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scienceworld-process-pauser

This skill introduces deliberate pauses in task execution. Use when the agent needs to consider next steps, evaluate intermediate results, or wait for processes to complete. The skill uses the 'wait1' or 'wait' actions to temporarily halt activity, preventing rushed decisions in complex experimental procedures.

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SKILL.md
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Quality

Content

65%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is concise and cleanly organized with concrete command definitions and a real trajectory example. Its weaknesses are the abstract trigger-recognition guidance, a missing validation checkpoint in the workflow, and an unlinked reference file that breaks progressive disclosure.

Suggestions

Link references/pause_scenarios.md explicitly from the body (e.g., a '## Pause scenarios' section pointing to it) so the detailed trigger taxonomy is discoverable.

Add an explicit checkpoint step between 'Execute Pause' and 'Resume' (e.g., 'Confirm the intermediate result's state before continuing') to close the workflow validation gap.

Replace the abstract 'Recognize a moment requiring deliberation' with a short concrete trigger list in the body so the guidance is directly actionable without the reference.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is lean and well-sectioned with no padding or over-explanation of concepts Claude already knows; every section earns its place.

3 / 3

Actionability

It names the exact commands wait1/wait with semantics and a worked example, but trigger recognition ('Recognize a moment requiring deliberation') stays abstract and the concrete trigger taxonomy lives only in the unlinked reference, leaving the body incomplete for direct execution.

2 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The four-step Implementation Logic is clearly sequenced, but there is no explicit validation/checkpoint confirming the reflection is complete before resuming; the checkpoint is only implicit.

2 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The body is well-organized into sections, but the bundle file references/pause_scenarios.md is never linked or signaled from the body, making it an orphaned reference rather than a well-signaled one-level-deep resource.

2 / 3

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Description

77%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description is concise and clearly answers both what the skill does and when to use it, with a concrete explicit 'Use when' clause. Its main weakness is trigger language that reads as agent-internal deliberation rather than natural user requests, and somewhat generic triggers that could overlap other skills.

Suggestions

Reword triggers toward natural user/request language (e.g., 'Use when a simulated process needs time to finish or before an irreversible mix') to improve trigger_term_quality.

Tie the triggers more tightly to the ScienceWorld wait1/wait action domain to reduce overlap with generic deliberation skills and raise distinctiveness.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names concrete actions 'wait1' and 'wait' with their purpose (halt activity, prevent rushed decisions), matching the multiple-specific-actions anchor rather than the vaguer domain-only anchor.

3 / 3

Completeness

An explicit 'Use when...' clause answers when, and the 'wait1'/'wait' actions answer what, satisfying the both-what-and-when anchor.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Triggers like 'consider next steps' and 'evaluate intermediate results' lean agent-internal and abstract; only 'wait for processes to complete' reads as a natural user phrase, so common variations are missing.

2 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The wait1/wait niche in experimental procedures is distinct, but the generic 'consider next steps' and 'evaluate intermediate results' triggers could overlap with many deliberation skills.

2 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

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Validation16 / 16 Passed

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