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formulate-research-question 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/formulate-research-question@git:20260923.cbc38aaPins git:20260923.cbc38aa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Apache-2.0
Convert a hypothesis into a precise research question with fit-for-purpose framework, scope, feasibility, and success criteria.
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
# formulate-research-question ## Purpose Convert a hypothesis into a precise research question with fit-for-purpose framework, scope, feasibility, and success criteria. ## Input contract ```yaml required: [hypothesis_or_gap, candidate_frameworks, feasibility_constraints] optional: [assumptions, prior_findings, evidence_updates] constraints: [consume named scientific objects; preserve provenance; keep unresolved uncertainty visible] ``` ## Execution protocol Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds. 1. You MUST load skill `apply-question-framework` to construct the question under the selected framework. 2. You MUST load skill `assess-question-quality` to assess answerability, significance, and precision. 3. You MUST load skill `define-criteria` to define the question-quality criteria. 4. You MUST load skill `set-threshold` to set the acceptance thresholds. 5. You MUST load skill `adjust-abstraction-scope` to correct the abstraction level and scope. If the accepted question contains dependent subproblems, consider `decompose-research-question` as the next tactic. …
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How to install
mdr add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/formulate-research-question@sha256:f4bafa432b97d0f7The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.cbc38aa, 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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Source
yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine · 508 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main
API
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