Content
67%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.
A thorough, actionable single-file skill with a clear workflow and strong MCP/CLI guidance. The main weaknesses are mild verbosity in the model-routing and setup sections and the absence of explicit result-validation checkpoints within the workflow steps themselves.
Suggestions
Tighten the DEFAULT_MODEL explanation and de-duplicate the model-override examples (currently listed in both the Constants bullet and the overrides blockquote) to reduce token cost.
Collapse the three MCP-configuration variants into one canonical method plus a one-line alternative, or move setup details into a references/ file to shorten SKILL.md.
Add an explicit validation checkpoint in Step 3 (e.g., 'spot-check 1-2 paper titles/venues via /semantic-scholar before presenting') so result-integrity verification is part of the workflow rather than only a Key Rule.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly efficient and assumes Claude's intelligence (no basic concept explanations), but the DEFAULT_MODEL block and the repeated model-override examples (duplicated in Constants and the overrides blockquote) plus three MCP-config variants add padding that could be tightened. Fits anchor 3; not 4 because several sections (model routing notes, config variants) carry unnecessary detail. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Provides a copy-paste-ready MCP tool call with a complete prompt template, a CLI fallback command, an argument-parsing spec, a result-normalization schema, and an output table format. Minor gaps prevent a 5: the CLI fallback abbreviates the prompt with '...same prompt as above...' and there is no concrete worked example of parsed output. | 4 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | A clear five-step sequence (parse → search → parse results → present → follow-up) with an explicit MCP-to-CLI fallback error-recovery checkpoint and guidance for under-returned results. Not 5 because result-integrity validation lives in 'Key Rules' (cross-verify via /semantic-scholar) rather than as an explicit workflow checkpoint; not capped at 3 since this is a non-destructive search rather than a destructive/batch mutation. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist (references/scripts/assets absent), so the skill is a single self-contained file with well-organized sections (Role & Positioning, Constants, Environment & Setup, Workflow, Key Rules) and clear headers. Fits anchor 4 (good structure, appropriately placed); not 5 because at ~232 lines some content (full prompt template, MCP setup variants) could plausibly live in reference files. | 4 / 5 |
Total | 15 / 20 Passed |