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improve-codebase-architecture
The prompts and scoring guides used to test improve-codebase-architecture, with each report’s findings and limits.
mattpocock/skills
Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.
The task
candidate
Link to this taskWritten responses only. No tool execution, installed dependencies, media generation or cloud services are tested.
What we asked
Do not use tools, access the network, write files, run commands or install anything. Answer only in text using the supplied facts. Review this architecture description: OrderController calls ValidateOrder, which forwards every argument unchanged to OrderRules. Only OrderRules contains validation logic. The last five changes touched validation. Suggest one deepening candidate, without implementing it.
The scoring guide
Pass threshold: 0.75.
Driftproof-authored from the pinned SKILL.md and README; no separate drafting model call.
Try it yourself
Paste the prompt into your own assistant, with or without the skill. Use the scoring guide to read the answer.
One try scored by hand is not a measurement.
Report 017: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
Report 018: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
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What happened on this task
Open a report to read its comparison and limits together. Beating the fake is not beating no skill.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Report 017 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
candidate (too few answers to tell): with the skill 0.7 plus or minus 0.061237; with the same-length placebo 0.583333 plus or minus 0.112546.
Against nothing
candidate (too few answers to tell): with the skill 0.7 plus or minus 0.061237; without it 0.6125 plus or minus 0.085391.
- What we tested. Report 015's twenty skills on Sonnet 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for Report 015's twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Sonnet 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.
Claude Haiku 5.5Report 018 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
candidate (clearly higher): with the skill 0.725 plus or minus 0.05; with the same-length placebo 0.5375 plus or minus 0.118145.
Against nothing
candidate (clearly higher): with the skill 0.725 plus or minus 0.05; without it 0.5 plus or minus 0.05.
- What we tested. Twenty skills on Haiku 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5, the same model.
- The judge is the target's model. The judge uses the same model as the target. Self-grading may favor its own model's answers.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for the twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Haiku 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.
The task
adr
Link to this taskWritten responses only. No tool execution, installed dependencies, media generation or cloud services are tested.
What we asked
Do not use tools, access the network, write files, run commands or install anything. Answer only in text using the supplied facts. Glossary calls the concept Reservation. An accepted ADR keeps payment separate to support two processors. A proposed review merges everything into BookingService. Write a review response.
The scoring guide
Pass threshold: 0.75.
Driftproof-authored from the pinned SKILL.md and README; no separate drafting model call.
Try it yourself
Paste the prompt into your own assistant, with or without the skill. Use the scoring guide to read the answer.
One try scored by hand is not a measurement.
Report 017: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
Report 018: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
Copying stays in your browser. Copies are never stored, counted or sent anywhere by Driftproof.
What happened on this task
Open a report to read its comparison and limits together. Beating the fake is not beating no skill.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Report 017 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
adr (clearly higher): with the skill 0.95 plus or minus 0; with the same-length placebo 0.7375 plus or minus 0.047871.
Against nothing
adr (clearly higher): with the skill 0.95 plus or minus 0; without it 0.75 plus or minus 0.070711.
- What we tested. Report 015's twenty skills on Sonnet 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for Report 015's twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Sonnet 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.
Claude Haiku 5.5Report 018 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
adr (too few answers to tell): with the skill 0.741667 plus or minus 0.091742; with the same-length placebo 0.733333 plus or minus 0.028868.
Against nothing
adr (too few answers to tell): with the skill 0.741667 plus or minus 0.091742; without it 0.666667 plus or minus 0.028868.
- What we tested. Twenty skills on Haiku 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5, the same model.
- The judge is the target's model. The judge uses the same model as the target. Self-grading may favor its own model's answers.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for the twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Haiku 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.
The task
report
Link to this taskWritten responses only. No tool execution, installed dependencies, media generation or cloud services are tested.
What we asked
Do not use tools, access the network, write files, run commands or install anything. Answer only in text using the supplied facts. Provide the text outline for a review card about a shallow ShippingFacade that exposes every CarrierClient method. There are two real carriers. Include what the user should decide next.
The scoring guide
Pass threshold: 0.75.
Driftproof-authored from the pinned SKILL.md and README; no separate drafting model call.
Try it yourself
Paste the prompt into your own assistant, with or without the skill. Use the scoring guide to read the answer.
One try scored by hand is not a measurement.
Report 017: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
Report 018: several answers per arm, each scored 5 times by a judge model. The report’s findings and caveats are below.
Copying stays in your browser. Copies are never stored, counted or sent anywhere by Driftproof.
What happened on this task
Open a report to read its comparison and limits together. Beating the fake is not beating no skill.
Claude Sonnet 5.5Report 017 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
report (clearly higher): with the skill 0.7 plus or minus 0; with the same-length placebo 0.616667 plus or minus 0.028868.
Against nothing
report (too few answers to tell): with the skill 0.7 plus or minus 0; without it 0.75 plus or minus 0.05.
- What we tested. Report 015's twenty skills on Sonnet 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for Report 015's twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Sonnet 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.
Claude Haiku 5.5Report 018 · Read the task result
Against the same-length fake
report (clearly higher): with the skill 0.866667 plus or minus 0.028868; with the same-length placebo 0.466667 plus or minus 0.028868.
Against nothing
report (clearly higher): with the skill 0.866667 plus or minus 0.028868; without it 0.47 plus or minus 0.120416.
- What we tested. Twenty skills on Haiku 5.5, each against no skill and against a same-length text from a fixed corpus, judged by Haiku 5.5, the same model.
- The judge is the target's model. The judge uses the same model as the target. Self-grading may favor its own model's answers.
- Beating the fake is not beating no skill. Where the fake scored below no skill, beating it does not mean beating no skill; each row shows both readings.
- What it does not show. It does not show how these skills do beyond three text tasks each, written by Driftproof for the twenty skills from the Skills.sh snapshot of 2026-10-17, on Claude Haiku 5.5 judged by Claude Haiku 5.5.
Driftproof collected several answers per arm. A judge model scored each answer 5 times.