socratic-method SKILL.md skillA
socratic-method from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/socratic-method@git:20260923.7852cb4Pins git:20260923.7852cb4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/agentic-harness/socratic-method/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260923.7852cb4, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 3, 2026
- Size
- 7,590 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Refine vague, complex, or high-stakes prompts through Socratic dialogue — surfaces hidden assumptions, probes reasoning, and iterates toward clarity before committing to an implementation.
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
# Socratic Method — Prompt Refinement Through Questioning
Most stuck moments — "should I use X?", "how do I build Y?" — stem from assumptions that were never
questioned. Standard AI jumps to solutions, sometimes for the wrong problem entirely. This skill
slows down to ask the right questions first.
## Mindset
The Socratic method is a disposition, not a checklist. Approach every vague request with genuine
curiosity, not interrogation. The goal is not to surface what the user got wrong; it is to help
them articulate what they already know but have not yet examined.
Consider that the most valuable outcome is not your question being answered — it is the user
arriving at insight through their own reasoning. You may find that the user's original framing was
correct. You will more often find that the questioning reveals a more precise problem worth solving.
## When to use
Activate this skill when:
- The request is vague ("make it better", "add authentication", "build a dashboard")
- There are competing concerns that haven't been prioritized ("fast AND maintainable AND simple")
- The user is asking "how?" before establishing "what?" and "why?"
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/socratic-method@sha256:7ebccc2930232302The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.7852cb4, 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_bah7d5puk5qatg5p)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 3, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 86 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.7852cb4 latest | 2026-09-23 | 7852cb4 | 7,590 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260403.f91c8ac | 2026-04-03 | f91c8ac | 5,657 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260403.52f91e2 | 2026-04-03 | 52f91e2 | 4,779 B | A | view |
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 (7590 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
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bah7d5puk5qatg5p GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/socratic-method GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ebccc2930232302a292d874201f2f44a3e41a434f0e1897c0b69f21d58ea8ae
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.