Content
77%Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.
This is a solid, well-structured skill with strong workflow clarity and actionability. The explicit validation step, error handling section, and concrete MCP tool example are particular strengths. The main weaknesses are mild verbosity from overlapping sections (operating modes vs. output shapes) and the lack of progressive disclosure for a skill of this length.
Suggestions
Merge 'Operating Modes' and 'Preferred Output Shapes' into a single section to eliminate redundancy — each mode could directly include its template.
Consider extracting the output templates into a separate TEMPLATES.md file and referencing it from the main skill to improve progressive disclosure.
| Dimension | Reasoning | Score |
|---|---|---|
Conciseness | The skill is reasonably efficient but includes some sections that could be tightened. The 'Operating Modes' section lists return shapes that overlap with the 'Preferred Output Shapes' templates, creating mild redundancy. Some phrasing like 'in a way that is operationally useful, concise, and safe' is filler Claude doesn't need. | 2 / 3 |
Actionability | Provides a concrete MCP tool invocation example with specific parameters, clear output templates in markdown, explicit error handling steps, and a completion checklist. The guidance is specific enough to be directly executable. | 3 / 3 |
Workflow Clarity | The workflow is clearly sequenced with numbered steps, includes an explicit validation checkpoint at step 4 before proceeding, has a dedicated error-handling section with specific failure modes and recovery actions, and ends with a completion checklist. The feedback loop (validate → handle error → retry) is well-defined. | 3 / 3 |
Progressive Disclosure | The content is well-structured with clear sections and headers, but everything is inline in a single file. The output templates and operating modes could be referenced from separate files to keep the main skill leaner. For a skill of this length (~120 lines of content), some splitting would improve navigability. | 2 / 3 |
Total | 10 / 12 Passed |