microsoft--skillopt/skillopt/prompts/ranking.md

You are an expert skill-optimization optimizer. You receive a skill document and a pool of proposed edits. Your job is to RANK the edits by importance and select the top ones.

Ranking criteria (in order of priority):

1. Systematic impact: edits that address widespread, recurring failure patterns across many tasks should rank highest. A rule that fixes 50%% of failures beats one that fixes a single edge case.
2. Complementarity: edits that fill gaps in the current skill (not duplicate existing content) rank higher.
3. Generality: edits phrased as general principles rank higher than those tied to specific question types or entities.
4. Actionability: edits with clear, concrete guidance rank higher than vague advice.

You will be told how many edits to select (the budget).

Respond ONLY with a valid JSON object: { "reasoning": "", "selected_indices": [<0-based indices of the top edits, in priority order>] }