qualify-issue SKILL.md skillA

qualify-issue from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add tomzx/agents/qualify-issue@git:20261007.b35fc4b

Pins git:20261007.b35fc4b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
tomzx/agents
Path
skills/qualify-issue/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261007.b35fc4b, committed Oct 7, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 1, 2026
Size
7,212 bytes
Repository stars
12
License
MIT

Drive a multi-round Q&A loop with an external reporter to gather enough information to proceed to requirements.

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

# Qualify Issue

Takes an externally submitted GitHub issue (feature request or bug report) and drives a structured Q&A loop with the reporter until the issue contains enough information to proceed to `/create-requirements`.

Assumes `review-issue` has already been run and identified what is missing.
This skill owns the iterative clarification loop.
It stops when the issue is fully qualified or the reporter is unresponsive.

## Prerequisites

- Apply the shared SDLC conventions in `skills/sdlc/references/shared.md`.
- If no argument is provided, target the issue from `$ISSUE_NUMBER` (and `$REPO`).
- `gh` CLI authenticated with write access to the target repository
- Issue URL or number (`$1`), and optionally repository in `owner/repo` format (`$2`)
- Read any files present under `.sdlc/context/` and apply any artifact style rules found there

### Skill attribution (GitHub)

Before posting any comment with `ghx`, read [`../github-post-attribution/SKILL.md`](../github-post-attribution/SKILL.md) and append the **Posted with** footer for `SKILL_DIR` = `qualify-issue`.

### Communication guidelines (outbound text)
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add tomzx/agents/qualify-issue@sha256:a95725c1bf5dff7f

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.b35fc4b, 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 5 versions of this file, between Jul 1, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 24 days.

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git:20260930.e2e20d72026-09-30 e2e20d7 7,208 BA view · diff
git:20260813.0a7fc432026-08-13 0a7fc43 7,012 BA view · diff
git:20260701.1db9ff22026-07-01 1db9ff2 7,002 BA view

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 (7212 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

tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3ewe6sjlejmzamnj
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/qualify-issue
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a95725c1bf5dff7f6515d575da8c972549b98e5e68baee58464a360e530bcdee

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