nw-discover SKILL.md skillA

nw-discover from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-discover@git:20260825.15011e6

Pins git:20260825.15011e6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
nwave-ai/nwave
Path
nWave/skills/nw-discover/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260825.15011e6, committed Aug 25, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 7, 2026
Size
9,607 bytes
Repository stars
633
License
MIT

Conducts evidence-based product discovery through customer interviews and assumption testing. Use at project start to validate problem-solution fit.

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

# NW-DISCOVER: Evidence-Based Product Discovery

**Wave**: DISCOVER | **Agent**: Scout (nw-product-discoverer)

## Overview

Execute evidence-based product discovery through assumption testing and market validation. First wave in nWave (DISCOVER > DISCUSS > SPIKE > DESIGN > DEVOPS > DISTILL > DELIVER).

Scout establishes product-market fit through rigorous customer development using Mom Test interviewing principles and continuous discovery practices.

## Output Tiers (per D2)

Provenance: feature `lean-wave-documentation` — D2 (schema-typed sections), D10 (one-line expansion descriptions). Tier-1 [REF] sections (always emitted) + Tier-2 EXPANSION CATALOG items (lazy, on-demand) are the two output bands. Full contract + provenance for `[REF]` / `[WHY]` / `[HOW]` heading convention: `nWave/skills/nw-density-resolution-contract/SKILL.md`.

### Tier-1 [REF] — always emitted

Under `## Wave: DISCOVER / [REF] <Section>` headings:

- Persona ID — one-line user identifier mapped to the journey
- Opportunity statement — single-sentence problem/opportunity framing
- Validated assumptions — list with confidence level per item
- Invalidated assumptions — list with evidence reference per item
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-discover@sha256:51102e54eefd78e3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260825.15011e6, 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 5 versions of this file, between Apr 7, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026, about one every 35 days.

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git:20260407.db3038c2026-04-07 db3038c 4,126 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9607 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

GitHub

nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_73imefuat2yrgsub
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-discover
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/51102e54eefd78e32d9162cbcea94dfcb8bbe500aa64a2077cd9fa7d5fb11aba

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.

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