formalize-problem SKILL.md skillA
formalize-problem from sebastianelvis/reaper is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sebastianelvis/reaper/formalize-problem@git:20260912.5e86435Pins git:20260912.5e86435 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sebastianelvis/reaper
- Path
skills/formalize-problem/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260912.5e86435, committed Sep 12, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 12, 2026
- Size
- 4,252 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- Apache-2.0
This skill defines a research question as testable hypotheses. You use it to specify model assumptions, properties, and success or failure conditions.
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
# Formalize Problem You must read and apply the [language rules](../reaper/references/language.md) before you write any output. ## Usage You invoke this skill by name with a quoted research goal. Slash-command hosts use `/formalize-problem "<goal>"`. ``` formalize-problem "determine if the security proof in Section 4 holds under asynchrony" ``` ## Instructions ### 1. Read Inputs You read these inputs: - `reaper-workspace/notes/clarified-goal.md` supplies the goal, scope, assumptions, and success criteria. - `reaper-workspace/notes/paper-summary.md` supplies the paper's claims, if this file exists. - The argument supplies the initial goal. You prefer the refined goal in `clarified-goal.md`. You read Key Prior Results and Gaps Identified in `reaper-workspace/notes/literature.md`. You read individual paper entries when hypothesis checks need them. Without a paper summary, you use the literature review as the main technical input. You read it in more detail in this case. ### 2. Define the Core Question You state the exact claim with its property and adversary model. ### 3. Specify Model Assumptions …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add sebastianelvis/reaper/formalize-problem@sha256:28f910efc543e400The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260912.5e86435, 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 12, 2026 and Sep 12, 2026, about one every 38 days.
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| git:20260912.5e86435 latest | 2026-09-12 | 5e86435 | 4,252 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260502.5bc84e8 | 2026-05-02 | 5bc84e8 | 6,457 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260418.f397968 | 2026-04-18 | f397968 | 7,337 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260418.b61c052 | 2026-04-18 | b61c052 | 7,351 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260412.0de6bfa | 2026-04-12 | 0de6bfa | 6,231 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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Source
sebastianelvis/reaper · 10 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_aeew3tbesvpvtkvi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sebastianelvis/reaper/formalize-problem GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/28f910efc543e400aab840ae2efbb5d91ea2ae5248bc8c489f3f6632479fea80
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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