Conciseness

Nearly every line carries repo-specific facts Claude cannot know (e.g. 'In the image node is just a symlink to bun', 'The Dockerfile creates that directory with mode 0777', 'SCOTTY_USER="$(id -u):$(id -g)" does not fix rootless Podman'). No padding or explanation of concepts Claude already knows; the one inline version number ('default 1.4.4') sits in the Versions section where version facts belong. Matches 'lean and efficient; every token earns its place'.

Actionability

Fully copy-paste-ready commands throughout: 'bun run scotty:up', 'SCOTTY_USER=0:0 bun run scotty:up', 'chmod -R a+rX .beads', 'mv .beads/embeddeddolt ".beads/embeddeddolt.empty-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"', 'bun x bd bootstrap -y', 'git ls-remote origin refs/dolt/data', plus a symptom-to-fix table. This matches the 'fully executable; specific examples cover the common cases' anchor.

Workflow Clarity

The 'Empty board' recovery is a numbered sequence with explicit validation checkpoints ('bun x bd stats must show a non-zero total', 'a SHA means history exists'), a fallback path for divergent histories, and a destructive-operation guard ('Never bd dolt push --force'). Quick diagnosis gives symptom-to-fix feedback loops. This matches the top anchor: clear sequence, explicit validation, error-recovery guidance.

Progressive Disclosure

The single file is well organized with clear section headers and tables, and there are no nested or orphaned references (no bundle files exist). However, at ~87 lines it exceeds the under-50-line simple-skill case, and some operational detail (e.g. the version-bump procedure and the full recovery walkthrough) is inlined that could live in a reference file, matching 'good structure; most content appropriately placed; minor organization gaps' rather than a clearly split overview.

Specificity

Concrete actions are 'Run and troubleshoot' plus enumerated fix scenarios ('fixing "permission denied" on .beads', 'a Scotty board that shows 0 beads', 'bumping the Scotty or bd version'), matching the 'lists several specific actions; minor gaps' anchor. Not a 5 because the action verbs themselves are only two, with the rest expressed as situations rather than capabilities, so coverage is not fully comprehensive.

Completeness

It explicitly answers both: what ('Run and troubleshoot Bead Me Up, Scotty, the local web UI for Beads, in Docker or rootless Podman') and when ('Use when starting or stopping the Beads UI, changing compose.yaml...') with a concrete trigger list. This matches the anchor for a clear what AND an explicit 'Use when' clause with concrete trigger phrases; a 4 would require the when to be less explicit, which it is not.

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive natural terms including exact artifacts and error strings a user would hit: 'compose.yaml or docker/scotty/Dockerfile', 'permission denied', 'SCOTTY_USER', 'podman-docker', '0 beads', 'the scotty-config volume'. These are the literal phrases that appear in real sessions, matching the anchor's 'including synonyms and file extensions' level; no common variation is missing.

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Triggers are largely unique to this niche ('SCOTTY_USER', 'scotty-config volume', 'docker/scotty/Dockerfile'), so mostly distinct with only minor overlap risk — e.g. 'docker compose problems' and 'bumping the... bd version' slightly overlap with a general Docker skill and the companion 'beads' skill. Not a 5 because of that minor overlap with closely related skills; not a 3 since the overwhelming majority of triggers could not fire any other skill.