Content
70%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.
The body is a well-sequenced, validation-rich workflow with exemplary done-when checkpoints and a prove-the-rules-bite feedback loop, and it is largely token-efficient. Its critical weakness is that the load-bearing artifact — the dependency-cruiser config containing all four rules — is referenced but missing from the bundle, leaving both actionability and the disclosure structure unrealized.
Suggestions
Ship the referenced `dependency-cruiser.config.cjs` in the skill bundle so step 3's copy instruction is actually executable.
Alternatively, inline the four rules (or at minimum the `$1` back-reference pattern they depend on) in the body, since the Notes assume config details never shown.
Consolidate the barrel-file discouragement, which currently appears in "Entry points, not a barrel", step 7, and the Notes, into a single authoritative statement.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is dense and assumes Claude's competence — vocabulary is delegated to the codebase-design skill and dependency-cruiser is never explained — but barrel-file discouragement is repeated in three places ("Entry points, not a barrel", step 7, and Notes) and the four rules are stated then re-referenced. Fits anchor 4 (efficient with minor trimmable redundancy); not 5 due to the repetition, not 3 because there is no padded concept explanation. | 4 / 5 |
Actionability | Steps include concrete lockfile-to-package-manager mapping, the `lint:boundaries` script, and an exact violation probe (`import { thing } from "../lib/impl"`), but step 3's core instruction — copying `./dependency-cruiser.config.cjs` — references a file that is absent from the bundle, and the four rules exist only as prose with the `$1` back-reference implementation never shown. The skill cannot be executed as written; fits anchor 3 (concrete guidance but missing key details); not 4 because a critical artifact is missing rather than a minor gap, not 2 because most steps are specific and runnable. | 3 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | Seven sequenced steps each end in an explicit "Done when" checkpoint, and step 6 is a full validation feedback loop: clean example must pass, an injected deep import must fail with `tests-through-entrypoints`, revert must pass again — with an explicit recovery directive to fix the wiring before proceeding. Matches anchor 5 (explicit validation steps, error-recovery loop, per-step checklists); not 4 because checkpoints are comprehensive rather than having minor gaps. | 5 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is well-sectioned and the single reference (the config file) is clearly signaled and one level deep, but scored against the actual bundle: the directory contains only SKILL.md, so the sole referenced path `dependency-cruiser.config.cjs` does not resolve and the intended split is never realized. Sits between anchors 3 and 4 — the dangling sole reference is more than a minor organization gap, though the reference itself is not buried. | 3 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |