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+---
+validationDate: 2026-02-27
+workflowName: brief-skill
+workflowPath: _bmad-output/bmb-creations/workflows/brief-skill/
+validationStatus: COMPLETE
+completionDate: 2026-02-27
+---
+
+# Validation Report: brief-skill
+
+**Validation Started:** 2026-02-27
+**Validator:** BMAD Workflow Validation System
+**Standards Version:** BMAD Workflow Standards
+
+---
+
+## File Structure & Size
+
+### Folder Structure
+
+```
+brief-skill/
+├── workflow.md                          (57 lines)
+├── workflow-plan-brief-skill.md         (plan document)
+├── validation-report.md                 (this file)
+├── data/
+│   └── skill-brief-schema.md           (82 lines)
+└── steps-c/
+    ├── step-01-gather-intent.md         (184 lines)
+    ├── step-02-analyze-target.md        (203 lines)
+    ├── step-03-scope-definition.md      (225 lines)
+    ├── step-04-confirm-brief.md         (185 lines)
+    └── step-05-write-brief.md           (156 lines)
+```
+
+### Structure Checks
+
+- ✅ workflow.md exists
+- ✅ steps-c/ folder exists with 5 step files
+- ✅ data/ folder exists with reference file (skill-brief-schema.md)
+- ✅ Step files sequentially numbered 01-05 with no gaps
+- ✅ Final step (05) exists
+- ✅ Folder names make sense
+
+### File Size Analysis
+
+| File | Lines | Status |
+|------|-------|--------|
+| workflow.md | 57 | ✅ Good |
+| data/skill-brief-schema.md | 82 | ✅ Good |
+| steps-c/step-01-gather-intent.md | 184 | ✅ Good |
+| steps-c/step-02-analyze-target.md | 203 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| steps-c/step-03-scope-definition.md | 225 | ⚠️ Approaching limit |
+| steps-c/step-04-confirm-brief.md | 185 | ✅ Good |
+| steps-c/step-05-write-brief.md | 156 | ✅ Good |
+
+### Notes
+
+- step-02 at 203 lines — marginally over 200 recommendation but within 250 max. Acceptable given the multi-language detection logic and structured analysis instructions.
+- step-03 at 225 lines — approaching 250 max. Contains three scope template paths (Full/Modules/Public API) with detailed guidance for each. Could extract scope templates to data/ file if further growth needed, but currently within limits.
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS (2 warnings — within acceptable range)
+
+---
+
+## Frontmatter Validation
+
+### File-by-File Analysis
+
+**step-01-gather-intent.md:**
+| Variable | Used in Body | Path Format | Status |
+|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|
+| nextStepFile | ✅ line 151 | `./step-02-analyze-target.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+| forgeTierFile | ✅ line 61 | `{project-root}/_bmad/_memory/...` (external file) | ✅ |
+- Forbidden patterns: None detected
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-02-analyze-target.md:**
+| Variable | Used in Body | Path Format | Status |
+|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|
+| nextStepFile | ✅ lines 171, 180 | `./step-03-scope-definition.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+- Forbidden patterns: None detected
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-03-scope-definition.md:**
+| Variable | Used in Body | Path Format | Status |
+|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|
+| nextStepFile | ✅ line 190 | `./step-04-confirm-brief.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+| advancedElicitationTask | ✅ line 188 | `{project-root}/_bmad/core/...` (external workflow) | ✅ |
+| partyModeWorkflow | ✅ line 189 | `{project-root}/_bmad/core/...` (external workflow) | ✅ |
+- Forbidden patterns: None detected
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-04-confirm-brief.md:**
+| Variable | Used in Body | Path Format | Status |
+|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|
+| nextStepFile | ✅ line 150 | `./step-05-write-brief.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+| reviseStepFile | ✅ line 147 | `./step-03-scope-definition.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+| briefSchemaFile | ✅ line 63 | `../data/skill-brief-schema.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+| advancedElicitationTask | ✅ line 148 | `{project-root}/_bmad/core/...` (external workflow) | ✅ |
+| partyModeWorkflow | ✅ line 149 | `{project-root}/_bmad/core/...` (external workflow) | ✅ |
+- Forbidden patterns: None detected
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-05-write-brief.md:**
+| Variable | Used in Body | Path Format | Status |
+|----------|-------------|-------------|--------|
+| briefSchemaFile | ✅ line 58 | `../data/skill-brief-schema.md` (relative) | ✅ |
+- Forbidden patterns: None detected
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+### Summary
+
+- 5/5 files validated
+- 0 unused variables
+- 0 path violations
+- 0 forbidden patterns
+- All internal paths use relative format
+- All external references use `{project-root}` or `{variable}` format correctly
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — Zero violations
+
+---
+
+## Critical Path Violations
+
+### Config Variables (Exceptions)
+
+From workflow.md Configuration Loading section:
+- `project_name`, `output_folder`, `user_name`, `communication_language`, `document_output_language`, `forge_data_folder`
+
+Paths using these variables are valid even if not relative.
