Content
75%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.
Highly actionable content with concrete templates, a worked example, and a validation checklist, but at ~290 lines it runs long — several rationale-heavy passages could be tightened or split out without losing clarity. The one structural weakness is the buried, non-linked external reference in the Template section.
Suggestions
Tighten the rationale-dense passages (the immutability paragraph, the docs/adr/index.md regeneration passage, and the inline justification clauses in Required Sections) — state the rule plus one crisp reason instead of layered rationales.
Convert the bare "plugins/sdlc/refs/artifact-encoding.md" path on line 147 into a clearly signaled reference (or drop it if the file is not part of this bundle), since it is currently buried mid-paragraph and unverifiable.
Consider moving the ~65-line worked example ADR to a references/ file with a well-signaled pointer, keeping the required-sections spec and template inline in SKILL.md.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The body is ~290 lines with layered rationales and parenthetical asides throughout — e.g. the immutability paragraph's justification, the 12-line index-regeneration passage, and clauses like "long documents go unread and go stale" inside the Decision section. Most content is opinionated guidance rather than padding, but several passages clearly could be tightened, fitting anchor 3 better than anchor 4. | 3 / 5 |
Actionability | Fully concrete: copy-paste-ready YAML frontmatter, a complete markdown template, a fully worked example ADR, an exact filename convention with example ("0001-htmx-for-active-web-pages.md"), and the concrete "highest existing number + 1" rule. It matches anchor 5's copy-paste-ready, common-cases-covered bar. | 5 / 5 |
Workflow Clarity | The supersede flow is precisely sequenced with timing ("Only at the moment the new ADR is itself accepted do the two records flip together") and the "Self-Review Checklist (run before saving)" is an explicit validation checkpoint. However, the overall authoring process (pick number → copy template → fill sections → run checklist) is never laid out as an ordered sequence, keeping it at anchor 4 rather than 5. | 4 / 5 |
Progressive Disclosure | Sections are well organized and clearly headed, and there are no nested references. Minor gaps: the ~65-line worked example and the niche pipeline-routing/regeneration detail could live in separate reference files, and line 147 points to "plugins/sdlc/refs/artifact-encoding.md" as a bare path outside the bundle rather than a proper link. This fits anchor 4's "minor organization gaps". | 4 / 5 |
Total | 16 / 20 Passed |