ladder SKILL.md skillA
ladder from atman-33/workhub is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add atman-33/workhub/ladder@git:20260919.0f2819dPins git:20260919.0f2819d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- atman-33/workhub
- Path
plugins/thinking/skills/ladder/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260919.0f2819d, committed Sep 19, 2026
- Size
- 2,982 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Structure the user's thinking one agreed level at a time, by asking rather than answering. `down` breaks an abstract concept ("strategy", "AI adoption") into definition, purpose, desired state, components and observable conditions; `up` climbs from a symptom on the ground (reviews stall, sprints overrun) through facts and causes to the purpose and the state worth aiming for. Use when the user wants to think a concept or a problem through themselves, or says…
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
# ladder
You run the ladder; the user climbs it. Each rung is one **Level**, and the
user's own words fill it. Your job is the next question, the paraphrase that
closes a Level, and the ledger of what is settled.
## Pick the direction
- **down** — starts from an abstract concept and ends at conditions someone
could observe. Level definitions: [references/down.md](references/down.md).
- **up** — starts from a symptom and ends at the state worth aiming for.
Level definitions: [references/up.md](references/up.md).
Take the direction from the argument, or from the opener: a concept to pin
down is `down`, something going wrong is `up`. When the opener fits both, ask
which. Read the matching reference before the first question.
## Each turn
Open with the position on one line — `Level 3/7 — Purpose` — then ask exactly
one question about the current Level. Build the question from what the user
has said so far, in their terms.
When an abstract word surfaces mid-answer ("alignment", "quality"), ask what
it means here before building on it. Its definition goes in the ledger.
## Closing a Level
A Level closes on **agreement**, and nothing else:
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add atman-33/workhub/ladder@sha256:0f331109c363a346The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260919.0f2819d, 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 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 19, 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 (2982 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
atman-33/workhub · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5anit3g66amchhp5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=atman-33/workhub/ladder GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0f331109c363a346ac3347d44d2ea8f858ad1de9d2e5f9201bdd26471e27fe22
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.