+
+### Content Path Violations
+
+All 5 step files scanned for hardcoded `{project-root}/` paths in body content (after frontmatter).
+
+**Result:** No content path violations found. All `{project-root}/` references are properly in frontmatter variables, and the body uses `{variableName}` references exclusively.
+
+### Dead Links
+
+| Reference | Source File | Target | Exists |
+|-----------|-----------|--------|--------|
+| nextStepFile | step-01 | ./step-02-analyze-target.md | ✅ |
+| nextStepFile | step-02 | ./step-03-scope-definition.md | ✅ |
+| nextStepFile | step-03 | ./step-04-confirm-brief.md | ✅ |
+| nextStepFile | step-04 | ./step-05-write-brief.md | ✅ |
+| reviseStepFile | step-04 | ./step-03-scope-definition.md | ✅ |
+| briefSchemaFile | step-04, step-05 | ../data/skill-brief-schema.md | ✅ |
+| advancedElicitationTask | step-03, step-04 | {project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/advanced-elicitation/workflow.xml | ✅ |
+| partyModeWorkflow | step-03, step-04 | {project-root}/_bmad/core/workflows/party-mode/workflow.md | ✅ |
+| forgeTierFile | step-01 | {project-root}/_bmad/_memory/forger-sidecar/forge-tier.yaml | ⚠️ Runtime — may not exist if setup-forge not run (handled gracefully with default) |
+
+### Module Awareness
+
+Workflow targets SKF module (`_bmad/skf/`). No bmb-specific path assumptions found. Module-appropriate.
+
+### Summary
+
+- **CRITICAL:** 0 violations
+- **HIGH:** 0 violations
+- **MEDIUM:** 0 violations
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — No violations
+
+---
+
+## Menu Handling Validation
+
+### File-by-File Analysis
+
+**step-01-gather-intent.md** — C-only menu (P2 pattern)
+- ✅ Display section present (line 147)
+- ✅ Handler section follows display (lines 149-152)
+- ✅ Execution Rules section present (lines 154-157)
+- ✅ "halt and wait" instruction present
+- ✅ No A/P options (appropriate for init step)
+- ✅ C loads {nextStepFile}
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-02-analyze-target.md** — Auto-proceed (P3 pattern)
+- ✅ Auto-proceed pattern — no user menu
+- ✅ Handler section present (lines 169-171)
+- ✅ Execution Rules section present (lines 173-176)
+- ✅ Immediately loads next step after analysis
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-03-scope-definition.md** — A/P/C menu (P1 pattern)
+- ✅ Display section present (line 184)
+- ✅ Handler section follows display (lines 186-191)
+- ✅ Execution Rules section present (lines 193-198)
+- ✅ "halt and wait" instruction present
+- ✅ A/P options redisplay menu
+- ✅ C loads {nextStepFile}
+- ✅ A/P appropriate for collaborative scope definition
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-04-confirm-brief.md** — Custom R/A/P/C menu
+- ✅ Display section present (line 143)
+- ✅ Handler section follows display (lines 145-151)
+- ✅ Execution Rules section present (lines 153-158)
+- ✅ "halt and wait" instruction present
+- ✅ R loads {reviseStepFile} (scope revision loop)
+- ✅ A/P options redisplay menu
+- ✅ C loads {nextStepFile}
+- ✅ Custom R appropriate for confirmation gate
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+**step-05-write-brief.md** — No menu (Final step)
+- ✅ No menu — final step pattern
+- ✅ Completion message present
+- ✅ No next step to load
+- **Status:** ✅ PASS
+
+### Summary
+
+- 5/5 files validated
+- 0 menu handling violations
+- All handler sections follow displays
+- All execution rules include "halt and wait" where applicable
+- A/P options appropriately placed (steps 03, 04 — collaborative/gate steps)
+- A/P correctly excluded from init (step 01) and auto-proceed (step 02)
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — Zero violations
+
+---
+
+## Step Type Validation
+
+### Expected vs Actual
+
+| Step | Expected Type | Actual Type | Pattern Match | Status |
+|------|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------|
+| step-01-gather-intent | Init (with Input Discovery) | Init (with Input Discovery) | ✅ Discovers forge-tier.yaml, C-only menu | ✅ PASS |
+| step-02-analyze-target | Middle (Simple) | Middle (Simple) | ✅ Auto-proceed, no A/P, factual reporting | ✅ PASS |
+| step-03-scope-definition | Middle (Standard) | Middle (Standard) | ✅ A/P/C menu, collaborative content | ✅ PASS |
