[curriculum-eval] side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md: cognitive_load — 1234 words and concept overload in a single page
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 82/100
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- github-actions, markdown
- Domain
- content, documentation
Research direction
Read workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md and the issue’s improvement prompt. Tighten the attack and rationale sections, then reduce concept overload by moving code samples into <details> blocks or pairing each defence with a short exercise. Keep the preparation section and a checkpoint with at least four specific items; aim for no more than 900 words and 15 new concepts, then run the stated markdownlint command.
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Description
File: workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md
Overall Score: 4.95 / 10.0 (corpus mean: 6.06)
Flagged Dimensions:
| Dimension | Score | Benchmark | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognitive_load | 5.8 (1234 words) | ≤ 800 words, ≤ 15 concepts | −434 words; concept_overload flagged |
| active_learning | 2.7 | density ≥ 3 | −0.3 |
| checkpoint_quality | 0.0 (rubric false negative; page has a 6-item checkpoint) | ≥ 4 items | see rubric issue |
Root Cause (≤ 2 sentences):
The page covers the attack, why it matters, four-plus defences (contents: read, safe-outputs, protected-files, network.allowed-domains) and two exercises in one sitting. This overloads working memory and sets the lowest score in Part 2.
Evidence (quoted from the file):
I can name the two gh-aw features (
contents: readandsafe-outputs: create-pull-request) that remove the direct-commit path
Learning Science Rationale:
Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller) holds that novices can process only a few new elements at once; worked-example research suggests introducing one defence, then letting learners apply it, before the next. Splitting the defences section from the exercises (segmenting, per Mayer) reduces extraneous load and lets each exercise directly follow the concept it practises.
Improvement Prompt (for an agent):
Edit workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md. Reduce to ≤ 900 words and ≤ 15 new concepts: tighten "The Attack" and "Why This Matters", move the long "How AW Defends Against It" code samples into <details> blocks or interleave each defence with a one-step exercise, and remove duplicate explanations. Keep ":clipboard: Before You Start" and the "## :white_check_mark: Checkpoint" with ≥ 4 specific items. Do not number headings. Run `npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md"`.
Expected Score After Fix: 7.5 / 10.0 (after the checkpoint regex is also fixed)
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