assumption-excavation SKILL.md skillA
assumption-excavation from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/assumption-excavation@git:20260616.b2b0cdePins git:20260616.b2b0cde in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine
- Path
skills/assumption-excavation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260616.b2b0cde, committed Jun 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 19, 2026
- Size
- 2,458 bytes
- Repository stars
- 508
- License
- Apache-2.0
Systematic extraction, challenge, and sensitivity analysis of assumptions.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Assumption Excavation A three-phase tactic that surfaces hidden assumptions, challenges each one adversarially, and maps which assumptions are load-bearing for the conclusion. Decisions often rest on unstated beliefs — this tactic makes them explicit and tests their strength. ## Stages 1. **Assumption Extraction** — Systematically surface all assumptions underlying the decision, with confidence levels 2. **Assumption Challenge** — For each assumption, construct the strongest counter-argument and identify alternatives 3. **Conclusion Sensitivity** — Map which assumptions, if wrong, would change the conclusion ## Available SOPs | SOP | Phase | Purpose | |-----|-------|---------| | assumption-extraction | Extract | Surface hidden assumptions with confidence | | assumption-challenge | Challenge | Attack each assumption adversarially | | conclusion-sensitivity | Sensitivity | Map load-bearing assumptions | ## Execution Guidance - Extract minimum 5 assumptions per decision - Challenge ALL assumptions, not just obvious ones - Confidence levels: HIGH (>80%), MEDIUM (50-80%), LOW (<50%) - Critical assumption = conclusion changes if assumption is wrong …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/assumption-excavation@sha256:520f033bc039d4cfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260616.b2b0cde, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between May 19, 2026 and Jun 16, 2026, about one every 9 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260616.b2b0cde latest | 2026-06-16 | b2b0cde | 2,458 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260615.48da2e0 | 2026-06-15 | 48da2e0 | 2,447 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260615.7a62936 | 2026-06-15 | 7a62936 | 1,857 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260519.dc15fe2 | 2026-05-19 | dc15fe2 | 1,754 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2458 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine · 508 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_23d7xoiuqpkwjc2y GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/assumption-excavation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/520f033bc039d4cfa6b7900745418d25c7b09bbcccf472438517e99468aca564
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