Content
78%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 exemplary minimal SKILL.md: terse, information-dense, honest about optional dependencies and refusal behavior, with clean one-level progression into the script's own --help. The only meaningful gap is actionability — a single example invocation would let the first send/read happen without a discovery step.
Suggestions
Add one or two example invocations for the common cases (e.g. a send and a resolve command line, lifted from the script's usage text) so the body alone can drive a first operation without requiring a --help read.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The ~110-word body is lean with zero padding: every sentence carries non-obvious information (entry point, dependency gating, refusal-before-write behavior, system dependencies, writer libraries). It assumes Claude's competence and explains nothing the model already knows. Fits the 'every token earns its place' anchor exactly. | 5 / 5 |
Actionability | A concrete runnable entry point is named ("Use `scripts/lane-mail`" with "Its `--help` defines verbs, envelopes, receipts and refusal keys") and real library paths are cited, but no example invocation appears in the body — verbs and argument syntax are deferred entirely to --help, so key executable details are missing. Not 4 because there is no copy-runnable example of an actual operation; not 2 because a concrete command and its documentation source are explicitly given. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | This is a simple script-backed skill whose single action is unambiguous (run `scripts/lane-mail`, consult `--help`), and preconditions for gated operations are stated ("These operations refuse before writing when their required helper is absent"). Not 5 because no sequence or verification guidance is given for the common read-then-respond-then-resolve flow; not 3 because the core action and its failure behavior are explicit. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is a minimal overview with a well-signaled, one-level-deep reference into `scripts/lane-mail --help` for the detailed interface, and all referenced paths (`scripts/lane-mail`, `scripts/lib/file-lock.sh`, `scripts/lib/mailbox-append.sh`) exist in the bundle. At 7 lines with no external references needed, this matches the well-organized-simple-skill ideal. | 5 / 5 |
Total | 17 / 20 Passed |