# workflow-score-to-target

Scores work out of 10 against an anchored rubric, then improves it round by round until every item hits the target you named.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 348 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/workflow/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/workflow-score-to-target

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask for a score out of 10 and name a bar: get it to 8, bring everything under 6 up to 6+. It pins down the target and the list of items first, then writes the rubric down so scores mean the same every round. Each item splits into 3–5 criteria worth 0–2 points, so the total lands out of 10 and every point has a reason behind it.

Scoring runs on renders, recordings or measurements of the actual thing, never on the code or on memory. Where a criterion can be measured, it gets measured: foot slide as a share of travel speed, weapon clipping in millimetres, a win rate over 40 seeds, a download size in megabytes. When it matters, the captures go to a fresh subagent that didn't do the work. It gets the rubric and the benchmark, not your hopes or the earlier scores. Two blind judges per item if you can manage it — take the lower score or reconcile the gap.

Improvement moves in rounds. Lowest items first, and inside each one the criterion costing the most points. Then re-capture and re-score with the same rubric and judge setup. It stops when every item meets the bar, or when an item plateaus on something outside the task — a model limit, an art asset, a performance budget. That item gets reported as short, with the reason and what it would take. Rounding up to reach the bar is off the table: 7.5 against an 8 bar is below the bar. While climbing, performance budgets, tests and other items' scores stay put; any trade-off gets noted.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill workflow-score-to-target -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/workflow-score-to-target/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill workflow-score-to-target -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill workflow-score-to-target -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills workflow-score-to-target
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill workflow-score-to-target -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/workflow/workflow-score-to-target
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill workflow-score-to-target -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/workflow/workflow-score-to-target/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- score a list of items out of 10 against a written rubric
- lift everything under 6 up to 6 or better
- prove the gain with before and after captures
- get an independent read from a subagent that didn't do the work
- lock the bar into a test so it can't quietly regress

## Example prompts
- score these screens out of 10 and get each to 8
- anything under 6 out of 10, bring it to 6+
- what would make this a 9 out of 10?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: workflow-score-to-target
description: Score work out of 10 against a clear rubric, then improve it round by round until every item reaches the target score the user named (for example "get it to 8 out of 10", "bring everything under 6 up to 6+"). Covers anchored rubrics, measurable criteria, independent or blind judging, before/after scorecards, and honest reporting of anything still short. Use whenever the user asks to score, rate, grade or judge something out of 10, names a target score, or asks "what would make this a 9?".
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# Workflow: score to a target

The user sets quality bars as numbers:
- "score them out of 10. let's get them to 8 out of 10"
- "anything less than 6 out of 10, get them to 6+"
- "give it a score out of 10. get at least 8"
- "make it 8 or 9 out of 10"

The job isn't just the score; it's reaching the bar, proving it, and saying plainly where it falls short.

## 1. Pin down the target and the items

- Restate the bar: the target (6, 8 or 9), and whether it applies to **every** item or the average. "Get them to 8" means every item reaches 8.
- List every item being scored: each skill, each weapon, each screen element, each object. Score them one by one, never as one blob.
- Name the benchmark the user judges against, such as the games or sites they compare to. A 7 means nothing without one.
- **A bar the user sets once is a standing rule for that kind of work.** Record it where future work will see it, such as project instructions, memory, or a test.

## 2. Anchor the rubric before scoring

Write the scale down so scores mean the same every round. Default anchors:

| Score | Means |
|---|---|
| 10 | Best-in-class, something you'd study |
| 9 | Excellent: a trained eye finds almost nothing |
| 8 | Polished and intentional, only minor nits |
| 7 | Good, but a noticeable flaw |
| 6 | Acceptable: works and reads clearly, with visible rough edges |
| 5 | Mediocre: the idea is there, the execution distracts |
| 3–4 | Clearly broken or wrong in places |
| 1–2 | Barely works, or reads as something else |

Then break each item into 3–5 criteria, **0–2 points each**, so the total is out of 10 and every point has a reason. For example:
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