+| step-04-confirm-brief | Middle (Standard/Custom) | Middle (Standard/Custom) | ✅ Custom R/A/P/C, confirmation gate | ✅ PASS |
+| step-05-write-brief | Final | Final | ✅ No nextStepFile, completion message | ✅ PASS |
+
+### Detailed Checks
+
+- ✅ step-01: Has forgeTierFile input discovery, no A/P, welcomes user
+- ✅ step-02: Auto-proceeds after factual analysis, zero-hallucination mandate
+- ✅ step-03: Collaborative with A/P/C, scope template options, confirms boundaries
+- ✅ step-04: Loads briefSchemaFile for reference, custom R option for revision loop, P2 confirmation gate
+- ✅ step-05: No nextStepFile in frontmatter, writes output, completion message with pipeline recommendation
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — All steps match their expected type patterns
+
+---
+
+## Output Format Validation
+
+### Document Production
+
+- **Produces document:** Yes — skill-brief.yaml
+- **Template type:** Strict (exact YAML format from schema)
+- **Output pattern:** Direct-to-final (compile-then-write)
+
+### Template Assessment
+
+This workflow does NOT use a progressive-append template. Instead:
+- Steps 01-04 gather data conversationally (no template file needed)
+- Step 05 generates the complete YAML atomically from gathered data
+- Schema reference file (`data/skill-brief-schema.md`) serves as the output specification
+
+This is appropriate for structured YAML output — a progressive-append template would not make sense for atomic YAML generation.
+
+### Final Polish Step
+
+- Not needed — YAML is generated atomically in one shot (step 05)
+- No progressive content to polish
+- Schema ensures correct format
+
+### Step-to-Output Mapping
+
+| Step | Contribution to Output |
+|------|----------------------|
+| step-01 | Gathers: target_repo, user_intent, scope_hints, skill_name, forge_tier |
+| step-02 | Gathers: detected_language, repo_structure, export_list, module_list |
+| step-03 | Gathers: scope_type, include_patterns, exclude_patterns |
+| step-04 | Confirms: all fields approved by user before write |
+| step-05 | Writes: complete skill-brief.yaml from all accumulated data |
+
+- ✅ Clear data accumulation across steps
+- ✅ Confirmation gate before write
+- ✅ Single output file written in final step
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — Compile-then-write pattern appropriate for structured YAML output
+
+---
+
+## Validation Design Check
+
+### Validation Requirement Assessment
+
+- **Workflow domain:** Interactive discovery / skill scoping
+- **Compliance/safety:** Not applicable
+- **Quality gates:** User confirmation at step 04 serves as quality gate
+
+**Validation is NOT critical for this workflow:**
+- Creative/exploratory discovery workflow
+- User-driven scoping — user validates through confirmation gate
+- Output (skill-brief.yaml) is validated downstream by create-skill's step-01-load-brief
+- No compliance, legal, or safety concerns
+
+### Downstream Validation
+
+- ✅ create-skill's step-01-load-brief validates all required fields in skill-brief.yaml
+- ✅ User confirms the brief at step 04 before writing
+- ✅ Dual validation: user gate + downstream machine validation
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS (N/A — validation not required; appropriate user and downstream validation exists)
+
+---
+
+## Instruction Style Check
+
+### Domain Assessment
+
+- **Domain:** Interactive discovery / collaborative skill scoping
+- **Appropriate style:** Mixed — intent-based for discovery, prescriptive for analysis and output
+- **Plan specification:** Steps 01, 03 intent-based; Steps 02, 04, 05 prescriptive
+
+### Step-by-Step Analysis
+
+**step-01-gather-intent** — Intent-based ✅
+- "What do you want to skill?" — open-ended discovery
+- "What's your intent?" — facilitative exploration
+- "Take your time — the more context you share, the better the brief" — encouraging
+- Progressive questioning: target first, then intent, then hints
+- Appropriate for discovery step
+
+**step-02-analyze-target** — Prescriptive ✅
+- Exact analysis sequence: resolve → structure → language → modules → report
+- Detection signals in specific order (package.json → tsconfig.json → Cargo.toml...)
