Content
57%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a well-structured orchestration skill that clearly defines its role relative to other skills in the stack and provides a logical workflow for research tasks. Its main weaknesses are the lack of concrete executable examples (no actual search queries, no sample invocations of referenced skills) and some redundancy across guardrails/pitfalls/verification sections. Adding a feedback loop for when initial research is insufficient would strengthen the workflow.
Suggestions
Add a concrete example showing an actual research request flowing through the workflow (e.g., a sample user query, the classification decision, which skill gets invoked, and the final output)
Consolidate the guardrails, pitfalls, and verification sections—they overlap significantly and could be merged into a single 'Constraints & Checks' section to save tokens
Add an explicit feedback loop in the workflow for when initial evidence is insufficient or contradictory (e.g., 'If exa-search returns no relevant results, escalate to deep-research')
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is reasonably efficient but has some redundancy—guardrails, pitfalls, and verification sections overlap significantly with the workflow and output format sections. The 'When to Use' section restates things Claude could infer. However, it avoids explaining basic concepts. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | The skill provides structured guidance and references to other skills, but lacks concrete executable examples—no actual commands, code snippets, or copy-paste-ready templates. The output format is a text template but the workflow steps are descriptive rather than executable. | 2 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The 5-step workflow is clearly sequenced and logically ordered, with good decision points (classify the ask, choose the lightest path). However, there are no explicit validation checkpoints or feedback loops—if a search returns poor results or evidence is contradictory, there's no guidance on how to recover or iterate. | 2 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The skill clearly positions itself as an orchestration layer and references five other skills by name with brief descriptions of when to use each. References are one level deep and well-signaled. The content is appropriately scoped as an overview. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 9 / 12 Passed |