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85%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
A rigorous, highly actionable bisection protocol with an explicit screen-then-confirm feedback loop and clean one-level-deep references. Its only real weakness is conciseness: the opening definition, the 'flaky test' etymology, and the Google-flake-concentration aside are contextual padding a competent model does not need.
Suggestions
Cut the opening Fowler-quote framing and the 'practitioner-emergent / popularized by Google Testing Blog / no standards-body definition' etymology paragraph; a one-line thesis ('inspection has nothing to grip; this skill manufactures a visible change') is enough.
Trim or fold the 'A note on where flakes concentrate' section into Step 2's cost discussion rather than keeping it as standalone background, since it justifies budget advice already made there.
Consolidate the inline reference links and the terminal 'Deep references' list into a single navigation block to avoid pointing at the same two files in three places.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | Mostly efficient and dense, but it pads with background Claude does not need — the Fowler quote opening that defines a non-deterministic test, the etymology paragraph ('practitioner-emergent, popularized by the Google Testing Blog... there is no standards-body definition behind it'), and the 'note on where flakes concentrate' section citing Google's 4.2M-test analysis. It is not a verbose wall of basics, but it carries real contextual fat, so it lands at 'mostly efficient but includes some unnecessary explanation'. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Fully concrete guidance: real runner flags (--showSeed, --seed, --repeat-each, --workers, --maxWorkers, --runInBand, --randomize), an executable two-proportion z formula with the pooled-p definition, a copy-paste report-shape template, and a worked axis table — instruction-only but maximally actionable, matching the 'specific examples; copy-paste ready' anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | A clearly sequenced Step 1–6 protocol with sub-steps (5a/5b/5c) and an explicit feedback loop — screen at N=20, shortlist on a 2x hit, re-measure baseline plus implicated axis at N=60, then apply the z rule before editing code — so the validation/confirm-before-act checkpoints the rubric demands for batch/measurement operations are present rather than missing. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The body is the protocol; the heavy lookup material (p-to-N table, Wilson intervals, worked comparisons) and the eight-resource collision walk are split into two real, one-level-deep reference files that are linked inline at the relevant steps and re-listed with descriptions in a 'Deep references' section, matching the 'clear overview with well-signaled one-level-deep references' anchor. | 3 / 3 |
Total | 11 / 12 Passed |