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The scorecard lists affected pages under workshop/ and says the checkpoint detector confuses emoji with :white_check_mark: and :clipboard: shortcodes. Start by reading the detector issue filed alongside this scorecard and inspect the curriculum scoring entry point that produces these tables. Done when the reported scores and trend analysis account for the shortcode mismatch; confirm against the named pages and corpus totals.

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Description

curriculum documentation quality
Part Summary
Part Files Mean Score Std Dev
Part 1 — core path (lessons 00–14) 55 6.13 / 10.0 ±0.63
Part 2 — advanced (lessons 15+) 38 5.98 / 10.0 ±0.36
Overall corpus 94 6.06 / 10.0 ±0.54

Flag threshold: 5.52. Five files fall below it (see findings). Systemic caveat: the rubric reports 92 of 94 learning pages as missing a checkpoint and all 94 as missing "Before You Start", but the pages do have them. The detector regexes match the literal emoji ✅ / 📋, while the workshop writes :white_check_mark: / :clipboard:. Absolute scores are deflated by roughly 2.5–3 points. See the detector issue filed alongside this scorecard.

Part 1 Scores (lessons 00–14)
File Overall Score
workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md 4.93 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-06-anthropic-key.md 5.37 / 10.0
workshop/04-github-actions-intro.md 5.39 / 10.0
workshop/05-agentic-workflows-intro.md 5.43 / 10.0
workshop/14b-pr-reviewer-workflow.md 5.45 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-05-03-two-file-structure.md 5.50 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-08-frontmatter-tools-outputs.md 5.55 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-01b-workflow-structure.md 5.59 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-13-04-token-optimization.md 5.59 / 10.0
workshop/08-run-your-workflow.md 5.67 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-04-annotated-workflow.md 5.67 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-09-agent-session-phases.md 5.69 / 10.0
workshop/05b-agentic-workflows-security.md 5.75 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-03a-copilot-requests-permission.md 5.75 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-05-event-triggers.md 5.77 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-05-01-actions-power-user.md 5.81 / 10.0
workshop/14-next-steps.md 5.83 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-03-copilot-token.md 5.83 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-10-02-jailbreak-brief.md 5.85 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-02-schedule-expressions.md 5.87 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-07-openai-key.md 5.87 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01f-debugging-checklist.md 5.90 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-12-01-iterate-agent-output.md 5.91 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-10-03-skill-dispatcher.md 5.95 / 10.0
workshop/08b-interpret-your-run.md 5.99 / 10.0
workshop/09-agentic-editing.md 5.99 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-08-01-codespaces-actions-write.md 6.01 / 10.0
workshop/02a-setup-codespace.md 6.09 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-10-01-agent-brief.md 6.09 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01-debug-output.md 6.11 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01a-pattern-long-plan-chain.md 6.12 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-05-02-aw-deep-dive.md 6.13 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-07d-billing-paths.md 6.13 / 10.0
workshop/05c-agentic-workflows-practice.md 6.22 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-03-better-prompts.md 6.24 / 10.0
workshop/07-your-first-workflow.md 6.25 / 10.0
workshop/07d-confirm-model-access.md 6.25 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-02-01-local-terminal.md 6.25 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-01-01-terminal-basics.md 6.26 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01c-pattern-safe-output-blocked.md 6.31 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01b-pattern-empty-results.md 6.33 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01d-pattern-permission-denied.md 6.35 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-01-install-troubleshooting.md 6.39 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-09-01e-pattern-done-no-write.md 6.39 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-03c-copilot-github-token-ui-only.md 6.45 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-07-01-compile-workflow.md 6.45 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-13-03-pr-checklist-pattern.md 6.45 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-01-03-permission-errors.md 6.53 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-04-install-local.md 6.67 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-03b-copilot-github-token.md 6.71 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-02-yaml-frontmatter.md 6.82 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-11-01-frontmatter-deep-dive.md 6.97 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-06-02-cca-codespace.md 7.19 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-13-02-pr-summary-pattern.md 8.39 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-13-01-pr-labeler-pattern.md 8.59 / 10.0
Part 2 Scores (lessons 15+)
File Overall Score
workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md 4.95 / 10.0
workshop/15-conditional-logic.md 5.53 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-20-01-memory-patterns.md 5.53 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-22-01-failure-modes.md 5.57 / 10.0
workshop/17-add-mcp-tools.md 5.61 / 10.0
workshop/20-persistent-memory.md 5.67 / 10.0
workshop/29-skills-and-domain-knowledge.md 5.69 / 10.0
workshop/16-connect-data-source.md 5.71 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-16-02-secrets-and-permissions.md 5.75 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-02-security-architecture.md 5.75 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-16-03-token-exfiltration.md 5.77 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-03-prompt-injection.md 5.81 / 10.0
workshop/18-share-and-reuse.md 5.82 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-23-01-ab-roundrobin.md 5.83 / 10.0
workshop/26-manage-costs-and-budgets.md 5.85 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-01-mcp-concepts.md 5.87 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-04-permission-escalation.md 5.89 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-16-05-long-lived-credentials.md 5.93 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-25-01-audit-reference.md 5.93 / 10.0
workshop/21-inline-sub-agents.md 5.97 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-06-output-injection.md 5.97 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-16-04-deterministic-vs-agentic-data-ops.md 6.01 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-17-05-supply-chain-mcp.md 6.01 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-15-01-expressions-and-contexts.md 6.03 / 10.0
workshop/30-preview-with-staged-mode.md 6.05 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-24-01-runner-infrastructure.md 6.07 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-29-01-skill-injection-strategies.md 6.09 / 10.0
workshop/28-orchestrate-workflows.md 6.13 / 10.0
workshop/25-audit-and-observability.md 6.15 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-26-01-forecast-costs.md 6.20 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-15-02-chaining-conditions.md 6.21 / 10.0
workshop/19-research-driven-training-node.md 6.37 / 10.0
workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md 6.37 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-16-01-github-output.md 6.44 / 10.0
workshop/24-self-hosted-runners.md 6.45 / 10.0
workshop/27-evaluate-workflow-quality.md 6.57 / 10.0
workshop/23-ab-experiments.md 6.67 / 10.0
workshop/side-quest-21-01-sub-agent-syntax.md 6.91 / 10.0
Other Scores (no lesson number)
File Overall Score
workshop/side-quest-enterprise-setup.md 5.71 / 10.0
Score Trends (history window: 20 commits)

