design-dialogue SKILL.md skillA
design-dialogue from josstei/maestro-orchestrate is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add josstei/maestro-orchestrate/design-dialogue@git:20261018.c61604bPins git:20261018.c61604b in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- josstei/maestro-orchestrate
- Path
claude/src/skills/shared/design-dialogue/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261018.c61604b, committed Oct 18, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 10, 2026
- Size
- 20,005 bytes
- Repository stars
- 486
- License
- Apache-2.0
Guides structured design conversations for complex engineering tasks.
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
# Design Dialogue Skill **Standard workflow only.** If `task_complexity` is `simple` and workflow mode is Express, do not activate this skill. Simple tasks use the Express workflow, which does not activate design-dialogue. Return to the EXPRESS WORKFLOW in `orchestration-steps`. Activate this skill when beginning Phase 1 of Maestro orchestration. Use the plan mode tool from `get_runtime_context` (loaded at session start, step 0). If your runtime provides a Plan Mode surface, enter it now by calling `enter_plan_mode`. If Plan Mode is unavailable or the transition fails, continue without it and use the user-prompt tool from runtime context with `type: 'yesno'` for design approvals and `type: 'choice'` for approach selection. This skill provides the structured methodology for conducting design conversations that converge on approved architectural designs. **User confirmation sequence**: Phase 1 entry may trigger a Plan Mode confirmation when `enter_plan_mode` is available. That confirmation is expected; do not treat it as redundant or skip it. If your runtime does not provide Plan Mode, move directly into the depth selector and approval prompts. ## Design Depth Gate …
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How to install
mdr add josstei/maestro-orchestrate/design-dialogue@sha256:87f4366d720f0ec3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.c61604b, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_3zx4uuf4qfnls52h)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 10, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 95 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261018.c61604b latest | 2026-10-18 | c61604b | 20,005 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260430.b9481be | 2026-04-30 | b9481be | 20,253 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260410.21088cd | 2026-04-10 | 21088cd | 20,073 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (20005 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
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
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Source
josstei/maestro-orchestrate · 486 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3zx4uuf4qfnls52h GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=josstei/maestro-orchestrate/design-dialogue GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/87f4366d720f0ec36079c8cecf36408e39af73acbf8513671bbad503431fed31
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