ops-ask SKILL.md skillA
ops-ask from lyther/agent-surface is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add lyther/agent-surface/ops-ask@git:20260806.146d8e8Pins git:20260806.146d8e8 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- lyther/agent-surface
- Path
skills/ops-ask/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260806.146d8e8, committed Aug 6, 2026
- Size
- 2,663 bytes
- Repository stars
- 65
- License
- MIT
Clarify a material requirement, evidence conflict, architectural choice, or risky assumption before implementation proceeds.
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
## OBJECTIVE Resolve one material uncertainty without turning normal engineering judgment into repeated human approval. Use `ops-ask` when the answer can change product behavior, architecture, data, authority, irreversible work, or substantial implementation cost. Do not use it for naming, style, reversible implementation details, or facts that can be discovered from the repository or a live authoritative source. ## TRIGGERS - The requirement permits materially different outcomes. - The requested approach conflicts with the stated goal or current evidence. - The current design is known to be incorrect, but the request assumes it should be extended. - A better route removes meaningful complexity, cost, risk, or user harm. - An architectural choice changes a public contract, persistent data, dependencies, deployment shape, or long-term ownership. - A destructive or irreversible workflow lacks a clear target, preservation boundary, or rollback point. ## PROTOCOL 1. **Investigate first.** Read the relevant code, config, tests, history, and authoritative documentation. Do not ask the user for discoverable facts. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add lyther/agent-surface/ops-ask@sha256:125b67322a6706eeThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260806.146d8e8, 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_66mybfwysprrwxwi)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Aug 6, 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 (2663 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
lyther/agent-surface · 65 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_66mybfwysprrwxwi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lyther/agent-surface/ops-ask GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/125b67322a6706eec097cfec549758b4d90725622d8da3f76afde35204e2d86f
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.