotated schema, complete copy-paste-ready .base files for three common cases (task tracker, reading list, daily notes), and explicit WRONG/CORRECT pairs in Troubleshooting for quoting, Duration math, null guards, and undefined formulas. This matches anchor 5's copy-paste-ready coverage of common cases. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The six-step workflow has an explicit validation step ("Verify the file is valid YAML with no syntax errors. Check that all referenced properties and formulas exist") and a test-with-feedback-loop step ("Open the .base file in Obsidian... If it shows a YAML error, check quoting rules below"), reinforced by a dedicated Troubleshooting section with fixes. This matches anchor 5's sequence with explicit validation and error recovery; the operation is non-destructive so the batch/destructive cap does not apply. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Structure is good: the most common functions are inline while the complete per-type reference is correctly split into references/FUNCTIONS_REFERENCE.md (verified to exist), clearly signaled ("For the complete reference of all types... see [FUNCTIONS_REFERENCE.md]") and only one level deep. It falls short of anchor 5 because the ~500-line body inlines substantial material — three full example bases and complete file-property/summary tables — that could live in reference files, leaving SKILL.md as a leaner overview. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 18 / 20 Passed |