+- Zero-hallucination tolerance mandate
+- Appropriate for automated analysis
+
+**step-03-scope-definition** — Intent-based ✅
+- "Which parts are most relevant to your use case?" — collaborative discovery
+- Template options for guided choices ([F]/[M]/[P])
+- "Any additional exclusions you'd like to add?" — open-ended refinement
+- Appropriate for collaborative scoping
+
+**step-04-confirm-brief** — Prescriptive ✅
+- Exact presentation format from schema
+- Structured brief display with all fields
+- Precise highlighting of low-confidence values
+- Appropriate for confirmation gate
+
+**step-05-write-brief** — Prescriptive ✅
+- Exact YAML generation from schema template
+- Precise file write instructions with error handling
+- Structured success message format
+- Appropriate for output generation
+
+### Assessment
+
+- ✅ Mixed style matches the plan specification exactly
+- ✅ Discovery steps (01, 03) use intent-based facilitation
+- ✅ Mechanical steps (02, 04, 05) use prescriptive instructions
+- ✅ Style is appropriate for each step's purpose
+- ✅ No inappropriate prescriptive language in discovery steps
+- ✅ No inappropriate open-endedness in mechanical steps
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — Instruction style appropriate for domain and well-differentiated across steps
+
+---
+
+## Collaborative Experience Check
+
+### Step-by-Step Facilitation Quality
+
+**step-01-gather-intent:**
+- Question style: Progressive ✅ (target → intent → hints → name, one topic at a time)
+- Conversation flow: Natural ✅ (wait for response, ask follow-up if unclear)
+- Role clarity: ✅ "skill scoping architect in Ferris Architect mode (exploratory, collaborative)"
+- Facilitation: ✅ Encourages depth — "Take your time"
+
+**step-02-analyze-target:**
+- Mostly autonomous ✅ — factual reporting, not interrogation
+- Clean handoff: presents findings, auto-proceeds
+- Zero-hallucination mandate prevents confabulation
+
+**step-03-scope-definition:**
+- Question style: Progressive ✅ (template selection → refinement → confirmation)
+- Conversation flow: Natural ✅ (wait for selection, then guide based on choice)
+- Template options: Clear, visual [F]/[M]/[P] choices with descriptions
+- Follow-up: "Any additional exclusions you'd like to add?" — invites input without demanding
+
+**step-04-confirm-brief:**
+- Presentation: Clean, structured brief display
+- Highlights: Low-confidence fields flagged for attention
+- Empowerment: "This is your last chance to make changes" — clear checkpoint
+- Flexibility: Inline adjustments supported, [R] revise loops back
+
+**step-05-write-brief:**
+- Minimal interaction — appropriate for output step
+- Clear success summary with next steps recommendation
+- Satisfying completion: pipeline context (create-skill → test-skill → export-skill)
+
+### Progression and Arc
+
+- ✅ Clear 5-phase progression: Discover → Analyze → Scope → Confirm → Write
+- ✅ Each step builds on previous data
+- ✅ User knows their position (step numbers, phase descriptions in step-01 welcome)
+- ✅ Satisfying completion with forward momentum (suggests create-skill)
+
+### Error Handling
+
+- ✅ Inaccessible repo: Hard halt with actionable error (step 02)
+- ✅ Missing forge tier: Graceful default to Quick with warning (step 01)
+- ✅ Low language confidence: Flagged for override (steps 02→03)
+- ✅ Write failure: Hard halt with error (step 05)
+- ✅ User rejects brief: [R] loops back to scope definition (step 04)
+
+### User Experience Assessment
+
+This workflow feels like:
+- [x] A collaborative partner working WITH the user
+- [ ] A form collecting data FROM the user
+- [ ] An interrogation extracting information
+
+**Overall Collaborative Rating:** 5/5
+
+**Status:** ✅ EXCELLENT — Strong facilitation quality with progressive questioning, natural conversation flow, and clear progression arc
+
+---
+
+## Subprocess Optimization Opportunities
+
+**Total Opportunities:** 0 high-priority | **Estimated Context Savings:** N/A
+
+### Analysis
+
+The workflow plan correctly identifies: "No high-priority subprocess opportunities. Linear interactive workflow against a single repo — main thread execution appropriate for all steps."