Only pages with a non-trivial delta are listed individually below; all 94 pages were compared and every page not listed is stable with |delta| ≤ 0.10 (most are exactly +0.00).

File Baseline Latest Delta Direction
workshop/side-quest-11-09-agent-session-phases.md 7.69 5.69 -2.00 declining
workshop/side-quest-12-01-iterate-agent-output.md 7.91 5.91 -2.00 declining
workshop/18-share-and-reuse.md 6.15 5.82 -0.33 declining
workshop/side-quest-01-03-permission-errors.md 6.79 6.53 -0.26 declining
workshop/side-quest-11-05-event-triggers.md 5.87 5.77 -0.10 stable
workshop/side-quest-11-08-frontmatter-tools-outputs.md 5.64 5.55 -0.09 stable
workshop/side-quest-09-01a-pattern-long-plan-chain.md 6.20 6.12 -0.08 stable
workshop/29-skills-and-domain-knowledge.md 5.75 5.69 -0.06 stable
workshop/side-quest-24-01-runner-infrastructure.md 6.13 6.07 -0.06 stable
workshop/side-quest-11-02-yaml-frontmatter.md 6.88 6.82 -0.06 stable
workshop/side-quest-06-02-cca-codespace.md 7.25 7.19 -0.06 stable
workshop/side-quest-09-01f-debugging-checklist.md 5.96 5.90 -0.06 stable
workshop/22-error-handling-and-resilience.md 6.35 6.37 +0.02 stable
workshop/23-ab-experiments.md 6.65 6.67 +0.02 stable
workshop/side-quest-01-02-environment-reference.md 4.93 4.93 +0.00 stable
workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md 4.97 4.95 -0.02 stable
workshop/04-github-actions-intro.md 5.39 5.39 +0.00 stable
workshop/05-agentic-workflows-intro.md 5.43 5.43 +0.00 stable

