CD inspectional-reading
Domain-neutral methodology for the first level of Adler-style reading - systematic skimming to determine what kind of document this is, what it's about as a whole, and whether deeper engagement is worth the time investment. Read title, metadata, table of contents or section headings, abstract or introduction, conclusion, and end-material at a glance. Classify document type (methodology, framework, tool, theoretical, reference, or hybrid). Decide whether to escalate to deeper reading. Reusable across any artifact-from-document workflow - paper extraction, skill creation from a methodology document, literature triage, reading-list pruning. Use when an agent needs to convert "I have a document, what is it" into structured downstream-actionable input. Trigger keywords - inspectional reading, systematic skimming, document classification, Adler reading, skim before reading, skill-worthiness check, paper triage, reading triage.
Domain-neutral methodology for the first level of Adler-style reading - systematic skimming to determine what kind of document this is, what it's about as a…
As a process D 49/100 · Unfinished process — References files that are not bundled: ../paper-three-pass-extraction/SKILL.md, ../structural-analysis/SKILL.md, ../synthesis-application/SKILL.md
How to improve
- The text references files that are not there: add them or drop the references.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 0
✓ No critical or high findings
Files scanned: 1. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
- warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../paper-three-pass-extraction/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../structural-analysis/SKILL.md - warning
missing-refreference to a missing file: ../synthesis-application/SKILL.md
Process rating: all ten parameters 49/100
- 0Tools and files. 3 referenced file(s) missing: ../paper-three-pass-extraction/SKILL.md, ../structural-analysis/SKILL.md, ../synthesis-application/SKILL.md
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 60Result and completion. Output format stated, no completion criterion
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 85Steps. 15 steps, 1 vague phrases
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 1802 tokens
- 100Running it twice. No mutating operations
- medium Safety rules and hard prohibitions inside a skill: they belong in the system prompt, here they protect nothing
- low The skill ranks results itself: that belongs to the system behind the tool, not the model
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Description length 934: 120–800 characters recommended
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +4Structure: 11 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 15 items
- +3Output format is stated explicitly
- +4Has examples (2 code blocks)
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 72.