+
+Verification:
+- **step-01:** Gathers intent conversationally — interactive, no parallelizable work
+- **step-02:** Analyzes a single target repo — sequential analysis of one repo
+- **step-03:** Interactive scoping with user — collaborative, no parallelizable work
+- **step-04:** Presents brief for review — single presentation step
+- **step-05:** Writes one file — atomic operation
+
+### Verdict
+
+No subprocess optimization opportunities applicable. This is a linear, interactive workflow where each step depends on user input from previous steps. Main thread execution is the correct approach.
+
+**Status:** ✅ PASS — No optimization opportunities missed
+
+---
+
+## Cohesive Review
+
+### End-to-End Walkthrough
+
+1. **workflow.md** → Clear goal statement, warm Ferris Architect persona, SKF module context, pipeline positioning
+2. **step-01** → Discovers forge tier, welcomes user with pipeline overview, gathers target/intent/name progressively
+3. **step-02** → Factual repo analysis with language detection, auto-proceeds with momentum
+4. **step-03** → Presents scope templates, guides selection collaboratively, confirms boundaries
+5. **step-04** → Shows complete brief with highlights, offers revise or approve
+6. **step-05** → Writes YAML, shows success, recommends create-skill as next step
+
+### Cohesiveness Assessment
+
+- ✅ Each step builds clearly on previous — data flows logically
+- ✅ Consistent Ferris Architect voice: warm, collaborative, expert
+- ✅ User always knows where they are: step numbers, phase descriptions, clear progression
+- ✅ Natural momentum: discovery → analysis → scoping → confirmation → output
+- ✅ Confirm-before-write gate ensures quality and user agency
+- ✅ Error handling at key points prevents confusion
+- ✅ Pipeline awareness throughout — user understands where brief-skill fits
+
+### Strengths
+
+- Clean 5-step pipeline with clear separation of concerns
+- Step 02 auto-proceed maintains flow while step 03 provides depth
+- Confirmation gate with inline adjustment and full revise loop
+- Graceful fallback patterns (forge tier default, output folder fallback)
+- Downstream pipeline context (brief-skill → create-skill → test-skill)
+- Zero-hallucination mandate for analysis ensures trust
+- Scope templates make the abstract concrete ([F]/[M]/[P])
+
+### Weaknesses
+
+- step-02 (203 lines) and step-03 (225 lines) approaching size limits — monitor if growth needed
+- No explicit handling for monorepos with multiple language roots (edge case)
+
+### Critical Issues
+
+None identified.
+
+### Recommendation
+
+**EXCELLENT** — Ready to use. This workflow exemplifies best practices for interactive discovery:
+- Progressive questioning over interrogation
+- Collaborative scoping with visual templates
+- Mandatory confirmation gate before output
+- Clean pipeline integration with downstream workflows
+
+---
+
+## Plan Quality Validation
+
+### Plan Information
+
+- **Plan file:** workflow-plan-brief-skill.md
+- **Plan status:** CONFIRMED
+- **Total requirements areas:** 5 (Discovery, Classification, Requirements, Design, Tools)
+
+### Implementation Coverage
+
+**Discovery/Vision:**
+| Requirement | Implemented | Quality |
+|------------|-------------|---------|
+| 5-step interactive discovery pipeline | ✅ | High |
+| Input: GitHub URL or local path + user intent | ✅ | High |
+| Output: skill-brief.yaml | ✅ | High |
+| Confirm-before-write gate | ✅ | High |
+| Pipeline positioning (Phase 1b entry point) | ✅ | High |
+
+**Classification:**
+| Attribute | Specified | Implemented | Status |
+|-----------|----------|-------------|--------|
+| Document output | true | ✅ skill-brief.yaml | ✅ |
+| Module affiliation | SKF | ✅ SKF config loading | ✅ |
+| Session type | single-session | ✅ No continuation logic | ✅ |
+| Lifecycle support | create-only | ✅ steps-c/ only | ✅ |
+
+**Requirements:**
+| Requirement | Specified | Implemented | Status |
+|------------|----------|-------------|--------|
+| Flow: Linear 5-step | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Confirmation gate at step 04 | ✅ | ✅ P2 gate with R/A/P/C | ✅ |
+| Mixed interaction style | ✅ | ✅ Intent + Prescriptive | ✅ |
+| Required inputs | ✅ | ✅ Target repo + intent | ✅ |
+| Optional inputs | ✅ | ✅ Scope hints, lang override | ✅ |
