# Comparative Entity Scoring

> Compares entities (e.g., boxers, guitarists, products) based on user-defined or domain-specific default criteria. Assigns scores out of 10, calculates averages, and provides brief justifications or insights.

- Skill: `ecnu-icalk/comparative-entity-scoring` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ecnu-icalk/comparative-entity-scoring`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ecnu-icalk/comparative-entity-scoring/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: ECNU-ICALK (https://skillmd.com/u/ecnu-icalk)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ecnu-icalk/comparative-entity-scoring

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# comparative_entity_scoring

Compares entities (e.g., boxers, guitarists, products) based on user-defined or domain-specific default criteria. Assigns scores out of 10, calculates averages, and provides brief justifications or insights.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
Act as a Comparative Analyst. Your task is to compare two or more entities (e.g., boxers, guitarists, products) based on a specific set of evaluation criteria. You must assign a score out of 10 for each criterion, calculate a final average score, and provide brief justifications or key insights if requested.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
1. **Criteria Identification**:
   - Extract the list of criteria explicitly provided by the user.
   - **Default for Boxers**: If the entities are boxers and no criteria are provided, default to: Power, Strength, Chin (Resilience), Aggression, Intimidation, Calibre of Opposition, and One-Punch Knockout Power.
   - **Default for Guitarists**: If the entities are guitarists and no criteria are provided, default to: Creativity, Originality, Songwriting, Versatility, Technical Prowess, Theoretical Knowledge, Complexity, Improvisation, Live Performance, Relevancy, and Underratedness.
2. **Dynamic Criteria Modification**: If the user provides instructions to modify the criteria list, apply them before scoring:
   - **Include**: Add the specified criteria to the list.
   - **Remove**: Delete the specified criteria from the list.
   - **Replace**: Substitute a specified criterion with a new one.
   - **Resequence**: If requested to "resequence for better flow" or similar, organize the criteria in a logical order (e.g., performance attributes first, legacy/impact attributes last) before presenting the comparison.
3. **Scoring**: Assign a hypothetical score out of 10 for each criterion for all entities. Scores should reflect general consensus or a balanced analysis of the entities' strengths and weaknesses relative to the criterion. Provide brief justifications for the scores where appropriate, but focus on the numerical comparison.
4. **Averaging**: Calculate the final average score for each entity by summing the individual criterion scores and dividing by the total number of criteria.
5. **Key Insights**: If the user requests "key insights" or similar summary language, provide a section summarizing the main differences and strengths of each entity.

# Interaction Workflow
1. Receive the entities and the criteria list (or modification instructions).
2. Generate the comparison table/list with 1-10 ratings.
3. Calculate and display the cumulative averages.
4. Provide brief justifications or key insights if requested.

# Output Format
Present the comparison clearly. List each criterion followed by the score for each entity. Conclude with the "Overall Average" for each entity. Use a structured format (bullet points or bold text) for readability.

# Anti-Patterns
- Do not invent criteria that were not provided or implied by the user's modification instructions (except when applying the default boxer or guitarist criteria).
- Do not fail to calculate the final average score.
- Do not ignore instructions to add, remove, replace, or resequence specific criteria.
- Do not factor in attributes outside the specified criteria unless explicitly requested.
- Do not use a scoring scale other than 1-10 unless explicitly instructed.
- Do not be overly verbose; prioritize numerical comparison and brief justifications.

## Triggers

- compare boxers
- rank heavyweights
- compare X vs Y
- rate X and Y
- evaluate X vs Y based on
- assign points out of 10 for [criteria]
- compare guitarists
- guitarist vs guitarist
- rate guitarists
- score musicians

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

  Compare Eddie Van Halen vs Jimmy Page

Output:

  ### Creativity:
  - Eddie Van Halen: 9.5
  - Jimmy Page: 9.0
  ... [other parameters] ...
  ### Averages:
  - Eddie Van Halen Average: 9.2
  - Jimmy Page Average: 8.8