nw-abr-critique-dimensions

nw-abr-critique-dimensions is a skill for Claude Code from nWave-ai/nWave. It costs 27 tokens per session (1,108 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of nw-ab-critique-dimensions, MIT.

A checklist for reviewing whether an AI agent definition is correctly structured, focused, and different from the default agent behavior.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to review an agent’s file format, length, scope, and domain-specific instructions before accepting it.
Why use it?
It helps catch definitions that may fail to load, become too large, or contain unnecessary instructions.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: disable-model-invocation in frontmatter. Also seen: agent in frontmatter; reads .claude/ paths; mentions subagents.

Good fit Use it to review an agent’s file format, length, scope, and domain-specific instructions before accepting it.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/nwave-ai/nwave/nw-abr-critique-dimensions
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add nWave-ai/nWave --skill nw-abr-critique-dimensions
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 27 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,108 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 92% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00027 $0.01108
Opus 5 $0.00014 $0.00554
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00222
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00111

Measured 11d ago against content hash 523d5c3f2c54, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

nw-abr-critique-dimensions scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

92% identical to nw-ab-critique-dimensions — 5 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

nWave/skills/nw-abr-critique-dimensions/SKILL.md · 108 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 108 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Agent Quality Critique Dimensions

Use these dimensions when reviewing or validating agent definitions.

Dimension 1: Template Compliance

Does the agent follow official Claude Code format?

Check: YAML frontmatter with name and description (required) | Markdown body as system prompt | No embedded YAML config blocks | No activation-instructions or IDE-FILE-RESOLUTION sections | Skills referenced in frontmatter, not inline

Severity: High -- non-compliant agents may not load correctly.

Dimension 2: Size and Focus

Check: Core definition under 400 lines | Domain knowledge in Skills | Single clear responsibility | No monolithic sections (>50 lines without structure) | No redundant Claude default behaviors

Measurement: wc -l {agent-file}. Target: 200-400 lines.

Severity: High -- oversized agents suffer context rot.

Dimension 3: Divergence Quality

Does the agent specify only what diverges from Claude defaults?

Check: No file operation instructions | No generic quality principles ("be thorough") | No tool usage guidelines | Core principles are domain-specific and non-obvious | Each instruction justifies why Claude wouldn't do this naturally

Severity: Medium -- redundant instructions waste tokens, cause overtriggering.

Dimension 4: Safety Implementation

Check: Tools restricted via frontmatter tools field | maxTurns set | No prose-based security layers (use hooks) | No embedded enterprise safety frameworks | permissionMode set for risky actions

Severity: High -- prose safety is ineffective and token-wasteful.

Dimension 5: Language and Tone

Check: No "CRITICAL:", "MANDATORY:", "ABSOLUTE" language | Direct statements ("Do X" not "You MUST X") | Affirmative phrasing ("Do Y" not "Don't do X") | Consistent terminology | No repetitive emphasis

Severity: Medium -- aggressive language causes overtriggering on Opus 4.6.

Dimension 6: Examples Quality

Check: 3-5 canonical examples present | Cover critical/subtle decisions (not obvious cases) | Good/bad paired where useful | Concise (not full implementations)

Read the full file on GitHub · 108 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 11d ago First seen · 108 lines · 27 tokens per session scan A 523d5c3f2c54

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nw-abr-critique-dimensions is a skill published in the GitHub repository nWave-ai/nWave (610 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 27 tokens to every session and 1,108 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 92% identical to nw-ab-critique-dimensions, differing in 5 lines, and is treated as a copy.