Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is highly actionable with a clear, well-checkpointed workflow, but it is not token-lean: polling instructions are duplicated and it carries editorial meta-commentary, while large inline template/schema blocks make it monolithic rather than progressively disclosed.
Suggestions
De-duplicate the MCP polling instructions: state the 'save jobId → poll review_status until done=true → save threadId' pattern once and reference it from Phase A and the Round 2+ template instead of repeating it verbatim.
Remove the stale-wording meta-commentary in the MAX_ROUNDS/POSITIVE_THRESHOLD constants ('Earlier wording used "or" + a stale verdict set...') — keep only the authoritative definition.
Move the full prompt templates and the REVIEW_STATE.json schema into reference files under references/ and link to them from the phases, reducing the inline monolithic block and improving progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly efficient operational detail Claude needs, but includes redundancy and meta-commentary — the MCP polling instructions are repeated nearly verbatim across Phase A (lines 89-91) and the Round 2+ template (line 254), and Constant 17 carries stale-wording commentary ('Earlier wording used "or" + a stale verdict set'); it is not a 1 because no basic concepts are over-explained, and not a 3 because of the duplicated polling text and editorial meta-commentary that could be tightened. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides fully executable guidance — concrete MCP tool names (mcp__claude-review__review_start / review_status / review_reply_start), ready-to-use prompt-template blocks, a concrete REVIEW_STATE.json schema, explicit file paths, and precise parse rules ('Approval: go, continue, ok, proceed'); not a 2 because the templates and tool calls are concrete rather than pseudocode. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Clear sequence (Initialization → Loop Phases A–E → Termination) with explicit validation checkpoints — the STOP CONDITION gating, the 24-hour staleness/status checks in resume logic, and the review→fix→re-review feedback loop; not a 2 because checkpoints are explicit rather than implicit. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Has well-signaled one-level-deep external references (the shared-references/output-*.md links in Output Protocols) but the core orchestration is a monolithic inline wall — full prompt templates (duplicated) and the JSON state schema live inline and could be split into reference files; not a 1 because sections are organized and references are not deeply nested, and not a 3 because large blocks of operational content remain inline with no bundle files provided. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |