Content
92%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
The body is lean, well-organized, and highly actionable with clear sequenced workflows and a strong condition-based reference map. Its one real defect is progressive disclosure: four referenced files are missing from the bundle, breaking navigation for those entries.
Suggestions
Create the missing referenced files (GOTCHAS.md, templates/phase0-starter.md, PROJECT_CONSTITUTION.md, ADAPTER_POLICY.md) or remove/repoint the references so every cited path resolves to an existing bundle file.
In the 'Condition Loading' and 'Gotchas' sections, prefer the same markdown-link style used elsewhere and confirm each link target exists, so navigation is uniformly one-level-deep and resolvable.
Optionally surface the existing scripts/ (e.g. run_clang_tidy.py, validate_repo.py) from the 'Tool First' section so the tooling guidance points at executable helpers already in the bundle.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Lean throughout with no textbook padding ('Do not mechanically replace raw pointers. Classify first:'); assumes Claude's C++ competence and lets every line earn its place, matching the level-3 anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Actionability | Concrete, specific actionable guidance throughout (ordered review priority, a tool-discovery checklist, a 6-class ownership taxonomy, a 5-bucket severity scheme, and a concrete 'Run clang-tidy' command). As an instruction-style skill the absence of copy-paste code is not penalized because the guidance is concrete and complete, so it clears level 3 over the 'incomplete/missing key details' level 2. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | Multi-step processes are clearly sequenced as numbered lists (Review Priority 1-8, Tool First 1-6, Modernization Discipline 1-4) with explicit guardrail checkpoints ('Never mix safety-critical changes with style rewrites', 'Do not modernize code before preserving behavior'). This is a non-destructive review skill, so the missing validate/rebuild feedback loop does not cap it at 2. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | Structure and signaling are excellent — a short root file, an explicit Condition Loading map to one-level-deep references, and a constitution rule mandating 'Heavy material goes to references/' — but four referenced paths do not exist in the bundle (GOTCHAS.md, templates/phase0-starter.md, PROJECT_CONSTITUTION.md, ADAPTER_POLICY.md), so navigation is partially broken. This fits level 2 ('some structure ... references present but navigation undermined') rather than the fully navigable level 3. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |