[curriculum-eval] side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md: cognitive_load — 1234 words and concept overload
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Newbie friendliness
- 77/100
- 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 revise the lesson using the specific edits in the improvement prompt: shorten the opening sections, condense the four defences, and merge the exercises. Keep “Before You Start” and the checkpoint with at least four verifiable items. Then run npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md"; done means the lesson is at most 900 words and the Markdown lint check passes.
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Description
File: workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md
Overall Score: 5.0 / 10.0 (corpus mean: 6.1)
Flagged Dimensions:
| Dimension | Score | Benchmark | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognitive_load | 5.8 | ≤ 800 words, ≤ 15 concepts (1234 words) | −4.2 |
| active_learning | 2.7 | density ≥ 3 | −7.3 |
The missing_checkpoint flag is a false positive: the page has a checkpoint at line 191 (see the companion rubric issue).
Root Cause (≤ 2 sentences):
The page teaches the attack, four separate defences (read-only permissions, PR-routed writes, path restrictions, network limits), two exercises and a closing author checklist in a single file. The defences are each explained with prose, and the two exercises do not start until about line 125.
Evidence (quoted from the file):
### Declare read-only permissions/### Route writes through a pull request/### Restrict which paths can change/### Limit network destinations
Learning Science Rationale:
Cognitive Load Theory (Sweller) warns that long expository sequences before any practice overload working memory, and the worked-example/completion effect suggests interleaving each concept with a short task. Moving the practice next to each defence lets the learner apply it immediately, which raises both retention and activity density.
Improvement Prompt (for an agent):
Edit workshop/side-quest-17-07-repo-poisoning.md to reduce cognitive load. Target ≤ 900 words. (1) Shorten "The Attack" and "Why This Matters" to one short paragraph each. (2) Keep the four defences but cut each to a brief explanation plus one frontmatter snippet. (3) Merge the two exercises into one that asks the learner to spot the dangerous frontmatter and then fix it, with an answer in a <details> block. (4) Keep "Before You Start" and the "## :white_check_mark: Checkpoint" section with ≥ 4 specific, verifiable items. Do not number headings and keep callouts ≤ 3. Run `npx --yes markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md"` and fix any errors.
Expected Score After Fix: 6.5 / 10.0 (before the rubric fix; higher once checkpoint detection is corrected)
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