+| Output: structured YAML | ✅ | ✅ Schema-driven generation | ✅ |
+| Required fields in YAML | ✅ | ✅ All 9 fields present | ✅ |
+
+**Design:**
+| Element | Specified | Implemented | Status |
+|---------|----------|-------------|--------|
+| step-01 gather-intent (Init+Discovery) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| step-02 analyze-target (Middle Simple) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| step-03 scope-definition (Middle Standard) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| step-04 confirm-brief (Custom R/A/P/C) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| step-05 write-brief (Final) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| data/skill-brief-schema.md | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Data flow (accumulative) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
+| Error handling patterns | ✅ | ✅ All 6 scenarios | ✅ |
+
+**Tools:**
+| Tool | Specified | Implemented | Status |
+|------|----------|-------------|--------|
+| Advanced Elicitation | steps 03, 04 | ✅ Both steps | ✅ |
+| Party Mode | steps 03, 04 | ✅ Both steps | ✅ |
+| Web-Browsing (gh CLI) | step 02 | ✅ gh api usage | ✅ |
+| File I/O | step 05 | ✅ YAML write | ✅ |
+| Schema reference data | steps 04, 05 | ✅ briefSchemaFile | ✅ |
+
+**Memory-Informed Additions:**
+| Addition | Specified | Implemented | Status |
+|---------|----------|-------------|--------|
+| Forge tier awareness | ✅ | ✅ step-01 discovery | ✅ |
+| Multi-language detection | ✅ | ✅ step-02 with confidence | ✅ |
+| Scope templates | ✅ | ✅ step-03 F/M/P options | ✅ |
+| Ecosystem check | Suggested | Not implemented | ⚠️ Optional |
+
+### Implementation Gaps
+
+- Ecosystem check (verify if official skill already exists) was suggested but not implemented — this is optional and can be added later or handled in create-skill
+
+### Overall Assessment
+
+- **Plan implementation score:** 97% (all required items implemented, 1 optional suggestion deferred)
+- **Status:** Fully Implemented
+- **Quality:** High across all areas
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+### Validation Results
+
+| Check | Status | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-------|
+| File Structure & Size | ✅ PASS | 2 files approaching limit (203, 225 lines) |
+| Frontmatter Validation | ✅ PASS | Zero violations across 5 files |
+| Critical Path Violations | ✅ PASS | No content violations, dead links, or module issues |
+| Menu Handling Validation | ✅ PASS | All menus compliant with standards |
+| Step Type Validation | ✅ PASS | All 5 steps match expected type patterns |
+| Output Format Validation | ✅ PASS | Compile-then-write appropriate for YAML |
+| Validation Design Check | ✅ PASS | N/A — appropriate user and downstream validation |
+| Instruction Style Check | ✅ PASS | Mixed style appropriate for domain |
+| Collaborative Experience | ✅ EXCELLENT | 5/5 rating — strong facilitation quality |
+| Subprocess Optimization | ✅ PASS | No opportunities missed |
+| Cohesive Review | ✅ EXCELLENT | Ready to use — exemplifies best practices |
+| Plan Quality Validation | ✅ PASS | 97% implementation — fully delivered |
+
+### Critical Issues: 0
+
+### Warnings: 2
+
+1. step-02-analyze-target.md at 203 lines (within 250 max but over 200 recommendation)
+2. step-03-scope-definition.md at 225 lines (within 250 max but approaching limit)
+
+### Key Strengths
+
+- Clean 5-step pipeline with clear separation of concerns
+- Progressive questioning over interrogation
+- Mandatory confirmation gate with revise loop
+- Graceful error handling and fallback patterns
+- Strong pipeline integration (brief-skill → create-skill)
+- Zero-hallucination mandate for analysis
+- Appropriate mixed instruction style
+
+### Overall Assessment
+
+**EXCELLENT** — Workflow is ready to use. All validation checks pass with no critical issues. Two minor size warnings do not impact functionality. The workflow exemplifies BMAD best practices for interactive discovery workflows.
+
+### Recommendation
+
+**Ready for installation to `_bmad/skf/workflows/brief-skill/`**
+
+Suggested next steps:
+1. Install the workflow to its target SKF module location
+2. Ensure SKF config.yaml exists with `forge_data_folder` defined
+3. Test the workflow with a real repository target