The two −2.00 drops (side-quest-11-09, side-quest-12-01) match the exact weight of the checkpoint dimension, so a checkpoint was probably lost or reformatted (for example to the :white_check_mark: shortcode) in those files. That is consistent with the detector bug above.

Overall Trend
  • Baseline mean score: 6.13
  • Latest mean score: 6.06
  • Delta: -0.07
  • Direction: stable
Bloom's Taxonomy audit

Distribution (94 files): remember 8, understand 15, apply 51, analyze 7, evaluate 5, create 8. The shape is a healthy pyramid with a heavy Apply base. has_min_understand_steps = true (15) and has_min_analyze_steps = true (7), so there are no gap proposals.

Per-file reclassification (justification is the one-sentence cue from corpus.bloom_reclassification; all files use "Primary cues: ..."):

  • remember (8): 21-inline-sub-agents (title/intro: reference), 29-skills-and-domain-knowledge (intro: reference, glossary), side-quest-01-02-environment-reference (title/intro: reference), side-quest-11-01-frontmatter-deep-dive, side-quest-11-02-yaml-frontmatter, side-quest-20-01-memory-patterns, side-quest-21-01-sub-agent-syntax, side-quest-25-01-audit-reference (all reference-style cues)
  • understand (15): 04-github-actions-intro, 05-agentic-workflows-intro, side-quest-05-01, 05-02, 05-03, 10-02-jailbreak-brief, 11-01b-workflow-structure, 11-09-agent-session-phases, 15-01-expressions-and-contexts, 16-03-token-exfiltration, 16-04-deterministic-vs-agentic-data-ops, 17-02-security-architecture, 17-03-prompt-injection, 17-04-permission-escalation, 17-05-supply-chain-mcp (title/intro: intro, introduction, explain-style cues)
  • apply (51): all remaining install/setup/run/configure/schedule pages, including 02a, 05b, 05c, 07d, 08, 08b, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, and 34 side quests (cues: install, run, configure, use, schedule, commands_or_code)
  • analyze (7): side-quest-09-01-debug-output, 09-01c, 09-01d, 09-01f, 12-01-iterate-agent-output, 16-01-github-output, 17-06-output-injection
  • evaluate (5): 09-agentic-editing (review/test), 23-ab-experiments (test), 27-evaluate-workflow-quality (evaluate/review), side-quest-13-01, 13-03 (checkpoint/review cues)
  • create (8): 07-your-first-workflow (create/write), 14b-pr-reviewer-workflow (create/build), 19-research-driven-training-node, 28-orchestrate-workflows (build/compose), side-quest-09-01e, 11-03-better-prompts, 13-02-pr-summary-pattern, 17-07-repo-poisoning

Caveat: the classifier is keyword-based. side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning is an attack-and-defend exercise and reads more like Analyze/Evaluate than Create.

Corpus-level observations
  • Checkpoint/scaffolding coverage: the real coverage is high, but the rubric cannot see it (detector bug).
  • Length variance: side-quest-01-02 (1,433 words) and side-quest-17-07 (1,234 words) are well over the 800-word ideal; most steps are 650–800 words.
  • Active learning: concept-heavy pages (04, 05) have density < 4 because their activities are tables and reflection prompts rather than code blocks.

Fix prompt for the corpus: see the detector issue ("curriculum_assessment.py: checkpoint and prerequisite detection ignores :white_check_mark: / :clipboard: shortcodes").

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