mode-selector is agent-read markdown (skill) from lstr-1/skills: Use this skill when performing deterministic mode selection for session-start. Reads Phase A STATE.md recommendations + (future) learnings, sessions, backlog, bootstrap signals and returns {mode, rationale, confidence, alternatives}. Pure-function contract — no side effects, no STATE.md writes. Phase B scaffold (issue #276); full heuristic is follow-up sub-issues..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Mode-Selector Skill
> **Port note — `unverified` runtime.** This skill references runtime modules under
> `scripts/lib/*.mjs`. Those modules are NOT present in the source plugin directory `sex/`
> and were NOT ported. Every such reference is `unverified`: the agent MUST probe for the
> module at runtime and continue in degraded mode when it is absent. Do NOT assume the module
> exists. Affected modules in this skill: `scripts/lib/backlog-scan.mjs`, `scripts/lib/mode-selector-accuracy.mjs`, `scripts/lib/mode-selector.mjs`, `scripts/lib/recommendations-v0.mjs`, `scripts/lib/state-md.mjs`.
## Status
Heuristic v1 active (issue #291, shipped 2026-04-25). Wired into session-start Phase 7.5
(issue #292, shipped 2026-04-25). Backlog signal source live (issue #293, shipped 2026-04-25):
`signals.backlog` is populated by `scripts/lib/backlog-scan.mjs::scanBacklog`. Accuracy feedback
loop live (issue #294, shipped 2026-04-25): `scripts/lib/mode-selector-accuracy.mjs::recordAccuracy`
writes a `mode-selector-accuracy` learning after the user confirms/overrides the Phase 7.5 banner.
Phase B contract is **closed**. Phase C (#277) `/autopilot` Loop Command is the next epic and
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Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_657azwwndemswrqu
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lstr-1/skills/mode-selector
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6734159e11ef928ac5f268acf492b12d444c2377f707a55252470d94ba0215a9
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