nw-spike-methodology SKILL.md skillA
nw-spike-methodology from nwave-ai/nwave is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-spike-methodology@git:20260609.c723548Pins git:20260609.c723548 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-spike-methodology/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260609.c723548, committed Jun 9, 2026
- Size
- 3,747 bytes
- Repository stars
- 633
- License
- MIT
Teaches agents how to run a timeboxed spike - throwaway code that validates one assumption before DESIGN.
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
# Spike Methodology ## What a Spike IS Throwaway code that validates exactly one assumption. Max 1 hour. Binary outcome: works or doesn't work. Code is deleted after validation; only findings persist. ## What a Spike IS NOT | Not This | Why | |----------|-----| | Prototype | Prototypes evolve into production code. Spikes are deleted. | | MVP | MVPs ship to users. Spikes never leave the developer's machine. | | Walking Skeleton | Skeletons wire end-to-end architecture. Spikes test one mechanism. | | POC | POCs demonstrate feasibility to stakeholders. Spikes answer a developer question. | ## The 4 Questions Every spike answers exactly these: 1. **Does the core mechanism work?** Can we parse the output? Call the API? Does the algorithm produce correct results? 2. **Does it meet the performance requirement?** Is it under the time/memory/throughput budget? 3. **What edge cases exist?** Empty input, malformed data, missing dependencies, concurrent access. 4. **What did we assume wrong?** The design said X, but reality is Y. Document the delta. ## When to Spike - New mechanism never tried before in this codebase …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add nwave-ai/nwave/nw-spike-methodology@sha256:66c46298d72ea8c0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260609.c723548, 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 Jun 9, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
nwave-ai/nwave · 633 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_a7m5q4fnms4jbak4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nwave-ai/nwave/nw-spike-methodology GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/66c46298d72ea8c0531210c506e86a3aaf8ec1da3b7bdfd70cb66ab8aabc316f
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