braun-poke-the-bear SKILL.md skillA
braun-poke-the-bear from getedgehq/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add getedgehq/skills/braun-poke-the-bear@git:20261002.d5668a9Pins git:20261002.d5668a9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- getedgehq/skills
- Path
braun-poke-the-bear/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261002.d5668a9, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 2, 2026
- Size
- 6,218 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- Apache-2.0
Create and review cold-call talk tracks and cold emails using Josh Braun's Poke the Bear method. Use to examine a prospect's current process, surface a possible overlooked cost, and invite discussion without leading questions or sales pressure.
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
# Josh Braun's Poke the Bear Based on Josh Braun's public method. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Josh Braun. ## When to use Use this skill when drafting a prospecting call, adapting its central question to cold email, repairing a disguised pitch, or reviewing outreach that attracts reflexive dismissals. The deliverable is a prospecting brief plus a usable call or email, with response branches that preserve the prospect's choice. Begin with the job the person performs and how they accomplish it today, rather than the seller's preferred product story. [S1][S2][S3] The method is especially useful when a familiar supplier or workaround appears adequate but a separate exposure may remain unexamined. It does not establish that the prospect has a problem. A satisfactory current process, the wrong responsibility, and a refusal are valid discoveries. Do not convert the exercise into a meeting quota, a fear campaign, or a sequence of rebuttals. [S4][S8][S12] …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add getedgehq/skills/braun-poke-the-bear@sha256:df232b8e448642d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261002.d5668a9, 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 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 2, 2026.
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| git:20261002.d5668a9 latest | 2026-10-02 | d5668a9 | 6,218 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261002.46ac0a1 | 2026-10-02 | 46ac0a1 | 12,267 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
getedgehq/skills · 5 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5kz4qjthdnmcoclz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=getedgehq/skills/braun-poke-the-bear GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/df232b8e448642d572810348034abf5d41fea33f62a6cfbb1a04700bf4687148
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