thinking-method-selector SKILL.md skillA
thinking-method-selector from ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/thinking-method-selector@v2026.10.5Pins v2026.10.5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills
- Path
skills/thinking-method-selector/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v2026.10.5, committed Oct 5, 2026
- Size
- 7,350 bytes
- Repository stars
- 17
- License
- MIT
Use when the user describes a problem, decision or stuck situation but names no method: "how should I approach this?", "help me think this through", "we can't decide", "where do I start?". Picks the best-fit thinking method and runs it. Skip for plain execution tasks or when a method is named.
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
# Thinking Method Selector Match the user's situation to one thinking method, say why, and run it. Pick by what the user must **decide or produce next**, not by keywords. ## When to use - The user is stuck, torn or overwhelmed and has not said how they want to think about it. - A problem is stated loosely and several methods could apply. - The user asks "which framework should I use?". Skip: execution tasks (write, fix, build), plain factual questions, or any request that already names a method (use that method). ## How to run 1. **Restate** the situation in one line, including the decision or output the user needs next. 2. **Gather first.** If you can read the repo, docs or data that frame the problem, do it before choosing. Ask **at most one** question, only if two methods fit equally and the answer would change the pick. 3. **Choose** one method from the table below. Say in one sentence why it fits and why the nearest alternative does not. 4. **Run it.** If the named skill is installed, follow its instructions. If it is not, use the matching outline under "Fallback outlines" and say which method you are using. …
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How to install
mdr add ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/thinking-method-selector@sha256:34d55771bb9886acThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2026.10.5, 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 Oct 5, 2026.
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Source
ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills · 17 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-16 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7esxzbcjgrl3ck5q GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills/thinking-method-selector GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/34d55771bb9886ac769a6343b3f228300e51de10c2ea0104720af71cef4668e5
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