ase-task-estimate SKILL.md skillA
ase-task-estimate from rse/ase is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rse/ase/ase-task-estimate@git:20261017.2cde835Pins git:20261017.2cde835 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rse/ase
- Path
plugin/skills/ase-task-estimate/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261017.2cde835, committed Oct 17, 2026
- Size
- 24,508 bytes
- Repository stars
- 62
- License
- Apache-2.0
Estimate the effort of the current, given, or all unestimated task plans as T-shirt sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL) of expected human time, and store it in the "Effort:" frontmatter key, or calibrate the estimation against the actual human time of the finished tasks. Use when the user wants to "estimate", "size", or "gauge the effort" of a "task" or "plan", or to "calibrate" the effort estimation.
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
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-control.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-skill.md
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-getopt.md
<purpose name="ase-task-estimate">
Estimate the Effort of a Task Plan
</purpose>
<expand name="getopt"
arg1="ase-task-estimate"
arg2="--force|-f --dry-run|-d --all|-a --calibrate|-c --save|-s">
$ARGUMENTS
</expand>
<objective>
*Estimate* the effort of task plans as T-shirt sizes of expected human time.
</objective>
@${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../meta/ase-format-task.md
Procedure
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<define name="effort-scores">
Derive the *scores* of the plan <plan/> (the body only, never the
frontmatter or backmatter), skipping every bullet-point in the *inert*
checkbox states `[-]` and `[>]` entirely, while all other checkbox
states (including `[x]`, as the effort covers the *entire* lifecycle of
the task) count alike. A bullet-point *without* a type (like in a
legacy plan) counts with the types following from its section: `DOM`
or `IFC` for a context or specification section (but *nothing* for a
pure rationale like a *why*), `ARC` or `IMP` for a changes or design
section, and `REG` or `CON` for a verification section. Do not output
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rse/ase/ase-task-estimate@sha256:4c9ee5ca327fc0f3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.2cde835, 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_4l7tczw4plv76qb7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 17, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (24508 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
rse/ase · 62 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-04 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4l7tczw4plv76qb7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rse/ase/ase-task-estimate GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4c9ee5ca327fc0f36731c863f7457cab24220bb26d0153d375377170d8113e61
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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.