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 clearly sequenced, validated workflow and good checkpoint discipline, but it is somewhat verbose and monolithic with no progressive disclosure into bundled reference files. Tightening duplicated diagrams and splitting reference material would raise the weaker dimensions.
Suggestions
Remove the duplicate idea-discovery branching diagram (lines 23-33) — one diagram conveys the same information and saves tokens.
Move the patent-type specification tables and the PATENT_STATE.json schema into a reference file (e.g. references/PATENT_TYPES.md) referenced one level deep, improving progressive disclosure.
Collapse the repeated 'Options: go / adjustments / stop' and STOP-HERE boilerplate into a single stated convention to reduce token redundancy across phases.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is mostly efficient and avoids explaining basics Claude knows, but duplicates the idea-discovery branching in two ASCII diagrams and repeats checkpoint phrasing, so it could be tightened. Not a 3 because not every token earns its place. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides concrete executable slash-commands with arguments, a complete JSON state schema, output-file tables, and copy-ready checkpoint templates — fully actionable rather than abstract. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Phases are explicitly sequenced with STOP-HERE validation checkpoints, state persistence for resume, novelty assessment, and two examiner-review rounds — clear feedback loops for a fragile multi-step operation. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | No bundle files exist (references/scripts/assets absent) and the SKILL.md is monolithic; content like patent-type specs and the state schema is inline rather than split into one-level-deep reference files. Not a 1 because sections are well-organized, but not a 3 absent clear external reference navigation. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |