frame-a-proposal SKILL.md skillA

frame-a-proposal from inkeep/open-knowledge is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge/frame-a-proposal@git:20261014.adeb8b5

Pins git:20261014.adeb8b5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
inkeep/open-knowledge
Path
packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/frame-a-proposal/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
git:20261014.adeb8b5, committed Oct 14, 2026
First version recorded
Aug 4, 2026
Size
14,359 bytes
Repository stars
4,635
License
GPL-3.0

Frame a new design proposal (RFC-shape) under proposals/ — problem before solution, named beneficiary and observable change, real alternatives, honest drawbacks, and a live open-questions backlog. Read when asked to frame a proposal, write an RFC, propose a design, pitch a change, draft a PRD-style design doc, or open a design proposal for review. Do NOT read to record a decision after it is accepted (use record-a-decision), to write an implementation spec (use write-a-spec), to write a…

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

# Frame a proposal — turn a problem into a reviewable RFC

The platform `/open-knowledge` skill still governs every markdown operation here (reads via `exec`/`search`, writes via `write`/`edit`, links as plain relative markdown, never native Read/Edit/Grep/`cat` on in-scope files). This skill layers proposal-authoring craft on top: it decides *what a good proposal contains and in what order you earn each section*.

A proposal in `proposals/` is a design argument, not a decision and not a plan. It exists to force a **choice** among options and to give reviewers enough to disagree with. Filename is `0001-feature-name.md` — a zero-padded 4-digit sequence plus a kebab title. Status flows `draft → fcp → accepted/rejected` (fcp = final comment period). Acceptance graduates the proposal to a record in `decisions/` — that is a *separate*, human act and a *separate* skill.

The failure this skill exists to prevent: an agent jumping to `## Design` before anyone agrees what the problem is, padding `## Alternatives` with strawmen, and leaving `## Drawbacks` empty. Each step below has a gate that blocks that.

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge/frame-a-proposal@sha256:26245c19f097ee8b

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The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Aug 4, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 14 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (14359 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

GitHub

inkeep/open-knowledge · 4,635 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_26hh5n3bm5u2ethi
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=inkeep/open-knowledge/frame-a-proposal
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/26245c19f097ee8b6a71307d0f56ce4805a38302bdf7a9de14c77ef0a0a732b9

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