mikado-method SKILL.md skillA
mikado-method from sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin/mikado-method@git:20261011.2406fc7Pins git:20261011.2406fc7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin
- Path
plugins/skraft-framework/skills/mikado-method/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261011.2406fc7, committed Oct 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 6, 2026
- Size
- 8,516 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- GPL-3.0
Use to refactor or restructure existing code IN PLACE when the change is likely to break things in ways that are hard to predict up front — drive the Mikado Method loop: attempt the change naively, capture what breaks as prerequisite graph nodes, revert, and implement bottom-up from the leaves, always keeping the codebase green. Loaded internally by brownfield-refactorer when the human chooses in-place restructuring over Strangler Fig.
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
# Mikado Method A discipline for restructuring code whose true dependency graph is not knowable in advance: try the change, let the compiler and test suite reveal what it actually depends on, revert, then build the missing prerequisites bottom-up. The graph is the artifact — the failed experiment's code is always thrown away. **Precondition.** A green safety net must exist before starting (see `characterize-with-contracts` / `brownfield-harness-builder`). Mikado surfaces prerequisites via real compiler/test failures — a codebase with weak or no test coverage gives false leaves (nothing breaks because nothing was checked, not because nothing depends on it). If the harness gate was CONCERNS or FAIL, stop and strengthen the harness first. ## The loop (four primitives — apply exactly) 1. **Goal** — one concrete, business-value-framed sentence agreed with the human. "Admin services are in a separate package deployable without customer services" is a goal. "Improve the architecture" is not — reject vague goals, ask the human to sharpen it. 2. **Naive experiment** — in an isolated worktree (`git worktree add <path> <branch>`), attempt the …
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How to install
mdr add sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin/mikado-method@sha256:55d1653d5f234c99The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261011.2406fc7, 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 Aug 6, 2026 and Oct 11, 2026, about one every 17 days.
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| git:20261011.2406fc7 latest | 2026-10-11 | 2406fc7 | 8,516 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.ed6345f | 2026-09-25 | ed6345f | 8,479 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260925.778348a | 2026-09-25 | 778348a | 8,812 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260806.08bf03c | 2026-08-06 | 08bf03c | 8,815 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260806.b506b65 | 2026-08-06 | b506b65 | 8,798 B | A | view |
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Source
sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin · 12 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3yyskot6spvwmh6a GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sebastiendegodez/skraft-plugin/mikado-method GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/55d1653d5f234c99722fcbcfeaa91d79e817c56bc4061a05d5672c0650e24b9a
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.